In pictures: Yemenis Commemorate Day of Wilayah

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Al-Thawra Net

The Capital Sana’a and other provinces have on Saturday witnessed mass rallies in several main squares to celebrate the annual anniversary of “Day of Wilayah”, in which prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) Selected Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor.

In the capital Sana’a, four marches took place, in which thousands of people gathered in the western square of the Thawra Park, the Dayari Square in front of the old university gate, and the southern square of the Sabeen Park, while a mass rally for women held in the square of the People’s Mosque.

The capital’s mayor, Hammoud Obad, welcomed the crowds celebrating and participating in the events, Day of Wilayah, in which the Prophet Mohammed selected (the mandate of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib) as his successor.

In the context of this morning, mass celebrations were held in various directorates of Sana’a province, in addition to Saada, Taiz, Hodeidah, Amran,  Jawf, Hajjah, Mahweet, Dhamar, Raymah, Ibb and Bayda provinces .

The participants declared their allegiance to Allah, the Messenger, to Imam Ali and to the nation of Huda (peace be upon them), chanting the slogans of freedom rejecting hegemony of the devil forces the forces in the world, led by America and the Zionist entity.

They stressed that the commemoration of the occasion is the embodiment and renewal of the meeting held by the Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him on the day of al-Ghadir, declaring in front of thousands of believers (the mandate of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib) as his successor.

Moreover, they emphasized that they would follow the imam Ali’s approach and learning lessons from his jihadi biography, courage and heroism in the face of tyrants and oppressors.

Eid al-Ghadir marks the occasion on which the Prophet Muhammad publicly proclaimed Ali as his successor as leader of the Islamic Ummah. The day is celebrated by Muslims around the world.