Fatima Masumeh Shrine

Fatima Masumeh Shrine
A March 2018 aerial photograph of Fatima Masumeh Shrine with golden dome and Azam Mosque of Qom
Religion
Affiliation	Twelver Shi'ite Islam
Location
Location	Qom, Iran
Shown within Iran Show map of Iran Fatima Masumeh Shrine (West and Central Asia) Show map of West and Central Asia
Geographic coordinates	34°38′30″N 50°52′44″E / 34.6417°N 50.8790°E / 34.6417; 50.8790
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Iranian
Specifications
Dome(s)	3
Minaret(s)	6
Website
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The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh (Persian: حرم فاطمه معصومه translit. haram-e fateme-ye masumeh) is located in Qom, which is considered by Twelver Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad.

Fatima Masumeh was the sister of the eighth Twelver Shi'ite Imam Reza, and the daughter of the seventh Imam Musa al-Kadhim (Tabari 60). In Shia Islam, women are often revered as saints if they are close relatives to one of the Twelver Imams. Fatima Masumeh is therefore honored as a saint, and her shrine in Qom is considered one of the most significant Shi'i shrines in Iran. Every year, thousands of Shi'i Muslims travel to Qom to honor Fatima Masumeh and ask her to ask God for blessings. Also buried within the shrine are three daughters of the ninth Twelver Imām Muhammad al-Taqī.^[1]