* Pèlerinage de neuf jours dans le district Haïfa-'Akka'

Tant que les Maisons sacrées de Shiraz et de Baghdad sont inaccessibles, seule la visite des lieux saints dans le district Haïfa-'Akka' dans le cadre du pèlerinage de neuf jours compte comme acquittement de la loi du pèlerinage. Ce pèlerinage inclut principalement les lieux suivants :


* Les lieux sur le mont Carmel

Le Mausolée du Bab avec le tombeau de 'Abdu'l-Baha et les jardins en dix-neuf terrasses.

Les bâtiments de l'Arc :
- Siège de la Maison universelle de justice
- Archives internationales
- Centre d'études des textes
- Centre international d'enseignement
- Jardin des monuments


* Les lieux dans la ville de 'Akka'

- "La plus grande prison", la cellule de Baha'u'llah dans la citadelle de 'Akka'
- Maison d'Abbud




- Jardin de Ridvan :

Jardin et maisonnette situé sur un île fluviale dans l'arrière pays de la ville de 'Akka'. Ce fut le premier lieu que Baha'u'llah visita hors des murs de 'Akka'.

- Mazra'ih
Cette première maison de campagne de Baha'u'llah a pu être acquise en 1973 par la communauté baha'ie.
En 1980 les terrains environnants (50.000 m2) ont été achetés.

- Bahji : Manoir - Qasr
Ce manoir a été acheté en 1880 à un riche commerçant de 'Akka, Udi Khammar.
Baha'u'llah a désigné cette demeure comme "sa résidence sublime".

- Le tombeau de Baha'u'llah
La Qiblih du monde baha'i, le "Très Saint Sanctuaire" (Haram-i-Aqdas) se trouve au centre d'un jardin circulaire d'environ 15 ha (150.000 m2) à quelques pas du manoir.

* La maison de 'Abdu'l-Baha à 'Akka' nommée "Maison 'Abdu'llah Pasha"

* La maison de 'Abdu'l-Baha à Haïfa

Public access to the heart of the Qiblih of the Bahá’í World is now made possible through traversing the sacred precincts leading successively to the Holy Court, the outer and inner sanctuaries, the Blessed Threshold and the Holy of Holies.”

Shoghi Effendi, Messages to the Bahá’í World, 1950–1957
(Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1999), p. 30.

“The ‘sacred precincts’ referred to in this message are the properties of the Faith in Bahjí, including the Mansion of Bahá’u’lláh to the east of the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and the gardens and landscaping surrounding the Shrine.

“The ‘Holy Court’ is the Haram-i-Aqdas, which consists of the landscaping and formal gardens providing a befitting approach to the Shrine as well as to the Mansion. This is sometimes referred to in the writings of the Guardian as the outer sanctuary of the Shrine. . . .

“The ‘outer sanctuary’ more specifically also refers to the small court with a small gate, a portico and a few steps leading to the entrance door of the inner sanctuary of the Shrine. . . .

“The ‘inner sanctuary’ is the roofed area consisting of a beautiful central garden, the surrounding paths of which are covered with rugs, and where the privileged pilgrims and visitors stand in prayer and view the ‘Blessed Threshold’ and ‘the Holy of Holies,’ where lies interred, in the words of the Guardian, ‘the holiest dust the earth ever received into its bosom.’ ”

Bahá’í News, Published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, January 1966, no. 418, p. 4.

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The first and supreme obligation of all Bahá’ís who visit the Holy Land is to pray and meditate in the Sacred Shrines of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. To receive this bounty of visiting the Holy Places at the Bahá’í World Centre is an inestimable privilege, infinitely precious to every Bahá’í pilgrim.

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BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF PILGRIMAGE P.O. Box 155 • 3100101 Haifa, Israel • Tel: 972 (4) 835 8511 • Fax: 972 (4) 835 8507 • Email: pilgrimage@bwc.org

Request 112051 24 February 2017

MR. JOSIAN DHOLAH MRS. MARY DHOLAH 7 Bis Ruthworth Street Port Louis 020 Mauritius

 Dear Bahá’í Friends, Your email letter of 23 February 2017 with the enclosed physician’s letters has been received by our Department. We are pleased to inform you that you are confirmed for the pilgrimage beginning 22 May 2017 and finishing in the evening of 31 May 2017. A formal letter of invitation, with enclosures providing practical information on preparation for pilgrimage, has been sent to you by post. This information can also be found on our website at pilgrimage.bahai.org, under the heading: Pilgrimage Leaflets. You may wish to know that you are permitted to arrive in the ‘Akká/Haifa area one day before the start of your pilgrimage, but only after 8:30 p.m., and are requested to leave before sunset of the day following the end of your pilgrimage.


 We look forward to welcoming you to the Bahá’í World Centre. With loving Bahá’í greetings, Department of Pilgrimage