sublime thresholds),[3][4] which is also known as Al-Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (literally: holy doorsteps) are the shrines of six Shia Imams which are in four cities of Iraq, namely Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra;[5][6][7] and actually the whole of these Imams' shrines (graves) are called Atabat Aliyat.

[8] The mentioned cities have significance due to shrines of those six Shia Imams who have been buried there.

[9] Najaf is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (roughly 100 miles) south of Baghdad.

[10][11] Ali ibn Abi Talib's shrine is there[12] as a part of Atabat Aliyat.

[17] Kadhimiyyah or al-Kazimain is located tigris bank where is toward Baghdad as the capital of Iraq.