{"id":50753,"date":"2023-02-27T12:21:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T12:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/event\/birthday-of-imam-ali-and-fathers-day\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:30:34","slug":"birthday-of-imam-ali-and-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/birthday-of-imam-ali-and-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday of Imam Ali and Father&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>birthday of Imam Ali<\/strong> coincides with Father\u2019s Day in certain Islamic countries, marking a dual celebration of familial and religious significance. Imam Ali, born inside the sacred Kaaba in Mecca, is a central figure in Islam, revered especially by the Shia community as the first Imam and the successor to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/khordad-national-uprising\/\" title=\"Khordad National Uprising\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81936\">Prophet Muhammad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His birthday is observed with great respect, involving community feasts and stories of his life and virtues. On the same day, Father&#8217;s Day activities often include children showing appreciation for their fathers, emphasizing respect for parents, a value deeply ingrained in Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Event Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the specific date of this event and a full rundown of <a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/iran-public-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Iran&#8217;s public holidays, visit this link<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The birthday of Imam Ali is an important occasion for Shia Muslims. He was the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, and the fourth Caliph of Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":63988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15889,306,15892,15779],"tags":[15899,15898,15633],"class_list":["post-50753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-culture","category-public-holidays","category-tips","tag-event","tag-holiday","tag-public-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}