| Building Name: | Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine |
| Religious Affiliation: | Twelver Shi'a |
| Map Type: | Iraq |
| Coordinates: | 36.3721°N 42.4505°W |
| Location: | Tal Afar, Iraq |
| Province: | Nineveh Governorate |
| Year Completed: | 1142 |
The Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine (Arabic:) is located at Tal Afar, Iraq. The 12th-century shrine contains the tomb of Saad ibn Aqil, a descendant of Aqeel ibn Abi Talib and the governor of Upper Mesopotamia. [1] [2]
The shrine was established by Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mansour al-Amadi, known as Jamal al-Din, in the year 1142.
The shrine was detonated in 2014, by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[3] According to the militants, the place had become a temple for the worship of Husayn ibn Ali, second Imam of the Ahlulbayt.[4] 32 other buildings, including mosques, shrines and Hussainiyahs, were destroyed as well.[5]
After the terrorists had left the city, the Imam Saad bin Aqil' shrine was rebuilt, along with several other Shi'ite shrines in Tal Afar.[6]