Futures studies of Arbaeen Hosseini priority issues and cross impact analysis of issues with each other

The event of Ashura is one of the greatest and most unique events in the history of mankind, and Arbaeen is the special manifestations of this great event. Walking in the Arbaeen area is a kind of pursuing and opening a way to a bright and transcendent path with the color and smell inspired by the perfection and maturity of Shiism. This path is not exclusive to a particular religion or group. Arbaeen may be a Shiites and Islamic rites at first glance, but it's a kind of transcendent identity whose dimensions and capacities have gone beyond religious values and religions. Therefore, the scope of the Arbaeen issue and the issues related to it, is very large, and this made the purpose of this study, the future research of issues related to this phenomenon and the interaction of the identified issues on each other. In this study, with identifying 150 initial issues related to Arbaeen, by using cross impact analysis method and MicMac software, the relationships between the issues with their direct and indirect impacts have been reported. According to the findings, the most important issues related to the Arbaeen phenomenon that have the greatest impact and effectiveness are "relationship between the concept of pilgrimage and the Arbaeen phenomenon", "association of the concept of the age of advent for pilgrims" and "the need to pay attention to Imam Hussein(AS) and philosophy of his uprising". These issues have the capacity to become key players in the future of the Arbaeen phenomenon.