Al ` Askarī Mosque or the ` Askariyya Mosque\/Shrine ( Arabic : مرقد الامامين علي الهادي والحسن العسكري Marqad al-Imāmayn ` Alī l-Hādī wa l-Ħassan al - ` Askarī ) is a Shī ` ah Muslim holy site located in the Iraqi city of Sāmarrā 125 km ( 78 mi ) from Baghdad .
Al - ` Askarī or the ` Askariyya Mosque\/Shrine ( Arabic : مرقد الامامين علي الهادي والحسن العسكري ; transliterated : Marqad al-Imāmayn ` Alī l-Hādī wa l-Ħassan al - ` Askarī ) is a Shī ` a Muslim holy site .