Hawzah News Agency- Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, head of Iran’s Seminary, issued a message expressing his condolences on the passing away of Ayatollah Naseri, one of the ethics scholars of the Isfahan seminary, the text of which is as follows:

In the name of God

"To God We Belong and To God We Return"

The news of the passing away of the late Ayatollah Haj Sheikh Muhammad Ali Naseri Dolatabadi is a source of sorrow and pain for the Islamic seminaries, that great scholar completed his seminary education under the supervision of the elders and the senior scholars of the old Seminary of Najaf and achieved high levels of spiritual and moral behavior there. He studied seminary courses in Najaf, and then with his valuable migration to Isfahan, he enriched Isfahan seminary, the students, youths and noble people of Isfahan benefited from that his teaching and the methods of self-improvement and self-cultivation. They learned from him the sacrifice of souls, he was still diligent in social and cultural services and lived with the people, his good and great works remained permanent, and the great seminary of Qom also benefited from his blessings.

I hereby convey my condolences to deceased scholar, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the Supreme Leader and the sources of emulations, his students and interested parties, especially the seminary, scholars, professors, and honorable people of Isfahan, as well as to the honorable survivors and honorable nobles; I ask God, the Most Merciful, to join the soul of that master of ethics and knowledge with his beloved servants and I wish a great reward and patience for the honorable survivors.

Alireza Arafi

Head of Iran’s Seminary

August 26, 2022