Hawzah News Agency- In a message released on Monday, Sheikh Qadir Akaras offered his condolences to Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the late cleric's honorable family, Islamic seminaries and followers of the Ahl al-Bayt school worldwide.
The following is the full text of his message:
In the Name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
The departure of the pure soul of the jurist of the Ahl al-Bayt of infallibility and purity (peace be upon them) and the high-ranking authority of the Shia world, Grand Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani, has drowned all friends and followers of the Ahl al-Bayt school across the world in grief and sorrow.
May the Almighty God gather the lofty soul of that high-ranking jurist and great scholar — who spent his blessed life training thousands of learned, virtuous and striving students and engaging in continuous scholarly efforts and profound thinking in various dimensions of Ahl al-Bayt sciences (peace be upon them) — with the prophets and saints, and grant beautiful patience and great reward to his honorable family and noble children.
We offer our condolences over this irreparable loss to the sacred presence of Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the Islamic seminaries, his honorable and respected family and all followers of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them).
Qadir Akaras
Head of the Association of Ahl al-Bayt Scholars of Turkey
Grand Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani, one of the most senior sources of emulation for Shia Muslims, passed away earlier this week, prompting an outpouring of condolences from religious and political leaders across the Islamic world.
The late cleric, born in the Iranian holy city of Qom in 1928, dedicated nearly his entire life to the study, teaching and advancement of Islamic jurisprudence, earning recognition among his peers as one of the foremost researchers of Shia Islam in the contemporary era.
Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei described him as a "meticulous and profound researcher" whose loss has created a gap among the foremost Shia researchers of the present age that may take a long time to fill.
Grand Ayatollah Bashir Najafi, a senior Najaf-based authority, called his passing a "painful loss" for the Islamic seminary and all believers.
Grand Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani was widely respected for his meticulous scholarship, his mastery of the various disciplines related to the deduction of religious rulings, and his humble, fatherly conduct toward seminary students and scholars. His classes were renowned as gatherings of deep inquiry and rigorous study.
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