Grand Ayatollah Shirazi extends his condolences on sorrowful martyrdom of Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has said today Tuesday, that the honorable house of his Eminence will hold mourning ceremony on the sorrowful anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq, peace be upon him.

The Office added that “Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Shirazi will attend the mourning ceremony as well as crowds of scholars, students of the religious seminary and other believers.”

It noted that, “The mourning ceremonies will be held in Persian in the morning, and in Arabic in the evening.”

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi said on this anniversary, “The believers, men and women, should read the letter which Imam Al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, wrote to the Shias. Within this letter, one can achieve success both in life and in the hereafter.”