Ayatollah Sistani Offers Condolences over Death of Pakistani Scholar

IQNA – Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali al-Sistani condoled the death of Sheikh Mohsin Ali Najafi, a prominent Pakistani Quran translator and interpreter.

Ayatollah Sistani said in a message that Sheikh Najafi spent many years of his life in promoting Islam and serving believers in Pakistan, including by establishing several scholarly and educational centers.  

He expressed condolences to the people of Pakistan, especially the family of the scholar and prayed for God, the Almighty, to raise the rank of the scholar and grant patience to the bereaved family.

Ammar al-Hakim, the head of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq, also issued a statement offering condolences and highlighting the great services of Sheikh Najafi.

The founder of Jamia Al-Kawthar Islamic Seminary died in Islamabad on Tuesday at the age of 84.

He was the representative of Ayatollah al-Sistani in Pakistan.

He also served as the president of the county’s Supreme Council of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) Assembly.

Najafi wrote a number of books in Arabic and Urdu, including Al Kauthar fi Tafsir Al Quran, which is an Urdu exegesis of the Holy Quran written in an easy to understand language.

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