Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani Laid to Rest in Karbala (+Video)
The Shia Marja (source of emulation) passed away on Tuesday at the age of 103.
A funeral ceremony was held in the city of Qom on Wednesday before sending the body of the cleric to Iraq. He had asked to be buried in Karbala.
Thousands of people in Najaf held a funeral procession for the Grand Ayatollah on Wednesday morning and finally, he was laid to rest this afternoon at Imam Hussain (AS) holy shrine in Karbala.
The senior cleric was born in Isfahan’s Golpaygan in 1919 to a religious family. His father, Ayatollah Molla Mohammad Javad Safi, was an expert and teacher of Islamic sciences while also a poet and calligrapher.
Grand Ayatollah Golpaygani studied Islamic sciences in his hometown before moving to Qom and Najaf to attend classes of senior Marjas such as Mohammad Taqi Khansari, Mohammad Kazem Shirazi, and Hossein Ali Tababataei Borujerdi.
The contemporary thinker was also a supporter of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts in 1979. Imam Khomeini (RA) appointed him as a jurist in the Guardians Council one year later and he headed the council for eight years.
