Ayatollah Fayyaz dies at 96 in Najaf; Iranian president offers condolences
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz, a prominent Shia scholar and religious authority, has passed away in Najaf, Iraq, at the age of 96.
His office in Kabul confirmed that the Afghanistan-born scholar passed away on Thursday. Three days of public mourning have been announced in Iraq.
Born in 1930 in the village of Soba, Jaghori District, Ghazni Province, in east-central Afghanistan, Fayyaz moved to Iran for religious studies before settling in Iraq.
After years of study in the Shia seminary of Najaf, he rose to become a leading Shia religious authority, followed by believers in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and beyond.
His views on Islamic government, particularly on the authority of the jurist, are laid out in his magnum opus, Al-Hukuma Al-Islamiya.
Iran’s president offers condolences
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed condolences to Ayatollah Fayyaz’s family, the Shia world, religious seminaries, scholars, and the people of Iraq.
Praising the late ayatollah’s decades of service in promoting the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt, Pezeshkian described him as “a great jurist and great Shia authority.”
“The name and memory of that prominent jurist will remain immortal in the history of Shia jurisprudence and authority,” Pezeshkian said.
Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, secretary general of Iraq's Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq group, also issued a message of condolences.
The United Nations similarly expressed condolences on the passing of the grand ayatollah.
Grand Ayatollah Fayyaz is survived by six children; three sons and three daughters.
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