Majalis-ut-Tabeen for Ayat Khatami held in Syria-Iran-Iraq

By: Sheikh Muhammad Khurasani

HOLY CITY OF MASH’HAD, Iran: Majalis-ut-Tabeen and Fateha were held in the holy cities of Mash’had and Qom as well as Syria and Iraq for Ayatullah Sayed Ahmed Al-Khatami (late) who spent all his life in defense of religion of Ahlul Bayt (as).

Ayatullah Sayed Ahmed Al-Khatami (late) was died in the holy city of Mash’had that houses the holy shrine of Al-Imam Ali bin Moussa Ar-Reza (as) on Rajab 3 this year, the night of the martyrdom of Al-Imam Ali Al-Hadi (as).

Large number of people besides religious scholars including Ayatullah Sayed Muhammad Reza Ash-Shirazi and Allama Sheikh Murtaza Ash-Shahroudi and delegations from Kuwait, Pakistan, Syria and different parts of Iran attended his funeral ceremonies.

His funeral procession began from hussainiyah Al-Imam Al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (as) led by his son Allamah Sayed Mohsin Al-Khatami heading towards the holy shrine of Al-Imam Ar-Reza (as). Ayatullah Sayed Muhammad Reza Ash-Shirazi led funeral prayer and then the late Ayatullah was laid to rest in Bahesht-e-Reza.

Quaid-e-Millat-e-Jafariya Pakistan who is also chief of the Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya Agha Sayed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has condoled on the expiry of Ayatullah Al-Khatami.

Ayatullah Sayed Ahmed Al-Khatami (late) was born in the holy city of Mash’had in 1339 AH. Later, he migrated to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq. Sheikh Jafar Ar-Rushti, Sheikh Muhammad Ali At-Turk, Sheikh Yousuf Al-Khurasani, Sheikh Muhammad Sabzavari, Sayed Mirza Mahdi Al-Hussaini Ash-Shirazi, Sheikh Muhammad Hussain Al-Mazindarani and Sheikh Muhammad Ar-Raeesi Al-Isfahani were his teachers there.

After his son Allama Sayed Mohsin Al-Khatami was imprisoned during the Shah regime, the Ayatullah left Karbala for Iran and stayed here. Then he began reciting Majalis in different parts of Iran as well as other countries.

END