Leader Condoles Demise of Grand Ayatollah Golpaygani
The senior cleric passed away early on Tuesday in a hospital in Qom.
Ayatollah Khamenei named the late Marja as one of the “pillars” and “prominent scientific figures” of the Qom Seminary School.
Pointing to the trust that Imam Khomeini (RA) had in the late Islamic scholar, the Leader referred to the role Grand Ayatollah played in the Guardians Council.
He went on to express condolences to the family of the Marja and Islamic scholars in Qom.
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.
