Memorial Service for Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani Held in Karbala
The Astans (custodianships) of the holy shrines of Imam Hussein (AS) and Hazrat Abbas (AS) organized the event, according to al-Kafeel website.
Organized at Bain-ul-Haramain (area between the holy shrines of Imam Hussein (AS) and Hazrat Abbas (AS)), it was attended by religious figures, scholars, officials of the Astan and seminarians.
Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani died in Qom last Monday and was buried at Imam Hussein (AS) shrine on Thursday.
He was a Marja (source of emulation) based 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.
