Funeral Ceremony of Ayatollah Fayyad to Be Held in Karbala, Najaf

IQNA – The details of the funeral and burial ceremony of Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ishaq Fayyad, who passed away Thursday, have been announced.

According to the Afghan Voice News Agency (AVA), the body of the late Ayatollah Fayyad (RA) was taken from the Hussainiya Al Yaseen in the holy city of Kadhimiya to the city’s holy shrines on Friday morning.

A funeral procession will be held today at 5 pm in Karbala, from the holy shrine of Hazrat Abbas (AS) to the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS).

The funeral ceremony of this prominent scholar will also be held in Najaf, on Saturday, at 9 am from his office to the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS).

Ayatollah Fayyad, one of Iraq’s sources of emulation, died on Thursday morning in Baghdad at the age of 96.

Born in Afghanistan in 1930, he moved to Najaf, Iraq, at a young age to study religious sciences. He was among the top students of Ayatollah Seyed Abolqassem Khoei.

Ayatollah Fayyad later became one of the most prominent scholars of Najaf Islamic Seminary.

After his death, the Iraqi prime minister declared three days of national morning.    

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