Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Nouri-Hamadani has met with a group of members of the organizing committee for a commemoration of the life of the martyr Sayyed Navvab Safavi, emphasizing that Iran needs to revive the culture of jihad in society.
Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani appreciated the committee’s commemoration and plans to build a monument to acknowledge the commendable efforts of Shahid Navvab Safavi, who founded the Fedayan-e Eslam group and was martyred by the Shah’s brutal regime in 1955.
“Shahid Navvab Safavi had a great prominence and we must pay attention to his life and actions and propagate them to the people,” Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani explained.
He added that Shahid Navvab Safavi is a great role model for Iranians and they should act as he did so that they too can become role models.
One of the characteristics of Shahid Navvab Safavi, who’s birth name was Sayyed Mojtaba Mir-Lohi, and the Fedayan-e Eslam group he founded, was the existence of members like Sayyed Abdol-Hoseyn Vahedi, the group’s second-in-command. It was said that he was a great speaker who attracted the admiration of many sources of emulation, including Ayatollah Mohammad-Baqir as-Sadr.
Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani explained that for several years the Islamic Republic of Iran has been suffering from the pressures exerted by the oppressive enemies but the Iranian people do not have a sense of resistance and jihad like they used to. “By his resistance against the oppressor of his time, Shahid Navvab Safavi awakened the people by both armed and spiritual resistance,” he explained.
The renowned source of emulation emphasized the importance of jihad in Islam, stating that there are many narrations which explain this Islamic duty, saying: “Islam describes jihad as an honour and gives many recommendations about the jihad and narrations also state that the mujahidin [those who perform jihad] will enter paradise along with their weapons on the Day of Judgement and the angels will welcome them. For this reason, Shahid Navvab Safavi revived Islam.”
“Islam is a complete religion which gives attention to morale and also to fighting but also specifies the time for each. When the time comes to fight against oppression, we should strengthen our morale to fight,” Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani added.
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