(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Speaking at the opening ceremony held for Seminary’s new educational year, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, a senior Shia scholar, asserted, “Today is a blessed day for the Islamic World as well as the Iranian seminaries since it marks the beginning of new educational year, it is the day on which we serve the great cause of Islam, Ahl ul-Bayt (PBUH) and the Shiite community,”
“It also marks the anniversary of Imam Ali’s wedding with Lady Fatima (PBUT), We welcome this concurrency with the start of seminaries’ educational year hoping to have a prosperous new year ahead of us in all Islamic institutions as well as seminaries,” said his eminence.
Referring to a narration by Imam al-Hadi, tenth Imam of Shiites, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi further stated, “The clerics’ duty is not only to learn knowledge, but also to familiarize people with Ahl ul-Bayts’ pure teachings and protect the needy from doctrinal invasions.”
Shiite Marja' Taqlid added, “The Islamic seminaries are a divine gift which have been handed down to us generation to generation from the holy Prophet Muhammad’s era, it is in our best interest to protect this legacy the best we can,”
In the end, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi expressed his gratitude for the efforts of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Seminaries.
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source : Hawzahnews
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3 September 2016
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“The Islamic Seminary Schools' traditions and teachings are the result of their great scholars' endeavors throughout history and they need to be protected,” Ayatollah Makarem Said.