In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Ever Compassionate
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ رِجالٌ صَدَقُوا ما عاهَدُوا اللّهَ عَلَیْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضى نَحْبَهُ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ یَنْتَظِرُ وَ ما بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِیلاً
“Among the believers are men who honestly honored the covenant they have made with Allah. Of them are some who have fulfilled their covenant [sacrificing their lives in His way], and of them are some who still wait and have not changed in the least.”
The news of the martyrdom of the great Muslim scholar and the righteous servant of Allah, hojatoleslam Sayyid Hassan Nasrullah filled the hearts of all Muslims and free-spirited people of the world with deep sorrow and grief.
Martyrdom of those who fight in the way of Allah is neither defeat nor humiliation; rather, it is their greatest wish and a great blessing bestowed upon them by Allah.
During his years of leading the resistance movement in Lebanon, the people of Lebanon and Palestine and the rest of the Muslim Ummah were indebted to him for his wise leadership in the fight against the atrocious Zionist enemy and they will never forget his sincerity and bravery. Yet despite his tragic loss, resistance against the enemy will remain in place and the enemy will not achieve what it wishes, for there are countless other fighters and sincere people who are prepared to follow the lead of Imam al-Hussain (̒a) and walk the path of their martyred leaders even more resolutely. God-willing, and with the help and assistance from Allah, these righteous people will be able to make the bloodthirsty Zionist regime suffer humiliation.
I extend my most heartfelt condolences on the martyrdom of the leader of the resistance movement in Lebanon to Imam al-Mahdi (̒a), the brave members of the Hezbollah resistance movement, the proud people and scholars of Lebanon, all Muslim and free-spirited people around the world, and in particular, to his honorable family, and I pray to Allah to grant him the highest ranks in the hereafter, bestow patience and grace on his friends and family, grant the resistance axis victory over the atrocious Zionists, and make all the enemies of Islam and the corrupt powers of the world suffer defeat and humiliation.
It is Allah’s party they that is indeed victorious!
May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you,
Qom - Naser Makarem Shirazi,
Mehr 7, 1403
