With great sadness, we received the news of the death of His Eminence the great religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Mr. Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim (may God be pleased with him), following a heart attack, in the holy city of Najaf.

Iraq and the Islamic world have lost a major religious and spiritual stature, which exercised its legal, jihadi, and guidance mandate with boldness and steadfastness since the era of the Baath tyrant till this day.

We ask God to grant our deceased the highest ranks of the righteous, and patience the nation with this heavy loss.