In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Verily we are from God and unto God we shall return
By martyring another progeny of the Messenger of God and the spiritual son of the great martyr Imam `Ali (`a), another crime of the deviants and hypocrites was recoded. The great, honorable and just clergy who was a teacher of ethics and spirituality, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, the great martyr and the late Haj Sayyid Asadullah Madani, may God's mercy be upon him, was martyred in the altar at the hands of a vicious hypocrite, as was his great grandfather. «1» If by martyring the Commander of the Faithful Islam had been wiped out and Muslims annihilated, martyring his dear sons like martyr Madeni would fulfill the aspirations of the hypocrites. If the unlucky Kharajites had been able to achieve their sinister goal of ruling over Muslims after martyring Imam `Ali (`a), those treacherous grouplets would be able to achieve evil aim of toppling the Islamic system and replacing it with an American one. Those (kharejites) brought on themselves and their bloodthirsty masters the curse of God and the Messenger and eternal stigma and these (hypocrites) God's eternal chastisement and wrath and the damnation of the Muslim nation. The great nation and the esteemed clericss have stood firm to pick any flag fallen from the powerful hands of a devotee and attend the arena to protect the banner of Islam. With his innocent martyrdom, Martyr Madeni isolated the anti-revolutionaries and anti-Islamic hypocrites. This shining Islamic figure spent his life refining his self, serving Islam, educating Muslims and fighting for the sake of the truth against falsehood. He was one of the unique figures commanding profound knowledge, piety and self-edification in abundance. Martyring such an Islamic personality together with some offsprings of Islam and loyal friends of the Islamic Revolution in the Friday prayer venue in the presence of a Muslim congregation signifies nothing but enmity to Islam and their eagerness to obliterate the vestiges of the Sharia ending the Friday congregational prayers. If up to today they made baseless excuses for their crimes and mischiefs, they will not have any excuse except taking revenge on Islam and the honorable nation through martyring this pious cleric, who thought of nothing but serving Islam and the Muslims. They are taking revenge on Islam, which they consider to be responsible for downfall of the tyrants and defeat of the superpowers in Iran and then in the region, and on the powerful people who have turned their backs on them, destroyed their fantasy castles, and sent them out forever. The combatant people of Iran, especially the courageous people of Azerbaijan, who have lost such eminent and committed cleric and who know their bankrupt enemy will avenge them unflaggingly.
I congratulate and condole the pure forefathers, especially Imam of the Time (may our souls be sacrificed for him) the struggling people of Iran, the brave people of Azerbaijan, the theological seminaries and the respected families of these martyrs on the martyrdom of this dear great Mujahid and his loyal friends.
The line of martyrdom is the line of the household of Muhammad and `Ali. This honor has been bequeathed by the offsprings of those honorable ones and their followers. God's greetings and salutations of the Muslim nation to this line of martyrdom. God's endless mercy on the martyrs of this line throughout history. It is an honor and pride to strong children of Islam and the martyrs in its path. God's eternal curse, disgrace and damnation on the associates and followers of the Eastern and Western devils, especially the Great Satan, the criminal America, that thinks with its devilish plots and subterfuges it can weaken the nation that has risen up for God and Islam and has offered thousands of martyrs and disabled. These are the followers of the Doyen of the Martyrs who sacrificed his six-month baby up to eight-year-old men for Islam and the glorious Qur'an and thus irrigated the dear Islam with his blood, and kept it alive. The army, the Sepah, other armed forces and the people are followers of the saints of God who sacrificed everything for their belief and Islam and brought pride and honor to Islam and its grand followers.
I implore God to grant glory to Islam and Muslims and mercy on the martyrs, especially the last ones and particularly the beloved and great Martyr Madeni. I beseech God to grant complete recovery to the injured of this incident and to grant patience to the great nation, especially the people of Azerbaijan and families of the martyrs. Salutations and greetings to everybody.
May God's peace be upon His righteous servants.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini