In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
"Verily, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return."
The sad demise of Hadrat Ayatullah Haj Murtada Ha'iri (may Allah have mercy on him) is a cause of utmost sorrow and grief.
In knowledge and action he was indeed the successor son of the late eminent Ayatullah, distinguished professor, Hadrat Haj Shaykh `Abdul-Karim (may Allah, the Exalted, be pleased with him)." Nobility and bliss is enough for him."
I know him as of the very establishment of the holy theological seminary in Qum through the blessed hand of his eminent father. After sometime we became bosom friends and companions. During the long period of companionship I have witnessed nothing in him except goodness and endeavor to perform the seminary and religious obligations.
Apart from occupying a station in jurisprudence and being, he also enjoyed inner purity par excellence. From the initial stages of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, he had been among the pioneers of this sacred revolution.
I extend my condolences to the respected nation of Iran, especially to the faithful residents of Qum, the distinguished `ulama' and the honorable teachers of the seminary in Qum. I pray to God, the Exalted, to grant good fortitude and ample recompense to his eminent family and respectable relatives, especially Hadrat Hujjat al-Islam Haj Mahdi Ha'iri, may God exalt him.
It is hoped that the favors of the promised savior (may my souls and that of the entire world be ransomed for his footsteps) encompass all of them and the entire Muslim nation. May peace be upon the righteous servants of God.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Esfand 15,1364 AHS
Jumadi ath-Thani 24,1406 AH