immediate; Ayatollah Ghorbani passed away + pictures

Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani Lahiji, the former representative of the Supreme Leader in Gilan, the former Friday imam of Rasht and a four-term member of the Assembly of Leadership Experts, passed away this morning at Dar Fani Hospital.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani Lahiji, a prominent scholar of Gilani, the former representative of the religious jurist in the province and the former Imam of Rasht, who was present in four sessions of the Assembly of Leadership Experts, passed away this morning at Dar Fani Hospital.

Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani Lahiji was one of the clerics who spent an important part of his life in the field of studying and teaching religious sciences, fighting against the Pahlavi regime, cultural activities and assuming religious and political responsibilities, and during his several decades of activity, he was present in positions such as the Friday Imamate of Lahijan and Rasht, the representative of the Supreme Leader in Gilan province, the representative of the Islamic Council and a member of the Assembly of Leadership Experts.

From the village of Panjeh to the seminaries

Ayatollah Zainul Abdin Ghorbani was born in 1312 in Panjeh village of Astana Ashrafieh city and started his seminary studies in the path of learning Islamic sciences.

By continuing his studies in seminaries and benefiting from the presence of professors of religious sciences, he turned to scientific, missionary and cultural activities and gradually became one of the well-known clerics of Gilan.

Ghorbani's scientific path continued to be accompanied by teaching, authoring and participating in social arenas; Activities that, along with executive and religious responsibilities, formed an important part of his decades-long career.

Struggle with Pahlavi regime and prison experience

Ayatollah Ghorbani's political and social activities began in the 1330s, and he was associated with militant religious movements in the years before the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The published historical reports about his life tell about his relationship with religious fighters, including Martyr Seyyed Abdul Hossein Wahedi and Martyr Seyyed Hashim Hosseini-nejad, and his acquaintance with some militant figures of the clergy.

The victim's propaganda activities and critical speeches against the Pahlavi regime caused the reaction of the security apparatus of that period and he was arrested and imprisoned in 1344.

Also, in 1350, following a speech against the Pahlavi regime in the Anzali mosque in Langrud, he was arrested again, and after that he faced restrictions on his pulpit activities.

This period of his life forms a part of his struggle history before the victory of the Islamic Revolution; A time when a number of clerics and religious activists in different cities of the country were facing restrictions, arrests and security pressures.

Judicial and political responsibilities after the victory of the revolution

With the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ghorbani assumed responsibilities in the newly established structures of the country. Among his registered records are activities in the judicial system and responsibility in the courts of the Islamic Revolution of Gilan.

Later, he entered the field of legislation and in the second term of the Islamic Council, he entered the parliament as a representative of the people of Astana Ashrafieh. Attending the Islamic Council, along with religious and cultural activities, is one of the most important parts of his political career.

17 years of representation of the Supreme Leader in Gilan

One of the most important periods of Ayatollah Ghorbani's activity was the responsibility of representing the Supreme Leader in Gilan province.

He was appointed to this position in 1380 and until 1397, for about 17 years, he was responsible for the representative of the religious jurist in the province and the Friday imam of Rasht.

During this period, Ayatollah Ghorbani was present in various religious, cultural and social occasions of the province and used to express religious and social views in the position of Juma Imam of Rasht.

Meeting with executive officials, following up on cultural issues and raising issues related to the social and economic situation of Gilan were also seen in his public programs.

The responsibility of representing the religious leader in the province has a central position in the relationship between religious institutions and parts of the executive and social structure of Gilan.

Ayatollah Ghorbani attended many meetings and meetings with national and provincial officials during the years of holding this position and commented on various cultural and social issues.

In 1397, with the end of his term of office, Ayatollah Rasool Fallahati was appointed as the representative of the religious jurist in Gilan province and Friday imam of Rasht, and the period of responsibility for the victim in this position ended.

Four terms of membership in the Council of Leadership Experts

Ayatollah Ghorbani was a member of the Assembly of Leadership Experts for four periods and was considered one of the long-standing figures of this organization. The published records of his life have recorded his representation in the second and third terms of the Assembly of Experts, and other sources also refer to his four terms of presence in this assembly.

The Assembly of Leadership Experts is one of the institutions stipulated in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is responsible for selecting the leader and monitoring the continuation of the legal conditions of leadership. The presence of the victim in this institution for several periods formed an important part of his political and religious background.

In his speeches and public meetings, he commented on the responsibility of representation, the position of leadership and the social duties of officials. In one of the speeches published in March 2014, he emphasized the need for representatives to pay attention to solving people's problems and avoiding a self-interested view of the representative's responsibility.

Accompanying the scientific and cultural flow

Ayatollah Ghorbani's activities were not only limited to political responsibilities and Friday imam. He was also active in the field of authorship and religious research, and numerous works in the field of Islamic sciences, interpretation of the Qur'an, rulings, hadith and Nahj al-Balagha have been published by him.

Among the works attributed to him, we can mention the six-volume collection of Ayat al-Ahkam, works related to the science of hadith, commentary and translation of sermons and letters of Nahj al-Balagha, and writings about Islamic ethics and governance in religious thought.

Paying attention to the Holy Qur'an and Islamic texts, teaching and transmitting religious knowledge and trying to link seminary studies with social issues were among the axes of his scientific activity. His authored works form a part of a portfolio that, along with executive activities, has shaped the scientific and cultural identity of this Gilani cleric.

Scientific connection and long-standing friendship with Imam Shahid

One of the published narratives about Ayatollah Ghorbani's life goes back to his acquaintance and friendship with the martyr Imam Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Ayatollah Ghorbani spoke about more than seven decades of acquaintance, the first meetings in Mashhad, his student days and shared memories.

These memories reflect a part of his lived experience of the developments in seminaries and the contemporary history of Iran; An experience that was accompanied by political activities, religious responsibilities and presence in the country's official institutions over the years.

The legacy of a lifetime of religious and cultural activity

Ayatollah Zainul Abdin was a victim of Lahiji among the clerics who pursued his professional and social activities in several fields; From studying and teaching religious sciences and fighting against the Pahlavi regime to judicial responsibilities after the revolution, representation in the Islamic Council, membership in the Assembly of Leadership Experts, and a long-term presence as a representative of the Supreme Leader and Juma Imam of Rasht.

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