Triennial Conference 2014
Ayatullah Sistani's message for the conference
Arabic
الحمد لله رب العالمین و الصلاه و السلام علی خیر خلقه محمد و آله الطاهرین و بعد: الاخوه و الاخوات اعضاء جماعه الخوجه الشیعه الاثنی عشریه حفظهم الله
السلام علیکم و رحمه الله و برکاته مع المحبه و الاحترام
فی هذه الایام الکریمه التی ینعقد فیها مؤتمرکم العام یسرنا ان نبعث الیکم بتحیات سماحه السید المرجع دام ظله و دعاءه لکم جمیعا بالخیر و البرکه و مزید الموفقیه و السداد. و نحیطکم علما بان سماحته اذ یبارک لکم عقد مؤتمرکم هذا و یعده مصداقا لما اوصی به مولانا امیر المؤمنین علیه السلام اولاده و شیعته من نظم امرهم فانه یؤکد علی ضروره الاهتمام ازید من ذی قبل بالجوانب الثقافیه لاعضاء الجماعه و اتخاذ کافه الوسائل و السبل المتاحه للحفاظ علی هویتهم الدینیه الاصلیه، کما یؤکد علی ضروره الاهتمام باخوانکم و اخواتکم المؤمنین و لا سیما من الافریقین سواء فی الجوانب الثقافیه او الخدمات الاجتماعیه، سائلا المولی العلی القدیر ان یسدد خطاکم و یمنحکم مزید الاجر و الثواب. والسلام علیکم و رحمه الله و برکاته.
4 رجب المرجب
1435
مکتب السید السیستانی النجف الاشرف
Translation in English
In the name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the Ever-Merciful. All praise is for Allah, Lord of the Worlds and may peace and blessings be upon the best of His creation Muḥammad and upon his pure progeny.
Brothers and sisters, the members of the Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri community, may Allah safeguard you.
Salamun alaykum wa rehmatullah wa barakatuhu, with love and respect.
In these auspicious days when your general conference is being convened, we are pleased to convey to all of you,greetings and prayers of beneficiation and prosperity, as well as increase in tawfeeq and steadfastness from His Eminence Grand Ayatollah al-Syed [Ali al-Husayni as-Seestani], may his life be long.
His Eminence blesses you on convening this conference and considers this as an exemplification of the recommendation of our master Amir al-Mu’mineen (a.s) to his children and to his Shias to manage their affairs.
He [his Eminence] stresses upon the necessity to give more importance than ever before on the cultural aspects of community members and to seize all available means and avenues to safeguard their original religious identity. He also stresses upon the necessity to give importance to your mu’min brothers and sisters, especially the Africans, on both cultural aspects and on social services. Praying to the Almighty Master to keep you all steadfast and grant you with increased reward and recompense.
Wassalamu alaykum va rehmatullah va barakatohu
4 Rajab 1435
The Office of al-Syed al-Sistani - Al Najaf Al Ashraf
