Statement by the office of his Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, on the situation in Lebanon

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

In these difficult days that the noble Lebanese people are going through, as they are increasingly exposed to brutal israeli aggression and savage acts, including the bombing of large numbers of personal communication devices and the like, targeting homes crowded with citizens, even women and children, and launching intensive raids on dozens of villages and towns in the south and the Bekaa, which has resulted – so far – in the martyrdom and wounding of a large numbers of heroic resistance fighters and other innocent civilians and the displacement of tens of thousands from their homes and houses, the supreme religious authority expresses its solidarity with the dear Lebanese and his condolences to them in their great suffering, raising its hands in supplication to Allah Almighty to protect them and shield them and repel from them the evil of the wicked and the plots of the wrongdoers, and to include their righteous martyrs with mercy and contentment and grant the wounded and injured a speedy recovery.

While calling for every possible effort to stop this ongoing barbaric aggression and protect the Lebanese people from its devastating effects, he calls on the believers to do whatever contributes to alleviating their suffering and securing their humanitarian needs.

May Allah protect Lebanon and its dear people from all harm and misfortune.

19 Rabi’ al-Awwal 1446 AH, corresponding to 23 September 2024 AD.