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Abbas Quchani
Abbas Hatef Quchani (1913, Quchan - 1990, Najaf) was an Iranian Ijtihad, mujtahed, Faqih, jurist and one of the contemporary Shia mystics. He was a disciple and mystic guardian () of Ali Tabatabaei, Seyyed Ali Qazi. Biography Abbas Quchani (born in 1292 Solar Hijri calendar, SH, 1333 Tabular Islamic calendar, AH, 1913 Gregorian calendar, AD/CE, Gozalabad village of Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan province), completed his religious elementary education in Quchan and Mashhad and then he studied higher education in jurisprudence in Najaf under the supervision of Muhammad Hossein Gharavi, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei and Agha Bozorg Shahidi (Sage and Faqih, jurist who died 1355 Tabular Islamic calendar, AH, 1936 Gregorian calendar, AD/CE) Quchani was one of the companions of Ayatollah Khoei and was under the consultation of him. Quchani was allowed to ijtihad by the authorities of Najaf, including Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi, Jamaluddin Golpayegani, Khoei and Muhsin al-Hakim, and Ali Tabatabae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayatollah
Ayatollah (, ; ; ) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy. It came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Originally used as a title bestowed by popular/clerical acclaim for a small number of the most distinguished ''marja' at-taqlid'' ''mujtahid'', it suffered from "inflation" following the 1979 Iranian Revolution when it came to be used for "any established mujtahid".Momen, ''An Introduction to Shi'i Islam'', 1985, p.205-6 By 2015 it was further expanded to include any student who had passed their Mujtahid final exam, leading to "thousands" of Ayatollahs. The title is not used by the Sunni Islam, Sunni community of Iran. In the Western world – especially after the Iranian Revolution – it was associated with Ruhollah Khomeini, who was so well known as to often be referred to as "The Ayatollah". Etymology The title is originally derived from the Arabic word Grammatical modifier#Premodifiers and postmodifiers, post-modified with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Hossein Gharavi
Mohammad Hossein Gharavi Esfahani also known as Company () (1879-1942) was an Iranian Shia Scholar, philosopher, jurist and poet. Early life and family He was born on 2 Muharram 1296 AH (1879) in Kazemeyn, Iraq. He was the son of Mohammad Hassan who was originally from Nakhjavan, Iran. His father was powerful and wealthy so he used that power to educate himself very well. After the Treaty of Turkmenchay, his father moved to Tabriz. then Isfahan and kazemeyn. Education He gained his basic education from Hassan Tuyserkani and, aged twenty, migrated to Najaf to acquire knowledge. Teachers His teachers included Akhound Khorasani, Mohqiq, Muhammad esfahani, Mohammad Bagher Estahbanati, Ahmad Shirazi, Muhammad Tabatabaei Fasharaki, and Aqa Reza Hamadani. Students His students included: Mohammad Ali Araki (his son-in-law), Mohammad Ali Ordubadi, Nasrollah Eshkavari, Abdul Hosein Amini, anvari Hamadani, Mohammad Taqhi Bahjat, Yousef Biyari, Sadr Al din JAzaeri, Muhammad Rida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Ali Shah Abadi
Mohammad Ali Bid Abadi Esfahani known as Shah Abadi (1872 in Isfahan – 24 November 1949, in Tehran), was an Iranian mystic and a Shiite mujtahid. He was also famous as Fitra philosopher. He was the son of ''Mohammad Javad Hossein Abadi Esfahani'', (known as ''Bid Abadi''), and ''Javad'', ''Mohammad'', ''Mahdi'', ''Hossein'', ''Hassan'', ''Abdullah'', ''Abbas'', ''Ruhollah'', ''Nasrollah'' and ''Nourullah'' are his children. Educations Mohammad Ali Bid Abadi Esfahani (Shah Abadi) was born in 1872 in ''Hossein Abad'' neighborhood of Isfahan. He went to Najaf after his preliminary and level education and learning theoretical mysticism and philosophy under revision of ''Mirza Hashem Ashkoori''. Shah Abadi was disciple of Muhammad Kazim Khurasani and Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi for seven years, and he received permission for ijtihad from these two and three other authorities. He lived in Tehran from 1912 to 1928 and during this time he was engaged in teaching and leading the congreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Javad Ansari Hamedani
Mohammad Javad Ansari Hamedani (1902 – April 29, 1960) was a contemporary Iranian Shiite Faqih and mystic. He was the son of ''Mullah Fath Ali Hamedani'' and was born in Hamadan and grew up in an Islamic religious Shia family. Educations At the age of seven, he started learning seminary lessons such as Morphology and Syntax with his father. From the age of twelve, which coincided with the death of his father, he studied Islamic jurisprudence and principles and some philosophical books under revision of Hamadan scholars such as ''Mirza Ali Khalkhali'', ''Seyed Arab'', ''Ali Shahidi'', ''Mohammad Ismaeel Emadol Eslam''. He studied in the fields of Unani medicine, courses of ''Abu Bakr al-Razi'', and the science of self-knowledge and ethics under revision of ''Mirza Hossein Kosar Hamedani'', the brother of ''Reza Vaez'', a famous preacher. Ansari Hamedani reached the level of ijtihad at the age of 24, which was approved by scholars of Qom such as ''Abdolkarim Haeri Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqa Najafi Quchani
Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini Quchani (), known as Aqa Najafi Quchani () was one of the Islamic scholars and jurists of the fourteenth century AH. He was one of the disciples of Muhammad Kadhim Khorasani and reached the degree of ijtihad at the age of 30. Aqa Najafi Quchani wrote the famous books Siahat-e Gharb and Siahat-e Shargh. Birth and lineage Aqa Najafi Quchani was born in 1878 in Khosraviyeh, North Khorasan, Iran. He was the son of ''Seyyed Mohammad'', a farmer with basic education and ''Zolal'' the mother with Kurdish lineage. ''Aqa Najafi Quchani's'' grandfather was also named ''Seyyed Javad''. Education The father of Aqa Najafi Quchani was very interested in educating his children. He sent Aqa Najafi Quchani to teach in local school of Khosraviyeh village at an early age, so Aqa Najafi Quchani had learned the whole book of Quran before the age of seven. In a short period of time, he completed the usual Persian and Arabic lessons and the preparations of that ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Behbahani
Mir Seyyed Mohammad Behbahani (Persian: میر سید محمد بهبهانی; born 1874 - died 1963 November 11) was one of the prominent religious authorities in Tehran during the contemporary era, playing roles in the Constitutional Revolution and later in the overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh's government. Family and education Seyyed Mohammad was the son of Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani, who was counted among the Shia scholars of Tehran and leaders of the constitutional movement. His grandfather, ''Seyyed Ismail Behbahani'', was also a scholar comparable to Mulla Ali Kani and ''Seyyed Sadegh Sangalaji''. ''Seyyed Abdullah Baladi Busheri'', from the close relatives of Mir Seyyed Mohammad Behbahani, was also renowned. He pursued his religious education in Tehran and Najaf under the tutelage of Akhund Khorasani and Seyyed Mohammad Kazem Tabatabai Yazdi, reaching the rank of Ijtihad. During the Constitutional era, he was introduced to the parliament by Akhund Khorasani as the top sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Al-Milani
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Milani (; ; b. July 1948) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia scholar. He is the founder of the Center for Islamic Facts in Qom. He is also the author of many books on the Islamic theology. Family Al-Milani was born to a prominent religious family, that emigrated from Medina, and settled in Milan, Iran in the 14th century. Al-Milani's great ancestor was Ali al-Asghar, the son of the fourth Shia Imam, Ali Zayn al-Abideen. Lineage Early life and education Al-Milani was born in Najaf in 1948. His father was Sayyid Nur al-Din al-Milani, an alem who used to occasionally lead the prayers at the Imam Husayn shrine. His grandfather was Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Milani, a leading Shia scholar in Iraq and Iran. Al-Milani studied in the Islamic seminary of Karbala, and Najaf. He studied under scholars like Sayyid Zain Al-Abidin al-Kashani, Sayyid Hassan al-Tabatabaei al-Qomi, Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Ardebili, Sheikh Ali Muhammad al-Boroujerdi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Ali Naseri
Mohammad Ali Naseri Dowlatabadi (November 25, 1930, in Dowlatabad – August 26, 2022, in Isfahan), was an Iranian mujtahid, a promoter of Mahdism, and one of the moral scholars of Isfahan seminary. He acquired knowledge from people such as ''Mohammad Kufi'', ''Seyyed Mohammad Keshmiri'', ''Hashem Haddad'', ''Seyed Jamaluddin Golpayegani'', ''Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i'', ''Mohammad Ismaeel Doulabi'' and ''Modarres Afghani'', and especially in practical mysticism, he was a special student and guardian of '' Sheikh Abbas Quchani''. On 14 February 2012, Sean Stone, an American actor and filmmaker who traveled to Iran, converted to Islam at ''Mohammad Ali Naseri's'' house. Death He died on 26 August 2022 at the age of 92 after enduring a period of illness. Following his death in Isfahan, three days of public mourning were announced. See also * Abbas Quchani * Hassan Bagheri * Mojtaba Khamenei * Ali Qoddusi * Fathi Razem * Mohammad Javad Ansari Hamedani * Mohammad Ali S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i
Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (; 16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his '' Tafsir al-Mizan'', a twenty-seven-volume work of tafsir (Quranic exegesis), which he produced between 1954 and 1972. He is commonly known as Allameh Tabataba'i and the Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran is named after him. Biography He received his earlier education in his native Tabriz, mastering the elements of Arabic and the religious sciences, and at about the age of twenty set out for the Shiite seminary of Najaf to continue more advanced studies. He studied under masters such as Ali Tabatabaei (in gnosis), Mirza Muhammad Husain Na'ini, Sheykh Muhammad Hossein Qaravi Esfahani (in Fiqh and Jurisprudence), Sayyid Abu'l-Qasim Khwansari (in Mathematics), as well as studying the standard texts of Avicenna's ''Shifa'', the ''Asfar'' of Sadr al-Din Shirazi, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani () (24 August 1916 – 17 May 2009) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography Ayatullah Mohammad-Taqi was born on 24 August 1916 in the Fouman, Gilan province in the north of Iran. Mohammad's mother died when he was at an early age and he lived with father. Bahjat's father sold cookies to gain as income. He started his primary education from Fouman. At the age 14, he went to Karbala then Najaf, Iraq to continue his advanced education. After returning to Iran on 1945, he resided in Qom and at the Qom Seminary, Mohammad-Taqi taught jurisprudence and theology. Teachers While he lived in Najaf, he was a student of Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani, Shaikh Muhammad Kadhim Shirazi, Mirza Hussein Naini, Agha Zia Addin Araghi, and Shaikh Muhammad Hussain al-Gharawi. Also, Ali Tabatabaei (known as Ayatollah Qadhi) was his teacher in spirituality and gnosticism. In Qom, he attended the class of Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi. Students ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Ali Nokhodaki Isfahani
Hasan Ali Nukhudaki Isfahani (Persian: حسنعلی نخودکی اصفهانی) (4 May 1863 – 29 August 1942) was a Shi'a Muslim scholar and Sufi mystic who practiced asceticism. He also studied astronomy and mathematics. Early life Nakhodaki was born Hasan Ali Miqdadi in Isfahan on 4 May 1863. Hasan Ali's father, Ali Akbar, was a shopkeeper in Isfahan and a follower of Muhammad Sadiq Takht Puladi, a leader of the Chishti Order. His father died in 1873. When he grew up, Hasan Ali went to Shahreza, about 80 km southwest of Isfahan, to study under Sayyid Ja'far Husayni Qazwini. Education In addition to self-purification, Sheikh Hasan Ali began studying Islamic sciences. He studied Arabic literature, logic, philosophy, jurisprudence, principles of jurisprudence and mathematics under renowned teachers of the Isfahan Seminary such as Jahangir Khan Qashqa'i and Akhund Mulla Muhammad Kashi. Hasan Ali studied tafsir (exegesis of the Qur'an) under Sayyid Sina, son of Sayyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhsin Al-Hakim
Muhsin al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority. He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and of the majority of the Shia world in 1961, after the death of Hossein Borujerdi. He died in 1970. See also * Aqa Najafi Quchani * Hakim family *Hawza Najaf The Najaf Seminary (), also known as the al-Hawza Al-Ilmiyya (الحوزة العلمية), is the oldest and one of the most important Shia seminaries (hawza) in the world. It is located near the Imam Ali Shrine in the city of Najaf in Iraq, and ... * Abbas Quchani References External linksShia Leadership {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakim, Muhsin Iraqi ayatollahs 1889 births 1970 deaths Al-Hakim family Iraqi anti-communists Burials at Imam Ali Mosque Iraqi Shia Muslims 20th-century Iraqi people Pupils of Muhammad Kadhim Khorasani People from Najaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
