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 di ...

Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani (

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: احمد مجتهدی تهرانی) was an Iranian

Twelver Twelver Shi'ism (), also known as Imamism () or Ithna Ashari, is the Islamic schools and branches, largest branch of Shia Islam, Shi'a Islam, comprising about 90% of all Shi'a Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers to its adherents' belief in twel ...

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ayatollah/scholar who was born on 2 October 1923 in Tehran in a religious family. His father was Mohammad-Baqer, and his grandfather was Mirza-Ahmad (a religious trader); and his ancestors were among the Shia clerics and scholars of

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. Mujtahedi Tehrani, became an Islamic cleric at the age of 19, and was working at the market (of the city) before that. Five years later, i.e. at the age of 24 he got married. Beside education, he used to teach the books of

Hawzah A hawza () or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah () is the collective term (plural hawzat) for a ''madrasa'' (i.e. seminary) where Marja', Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated. The word ''ḥawzah'' is Arabic, and has been adopted into Persian as a loan word. ...

(to the students of Hawzah). This Shia scholar also established a

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with the help of religious traders/people. Finally, Mojtahedi Tehran died at the age of 85 on 13 January 2008 in Tehran.

Seminary school

Mojtahedi Tehrani was the manager of "Ayatollah Motahedi school", which was/is amongst the known Tehran Seminary-Schools. Among the graduated students of this seminary school are: *

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* Reza Ostadi *

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* Meysam Khamenei * Mohsen Kazeruni * Seyed Mohammad Qaravi * Mohammad Reza Naseri * Mohammad Ali Fayaz Bakhsh

Teachers

Mojtahedi Tehrani had teachers, such as: * Ali Akbar Borhan * Mohammad Javad Khandagh Abadi * Seyed Morteza Alavi Fereiduni * Seyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei * Abd Al-Razzagh Isfahani * Mohammad Sadughi * Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Tabatabaee * Seyed Shahab Al-Din Marashi Najafi * Seyed Sadegh Shariat Madari * Seyed Hossein Tabatabai Borujerdi * Seyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani * Abbas Ali Shahrudi * Mohammad Reza Tonekaboni * Seyed Ahmad Khansari * Seyed Ruhollah Khomaini * Seyed Hossein Fatemi QomiPassing on the life of Ayatollah Mojtahedi Tehrani
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References

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