Biographies

Ayatollah Allamah Ḥasan Ḥasanzāda Āmolī, a philosopher, mystic, theologian, mujtahid, astronomer, and a teacher of religious and Islamic seminary disciplines, passed away at the age...

Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, professor in Islamic Seminary of Qom, Mujtahid, Quranic exegete and philosopher has passed away at 85 in holy city of Qom, Iran.....

Sayyid ʿAlī Qāḍī Ṭabāṭabāʾī, (b. 1282 or 1285/1866 or 1869 - d. 1365/1946) was a mystic, scholar, and teacher of ethics in Najaf Seminary, in 14th/20th century....

Muḥammad Ḥussain Gharawī Isfahānī (b.1296/1878 - d.1361/1942), known as Kumpānī, is a scholar of jurisprudence, principles of fiqh and a philosopher of 14th/20th century....

Sayyid Abu al-Qāsim Kāshānī (b. 1885 - d. 1962) was an Iranian faqih and politician who campaigned against Britain in Iraq and had a role in the nationalization of the...

Thus, this paper will seek to provide a brief biography and an insight into the contentious thoughts of Ayatollah Mahdi Haeri Yazdi....

Known for  reviving  the  renowned  Islamic  seminary in  Qom  and  his  disinterest in the  world of  politics,  this  paper  will  seek to  provide  a  brief  biography  into  the  esteemed  life  of...

Allama Sayyid Jaʿfar Murtaḍā al-ʿĀmilī a religious scholar, an expert in the history of Islam and Shiism, a Shiite biographer, and a scholar of the Islamic seminary of Qom and Najaf passed away at the...

Afghanistan’s top cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Asif Mohseni passed away due to an illness in Kabul, his family confirmed on...

Al-Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir al-Shaftī is a Shiite mujtahid and scholar of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) in the Qajari period. He was a prominent scholar of fiqh in his time, and one of the first faqihs who was known with the title "Hujjat al-Islam"...