Muslim Scholars

Place of birth: Khorasan – Iran Place of Demise: Najaf – Iraq Born and Family Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Hassan Tusi, known as “Sheikh al-Tayefah” in the Iranian province of Khorassan, was born in the year 385 A.H. He was one of the very bright luminaries of the Islamic world. He has …

Place of birth: Qum – Iran Place of Demise: ShahreRey – Iran Born and Family Mohammad, son of Ali, son of Husein son of Bābiwayh-e Qummī, known as Sheikh-e Sadūq, was born in 305 Hegira in Qum, in a family which was adorned by the brand of knowledge and piety. Sheikh-e Tūsī …

Place of birth: Jabal Amel – Lebanon Born and His Family Shaheed e Awwal, Abu Abd Allah Shams ud Deen Mohammed was born to Jamal al Deen Makki at the small village of Jazeen in Jabl Amili, Lebanon, during the year 734 H and was martyred on Thursday, 9 Jamadi al …

Place of birth: Jabal Amel – Lebanon Place of Demise: Damascus – Syria Born He was born Zainuddin ibn Nuruddin in Jabal Amil (in southern Lebanon) in the year 911 AH. Growing up in a family of scholars, he was naturally inclined towards pursuing religious studies. The Family of Shaheed E Saani …

Place of birth: Shooshtar – Iran Place of Demise: India Born Qazi Nurullah Shustari entitled Zia-ud-Din known as Shaheed-i-Thalis was born in 956 A.H./1549 A.D. at Shushtar, one of the cities of the present Khuzistan province in South of Iran.Family He was sayyid by lineage and belonged to the Mar’ashi family. …

Place of birth: Baghdad – Iraq Born Abul Hassan, Muhammad son of Hussein son of Mūsā Mūsawi Baghdādi, known as Sayyid Radhi was born in Baghdād in 356H. Family He was born to a noble family; descendant of the infallible Imāms (Aemmah Ma’sūmeen A.S.). His father descends from Imām Mūsā Kādhim …

Place of birth: karbala – Iraq Place of Demise: Najaf – Iraq Born Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi ibn Sayyid Murtadha Tabatabai was born in Karbala, Iraq, on thursday in the month of Shawwaal in 1155 A H. His father was a well-known scholar renowned for his piety, and traditions talk about his father …

A Biography of Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Bāqer Mīr Dāmād