Fuqaha

 Born Jafar ibne Yahya ibne Hassan ibne Saeed known as Muhaqqaq Hilli was the first religious leader in Hillah. He was born in 602 A.H. at Hillah city.Hillah City While Baghdad became the center of Shia learning during the time of the Seventh Imam (a.s) and the Four Deputies of …

Place of birth: ShahreRey – Iran Place of Demise: Baghdad – Iraq Born Thiqat-ul-Islām, the Sheikh of Sheikhs, Muhammad son of Ya’qūb son of Is’hāq, known as Kuleinī Rāzī, is one of the great dignitaries of Shi’a at the time of ‘Ghaybat-e Sughrā’ (minor occultation) of the 12th Imām (Imām-e Asr, Mahdī …

Place of birth: Hillah – Iraq Place of Demise: Hillah – Iraq Born Hasan, son of Yūsuf, son of Ali, son of Mutahhar-e Hillī, known as Allāmah Hillī, was born on Ramadhān 29th, 648 Hegira in the city of Hillah. Education He was born in a clerical and knowledgeable family. He started …

Place of birth: Baghdad Place of Demise: Baghdad Born Sheikh-e Mufīd, Muhammad, the son of Muhammad, the son of No’mān Sheikh was born on 11th Dhul Qa’dah, 336 Hijra (or 338 A.H. according to Sheikh Tusi) in Ukbara near Baghdad. He grew up under the care of his father who taught him …

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 …