Supreme Leader of the Iran Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in a message expressed condolences over the demise of Ayatollah...
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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.....
Read More »An Analysis of Political and Social Thought of Akhund Khorasani in Constitutional Revolution
Although Akhund Khorasani was one of the traditional lecturers – one of the most prominent figures of traditional thought – in Shiite world, he succeeded to turn the traditional knowledge taught in...
Read More »Ayatollah Muahmmad Yazdi Passes Away
Ayatollah Muhammad Yazdi, a Shia Cleric, Faqih, politician and member of Iran Assembly of Experts was passed away at the age of 89, in Isfahan, Iran....
Read More »Ayatollah Taskhiri, True Role Model of Islamic Unity
Religious figures, intellectuals lauded Iran’s late Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri as true manifest of Islamic unity, in an online meeting held by Organization of Hajj and pilgrimage in collaboration with international deputy of...
Read More »Biography of Ayatollah Sayyid ‘Ali Qadi Tabataba’i
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....
Read More »Relationship between Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khoei
Once ayatollah Khoei gave Sayyid Ahmad Fahri an ‘aba (cloak) so that he can give it to Imam Khomeini as a gift. When Sayyid Fahri presented the ‘aba to Imam Khomeini, Imam said: I am very glad that you have continued to preserve a...
Read More »Video: Funeral of Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei [ra]
Although a formal funeral ceremony for him was not allowed by the Ba'athist regime, this video footage captured by one of the government intelligence agents depicting the...
Read More »The Heritage of Scholars: A Review of Agha Buzurg al-Tehrani’s al-Dhariʿah
Muḥammad Muḥsin b. ʿAlī al-Munzawī al-Ṭihrānī known as Āghā Buzurg al-Tihrānī (b.1293/1876- d.1389/1970) was a twelver Shi'a faqih and bibliographer and the author of al-Dhari'a ila tasanif al-Shi'a, an encyclopedia about Shi'a books, and....
Read More »A Drop in the Sea: The Life and Character of Mirza al-Shirazi
Sayyid Muhammad Ḥasan al-Shīrāzī, also known as Mīrzā al-Shīrāzī, whose piety and scholarship were revered far beyond the confines of the seminaries of...
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