Place of birth: Taleqan – Iran Place of Demise: Najaf – Iraq Born Sheykh Murtaďa Taleqani was born in 1280 A.H. in the city of Taleqan. Education He learned the Qur’an and Persian literature in the katateeb of the city then migrated to Tehran and from there to Isfahan so he could …
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Place of birth: Najaf – Iraq Place of Demise: Qum – Iran Born and Upbringing Ayatoollah Muhammad Shirazi was born in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, in 1347 AH (Muslim calendar), 1928 AD. He belongs to a distinguished family deeply rooted in Islamic sciences, literature and virtue. The Shirazi family has …
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Place of birth: karbala – Iraq Born Shaykh Ma`rifat was born in Karbala, Iraq in 1930 into a family known for its religious and pious background. His father, Shaykh Ali Ma`rifat Isfahani, was a famous preacher and orator in Karbala. Religious Education Having finished his primary school, Ma`rifat entered the Islamic …
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Place of birth: Birjand – Iran Place of Demise: Mashhad -Iran Born Ayatullah Sayyid Mahdi Ibadi, the Friday Congregational Prayers leader of the holy city of Mashhad and a prominent and leading Islamic scholar was born in Khusuf near Birjand city in southern Khurasan in the year 1936. Education He completed his …
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Born and Family Sheikh Raziuddin Ali was born on Shawwal 11th, 635 A.H., in the Iraqi city of Hillah. He was an elder brother of the famous Islamic scholar, Allameh Helli. Their father, Sheikh Sadiduddin Yusof Helli, was a distinguished Shiite Jurisprudent, an expert in Islamic sciences such as Fiqh …
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Place of birth: Kerman -Iran Place of Demise: Tehran – Iran His political activities Though very young, Bahonar could not tolerate the situation in which Islam had been put in danger hence; he fought with Tyrant of time in different ways. He had been arrested for several times by Shah’s regime, due to his politico- religious activities, but he kept …
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Place of birth: karbala – Iraq Born Sayyed Kamāl al-Ḥaydarῑ was born in the holy city of Karbalā’ in the year 1956. Education He was raised in an educational environment, and completed his elementary, middle and high school education in Karbalā’ while simultaneously attending lessons on Tajwῑd and studies of …
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Place of birth: Najaf – Iraq Place of Demise: Lebanon Birth and Childhood Sayyid Fadlullah was born in the city of Al-Najaf al-Ashraf in 1354H/1935. His father was living there to study Theology, and by the time the Sayyid was born, had already established himself as an outstanding scholar, who was …
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Place of birth: Shahrood – Iran Born Ayatollah Jannaati was born in Shahrud in the year 1311 A.H. (1932 A.D.). Education He was 6 years of age when his noble father sent him to school to learn the Quran and Persian literature. At 11 he entered the Islamic seminary of Shahrud …
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Place of birth: Yazd – Iran Born and Education Ayatollah Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab, date of birth: 1959, has been studying and teaching at Qum Seminary, which is one of the greatest Universities of Shia Islam (1976-1991). In 1991 ,.after accomplishment of three scientific thesis in Islamic Jurisprudence, Astronomy and acknowledgment …
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