Place of birth: Najaf – Iraq Place of Demise: Najaf -Iraq Born and Upbringing Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar was born on the 5th of Sha’ban, 1322 AH, 1904 AD, five months after the death of his illustrious father. Since his father died before he was born neither could meet each other, and …
Read More »ʻAbd al-Ḥosayn Amīnī (ʻAllāmah Amīnī)
Place of birth: Tabriz – Iran Place of Demise: Tehran – Iran Born Sheikh Abdul Hussein Amini was born in Tabriz, Iran on 1320 (AH). Family His father, “Haj Mirza Ahmad Amini” was one of the greatest scholars in Tabriz City and all people knew him for his knowledge and good morality. …
Read More »Muḥammad Bāqir Wahīd Behbahānī
Place of birth: Isfahan, Iran Place of Demise: karbala, Iraq Behbahānī, Aqā Sayyed Mohmmad-Bāqer, Shiʿite mojtahed and champion of the Oṣūlī school in Shiʿite law (fiqh). Often designated as Waḥīd-e Behbahānī (Behbahānī the unique) or Moḥaqqeq-e Behbahānī (Behbahānī the investigator), he is commonly regarded as the “renewer” (mojadded) of the twelfth …
Read More »Muḥammad Jawād Fāḍil Lankarānī
Place of birth: Qum – Iran Place rolls: —– Born Ayatollah Shaikh Muhammad Jawad Fazel Lankarani, son of Grand Ayatullah Fazel Lankarani (may his soul rest in peace) the great Marja’ (religious authority) of the Shia world was born in the holy city of Qum in the year 1341 A.H./1962 C.E. …
Read More »Sayyid Muḥammad Ṣadr
Place of birth: Najaf – Iraq Born Sayyed Muhammad al-Sadr was born in the holy city of Najaf in 1943. He was an only child. His father Sayyed Muhammad Sadiq was a mujtahid (qualified to make independent juridical decisions), his grandfather and great-grandfather were marjas. His mother was the daughter of …
Read More »Muḥammad ʻAlī Shomālī
Place of birth: Tehran Muhammad Ali Shomali was born in Tehran, Iran in 1965. Education Dr Mohammad Ali Shomali is a graduate of the Islamic Seminaries of Qum and has also both a BA and an MA in Western Philosophy from the University of Tehran. He has earned his Doctorate in …
Read More »Moḥsin Arākī
Place of birth: Najaf Born Ayatollah Mohsen Araki was born in Najaf in 1955 in a well-educated family. His father was one of the well-known jurisprudents in Najaf seminary and a forerunner in the realm of religion. His late father, Ayatollah Habibollah Araki was the son of the Piet elite, …
Read More »Sayyid Muḥammad Riḍwī
Place of birth: India Born He was born in 1957 in a family of ‘ulamã’ in Bihar, India. He comes from a region in Bihar (Siwan District, previously known as Saran) that has produced well-known Shi‘a scholars in the Indian sub-continent. Emigration to Africa & Started Education Migrated to Africa …
Read More »Riḍā Rameḍānī Gīlānī
Place of birth: Iran – Gilan Born Ayatullah Dr. Ramezani was born in a religious family in Rasht, North of Iran in 1963. Education Besides learning classical subjects, he continued religious and theological lessons informally. In 1359, he formally commenced his preliminary lessons at the Islamic seminary in Rasht under …
Read More »Lady Zohra Ṣafāʼī
Place of birth: Ardebil Born Zohreh Sefati was born in Abadan, Iran in 1953, and raised in a religious family. She was the daughter of a pious, kindly man, and her mother was known for her noble personality and for having the entire Qur’an memorized. Education Her parent both encouraged her …
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