Tag Archives: Muslim Scholars

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …