Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Hasan al-Musawi al-Isfahani (Arabic: أبوالحسن الموسوي الأصفهاني; 1861–November 4, 1946) was an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja'.[1]
Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani | |
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أبوالحسن الموسوي الأصفهاني | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 1861 |
| Died | November 4, 1946 (aged 84–85) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Period in office | 1937–1946 |
| Predecessor | Muhammad Hossein Naini |
| Successor | Hossein Borujerdi |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
Al-Isfahani became the leading marja' of the Shia world after the death of Muhammad-Hussein al-Naini.
Biography
editAl-Isfahani was born in Madiseh to Sayyid Muhammad al-Isfahani, a renowned alim of Isfahan.
Al-Isfahani passed his preliminary training in Nimarud School in Isfahan and travelled to Najaf in 1890. He joined the lessons of Akhund Khorasani, who soon recognized the talents of his disciple. Al-Isfahani received his degree of Ijtihad from Khorasani. After the death of his contemporary scholar, Ayatollah Mirza Hussein Naini, he became the sole Marja' for most of Shia Muslims.[1] Al-Isfahani was banished to Iran for protecting Iraqi Muslims against colonial policies. Also, he had a strong position about the incidents at the Goharshad Mosque in Mashhad.[2][3]
Al-Isfahani had a grandson named Musa al-Musawi who studied with him for 17 years. Musa al-Musawi was a renowned academic and philosopher, who wrote a revisionist text on Shia Islam where he sought to purify schism from innovation and bring it closer to the majority of Muslims.[1]
Works
editIn Fiqh, Wasila al-Naja which due to its comprehensive nature, has been elucidated by many Fuqaha including Ruhollah Khomeini.[3]
Students
edit- Musa al-Musawi
- Ayatollah Borqei
- Muhsin al-Hakim
- Mohammad Hadi Milani
- Mirza Hashem Amoli
- Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani
- Sayyed Hassan Musavi Bojnourdi
- Ali Naqi Naqvi
Death
editSee also
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References
edit- ^ a b c Rainer Brunner; Werner Ende (1 January 2001). The Twelver Shia in Modern Times: Religious Culture and Political History. BRILL. p. 178. ISBN 90-04-11803-9.
- ^ a b Jibouri, Yasin (2005). Uswat Al-Aarifeen: A Look at the Life of Ayatullah Bahjat. Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Kharsan Foundation for Publications.
- ^ a b c d "Ayatullah al-Uzma Sayyid Abul Hasan Isfahani". imamreza.net. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.