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[[File:Ayatollah al-Khoi and Ali al-Sistani.jpg|thumbnail|250px|[[Ali al-Sistani]] (current chancellor of Hawza 'Ilmiyya Najaf) and [[Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei]] (ex-chancellor of Hawza 'Ilmiyya Najaf) ]] |
[[File:Ayatollah al-Khoi and Ali al-Sistani.jpg|thumbnail|250px|[[Ali al-Sistani]] (current chancellor of Hawza 'Ilmiyya Najaf) and [[Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei]] (ex-chancellor of Hawza 'Ilmiyya Najaf) ]] |
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The Najaf Seminary is near the [[Imam Ali Mosque]] in [[Iraq]], established in 1921 by Grand Ayatollah [[Shaykh Tusi|Shaykh al-Tusi]] (385 AH/995 CE – 460 AH/1067 CE) [[Najaf]]. |
The Najaf Seminary is near the [[Imam Ali Mosque]] in [[Iraq]], established in 1921 by Grand Ayatollah [[Shaykh Tusi|Shaykh al-Tusi]] (385 AH/995 CE – 460 AH/1067 CE) [[Najaf]]. |
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The Najaf Seminary is near the Imam Ali Mosque in Iraq, established in 1921 by Grand Ayatollah Shaykh al-Tusi (385 AH/995 CE – 460 AH/1067 CE) Najaf.
History
Shaykh Tusi went to Baghdad for continuing education.After 12 years, he forced to leave Baghdad and went to Najaf for sectarian differences.[1] Hawza 'Ilmiyya in Najaf, Iraq was established in 430 AH (the 11th century AD) by Shaykh al-Tusi ,[2] and continued as a center of study until the establishment of modern Iraq in 1921. He died in 460 AH/1067 CE.[3][4] Now hawze Najaf was one of the biggest and most important hawze of the world for educating and training of the celercs.[5]
lessons
The subjects taught at a Hawza incloding:[6]
- Mantiq (Logic)
- Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Jurisprudence)
- Fiqh (Jurisprudence)
- Tafsir al-Qur'an (Qur'an Exegesis)
- Ulum al-Qur'an (Qur'an Sciences)
- Ilm al-Hadith (The Study of Traditions)
- Ilm ar-Rijal (Science of Narrators)
- Tarikh (History)
- Aqaid / Kalam (Theology)
- Lugha (Language Studies)
- Falsafa (Islamic Philosophy)
- Irfan (Islamic Mysticism)
Trained clerc
Some Shia dominant scholars were trained in hawza Najaf.[7]
- Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ardabili; he was one of the most famous Shia scholars.He was khown as Mohaghegh (researcher) and Moghaddas (saint).[8]
- Moḥammad Mahdī Baḥr al-ʿUlūm; He was khown as Baḥr al-Ulum for his considerable knowledge.Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Bahr al-Ulum was a popular Shia Muslim scholar. He is specifically known as one of the few individuals who attained the climax of spiritual perfection.[9]
- Mohammad Bagher Shafti; he was the leader of Isfahan seminary.[7]
- Akhund Khorasani; he was student Morteza Ansari. Khorasani was the graetest Marja after Mirza Shirazi and befor Mohammad Fadhil Sharabiani he known as an indubitable master of osul al-feqh.[10]He authered sufficiency (Kefayeh) book focuced on commercial law.[11]
- Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei; Ali al-Sistani was his student.[12]He was made the most prominent Grand Ayatollah in 1971 after the death of Muhsin al-Hakim.[13]He was well-khown author in Hadith studies and Rijal and Kalam knowledge.[12][14]
- Ibn Idris Hilli; he foundered the Hillah seminary.[7]
- Mirza Shirazi;he was the leader of Samarra seminary and Tobacco Protest.[11]
- Hajj Muhammad Ibrahim Kalbasi; he was the leader of Isfahan seminary.[7]
- Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi; he was founder Qum seminary in Iran.[15] Ruhollah Khomeini was his student. He was Marja.[16]
- Kashif al-Ghita;Leader and great Marja of Shia.[7]
- Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi; authored Javaher al-kalam Fi sharh-e Sharay-e al-Islam [17]and leader of Najaf seminary.[18]
- Morteza Ansari; he was leader of Najaf seminary after death of Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi.[7] He has been called "first effective" Marja of the Shia[19] or "the first scholar universally recognized as supreme authority in matters of Shii law".[20]He was leader of Najaf seminary after death of Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi.[7]
- Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi; papular students included:Imam Khomeini,Hossein Vahid Khorasani,Sayed Ali Khamenei,Sayyid Ali al-Sistani,Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani and Dr. Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani[21].Borujerdi was the sole marja "in the Shia world" from 1945-6 until his death in 1961.[22] Borujerdi was first Marja who attempted to Islamic unity and He sent Sayyid Muhaqqiqi to Hamburg, Germany, Aqa-e-Shari'at to Karachi, Pakistan, Al-Faqihi to Medina and Musa al-Sadr to Lebanon.[23][24]
- Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i; authored Tafsir al-Mizan[25] and he was one of the most prominent Intellectuals of philosophy and contemporary Shia Islam[26][27]He was a expert in philosophy in Islam. His philosophy is focused upon the sociological treatment of human problems.[26]His book, Shi'ite Islam translated into English by Hossein Nasr and William Chittick as project of Colgate University.He interviewed with Henry Corbin.[28].
- Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi;He was one of the greatest Marja in Lebanon.He attempted to Shia and Sunni, closer to each other.[29]
See also
References
- ^ Jaffer - XKP, Mulla Asghar Ali M. FIQH and FUQAHA (PDF). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 4, 2015). ISBN 978-1519106759.
- ^ "Part 2: The Fuqaha". World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities.
- ^ "Hawza - Advanced Islamic Studies". Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011.
- ^ Sreeram Chaulia. "Shiites and Democracy". Mideast Monitor. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.
- ^ "A rare look inside the 'heart of society' for Iraq's Shi'ites".
- ^ "Hawza - Advanced Islamic Studies".
- ^ a b c d e f g Khoshkhu, Rasoul Imani. "A Glimpse at the Major Shi'a Seminaries part 1". Ahlul Bayt World Assembly.
- ^ Ghobadzadeh, Naser. Religious Secularity: A Theological Challenge to the Islamic State (Religion and Global Politics). Oxford University Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2014). ISBN 978-0199391172.
- ^ Litvak, Meir. Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'. Cambridge University Press (May 2, 2002). ISBN 978-0521892964.
- ^ Hairi, A.; Murata, S. (1984). "AḴŪND ḴORĀSĀNĪ". Encyclopædia Irannica.
- ^ a b Mottahedeh, Roy. The Mantle of the Prophet. Oneworld (August 15, 2000). ISBN 978-1851682348.
- ^ a b Who's who in Iraq: Ayatollah Sistani, 26 August, 2004
- ^ "The Wall Street Journal: Index, Volume 2". Dow Jones & Co., 1992.
- ^ Allawi, Ali A. The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace. Yale University Press; Reprint edition (March 18, 2008). ISBN 978-0300136142.
- ^ "Haeri Yazdi، Ayatollah Abdulkarim".
- ^ Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet, (1985, 2000), p.229
- ^ Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein. The Just Ruler in Shi'ite Islam: The Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist in Imamite Jurisprudence. Oxford University Press; Revised edition (October 8, 1998). ISBN 978-0195119152.
- ^ Arjomand, Saïd Amir. Authority and Political Culture in Shi'ism (SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies). SUNY Press; Annotated edition edition (July 8, 1988). ISBN 978-0887066399.
- ^ Mottahedeh, Roy. The Mantle of the Prophet. Oneworld (August 15, 2000). p. 210. ISBN 978-1851682348.
- ^ Esposito, John L. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (Oxford Quick Reference). Oxford University Press; 1 edition (October 21, 2004). p. 21. ISBN 978-0195125597.
- ^ The course of Imam Khomeini's struggles narrated by SAVAK [Seir e mobarezat e imam khomeini be revayat e savak] (in Persian). Vol. 1. p. 45. and http://english.khamenei.ir/news/2130/bio
- ^ Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet, (1985, 2000), p.231
- ^ "Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi".
- ^ Chehabi, Abisaab, Houchang , Rula Jurdi. Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years. I.B.Tauris (April 2, 2006). ISBN 978-1860645617.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Biography of Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei by Amid Algar, University of California, Berkeley, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
- ^ a b Legenhausen, Dr. Muhammad. "'Allamah Tabataba'i And Contemporary Philosophical Theology". ALHODA PUBLISHERS.
- ^ Husayni Tihrani, Sayyid Muhammad Husayn. Shining Sun. Islamic College for Advanced Studie; UK ed. edition (May 1, 2011). ISBN 978-1904063407.
- ^ Randall, Yafia Katherine. Sufism and Jewish-Muslim Relations: The Derekh Avraham Order in Israel. Routledge; 1 edition (April 7, 2016). ISBN 978-1138914032.
- ^ Rizvi, Arsalan. "Sayyid Sharafuddin al-Musawi".