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| birth_name = Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh
| birth_name = Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh
| relatives = [[Sadeq Larijani]] (son-in-law)
| relatives = [[Sadeq Larijani]] (son-in-law)
| parents = Ismail Khurasani (father)
| parents = Esmail Khorasani (father)
| honorific prefix = [[Grand Ayatollah]] [[Sheikh]]
| honorific prefix = [[Grand Ayatollah]] [[Sheikh]]
| website = http://wahidkhorasani.com/
| website = http://wahidkhorasani.com/
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| religion = [[Usuli]] [[Twelver]] [[Shia Islam]]
| religion = [[Usuli]] [[Twelver]] [[Shia Islam]]
| image = File:Hossein Vahid Khorasani, mourning martyrdom of Imam Ali in Qom (41545).jpg
| image = File:Hossein Vahid Khorasani, mourning martyrdom of Imam Ali in Qom (41545).jpg
| children = {{hlist|Muhammad-Ismail|Muhsin}}
| children = {{hlist|Mohammad-Esmail|Mohsen}}
}}
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He is the current head of the [[Qom Seminary]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?redir_esc=y&id=w0QqAQAAIAAJ|title=Acta orientalia: ediderunt societates orientales Batava, Danica, Norvegica|date=2007|publisher=E.J. Brill.|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=48|language=en}}</ref> Khorasani is considered to be the most learned religious authority alive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sratali.rigala.net/t6-topic|title=al-Qa'ilun Bi A'lamiyat Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sheikh Wahid al-Khorasani|last=|first=|date=|website=sratali.rigala.net|language=ar|trans-title=Declarations of Khorasani's leading religious authority|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Morrow|first=John Andrew|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sDj5DAAAQBAJ|title=Restoring the Balance: Using the Qur’an and the Sunnah to Guide a Return to the Prophet’s Islam|date=2016-04-26|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=|isbn=978-1-4438-9296-4|location=|pages=26|language=en}}</ref>
He is the current head of the [[Qom Seminary]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?redir_esc=y&id=w0QqAQAAIAAJ|title=Acta orientalia: ediderunt societates orientales Batava, Danica, Norvegica|date=2007|publisher=E.J. Brill.|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=48|language=en}}</ref> Khorasani is considered to be the most learned religious authority alive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sratali.rigala.net/t6-topic|title=al-Qa'ilun Bi A'lamiyat Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sheikh Wahid al-Khorasani|last=|first=|date=|website=sratali.rigala.net|language=ar|trans-title=Declarations of Khorasani's leading religious authority|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Morrow|first=John Andrew|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sDj5DAAAQBAJ|title=Restoring the Balance: Using the Qur’an and the Sunnah to Guide a Return to the Prophet’s Islam|date=2016-04-26|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=|isbn=978-1-4438-9296-4|location=|pages=26|language=en}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Khorasani was born in [[Nishapur]], a city 130 km west of [[Mashhad]], to Sheikh Ismail Khorasani, a revered [[Ulama|alim]] and orator.
Khorasani was born in [[Nishapur]], a city 130 km west of [[Mashhad]], to Sheikh Esmail Khorasani, a revered [[Ulama|alim]] and orator.


He began his religious education at an early age in Mashhad, completing his ''muqadamat'' and Arabic under Sheikh Shams and al-Muhaqiq al-Mughani in the Ba'in Ya school. He then moved to the Mirza Jafar school and completed his intermediate level studies under Sheikh Husayn Birsi, Mirza Ahmed Kifaei, Abu al-Qasim al-Hakim al-Ilahi and Sheikh Husayn-Ali al-Isfahani. He also attended the classes of Mirza Mehdi al-Isfahani, Sheikh Mahdi al-Ishtiyani and Sheikh Muhammad Nahawndi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sibtayn.com/fa/index.php|title=Zendeginameh Ayat Allah Uzma Shaykh Vahid Khorasani|last=|first=|date=|website=www.sibtayn.com|language=fa-ir|trans-title=Biography of Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> He received an [[Ijazah|ijaza]] from his teacher Sayyid [[Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://article.tebyan.net/396412/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C|title=Guzari Kutah Bar Zendegi Hazrat Ayat Allah Vahid Khurasani|last=|first=|date=|website=Tebyan Foundation|language=Persian|trans-title=Biography of Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
He began his religious education at an early age in Mashhad, completing his ''muqadamat'' and Arabic under Sheikh Shams and al-Muhaqiq al-Mughani in the Ba'in Ya school. He then moved to the Mirza Jafar school and completed his intermediate level studies under Sheikh Husayn Birsi, Mirza Ahmed Kifaei, Abu al-Qasim al-Hakim al-Ilahi and Sheikh Husayn-Ali al-Isfahani. He also attended the classes of Mirza Mehdi al-Isfahani, Sheikh Mahdi al-Ishtiyani and Sheikh Muhammad Nahawndi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sibtayn.com/fa/index.php|title=Zendeginameh Ayat Allah Uzma Shaykh Vahid Khorasani|last=|first=|date=|website=www.sibtayn.com|language=fa-ir|trans-title=Biography of Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> He received an [[Ijazah|ijaza]] from his teacher Sayyid [[Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://article.tebyan.net/396412/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C|title=Guzari Kutah Bar Zendegi Hazrat Ayat Allah Vahid Khurasani|last=|first=|date=|website=Tebyan Foundation|language=Persian|trans-title=Biography of Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
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Khorasani stance on Iran's government has been relatively vague, and he has been considered–if anything–an indirect critic. He has been often quoted in his lectures to challenge the opinion of the [[Supreme Leader of Iran|supreme leader of Iran]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6fbd1efa-1374-11e0-a367-00144feabdc0|title=Leading cleric defies Tehran on confessions|last=Bozorgmehr|first=Najmeh|date=|website=Financial Times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
Khorasani stance on Iran's government has been relatively vague, and he has been considered–if anything–an indirect critic. He has been often quoted in his lectures to challenge the opinion of the [[Supreme Leader of Iran|supreme leader of Iran]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6fbd1efa-1374-11e0-a367-00144feabdc0|title=Leading cleric defies Tehran on confessions|last=Bozorgmehr|first=Najmeh|date=|website=Financial Times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>


However at the same time, his son-in-law is the head of judiciary, and his son, Muhsin, had visited [[Ali Khamenei]], when he fell ill in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://theiranproject.com/blog/2014/09/11/ayatollah-vahid-khorasanis-son-visits-supreme-leader-in-hospital/|title=Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani’s son visits Supreme Leader in hospital|date=11 September 2014|work=The Iran Project|accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref>
However at the same time, his son-in-law is the head of judiciary, and his son, Mohsen, had visited [[Ali Khamenei]], when he fell ill in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://theiranproject.com/blog/2014/09/11/ayatollah-vahid-khorasanis-son-visits-supreme-leader-in-hospital/|title=Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani’s son visits Supreme Leader in hospital|date=11 September 2014|work=The Iran Project|accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Khorasani is married and has two sons, Muhammad-Ismail and Muhsin.<ref name=":0" />
Khorasani is married and has two sons, [[Mohammad-Esmail Khorasani|Mohammad-Esmail]] and [[Mohsen Khorasani|Mohsen]].<ref name=":0" />


He is the father-in-law of [[Sadeq Larijani]].<ref name="Wright2010">{{cite book|author=Robin B. Wright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDgwl59s_hUC&pg=PA223|title=The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy|publisher=US Institute of Peace Press|year=2010|isbn=978-1-60127-084-9|page=223}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WdBAQAAIAAJ|title=The Echo of Iran|publisher=Tehran|year=2008|page=23}}</ref>
He is the father-in-law of [[Sadeq Larijani]].<ref name="Wright2010">{{cite book|author=Robin B. Wright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDgwl59s_hUC&pg=PA223|title=The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy|publisher=US Institute of Peace Press|year=2010|isbn=978-1-60127-084-9|page=223}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WdBAQAAIAAJ|title=The Echo of Iran|publisher=Tehran|year=2008|page=23}}</ref>

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Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Vahid Khorasani (Persian: حسین وحید خراسانی; born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh; January 1, 1921) is an Iranian Shia marja'.

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh
Hossein Vahid Khorasani
شيخ حسين وحيد خراساني
TitelGrand Ayatollah
Personal
Born
Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh

(1921-01-01) January 1, 1921 (age 103)
Nishapur, Iran
ReligionUsuli Twelver Shia Islam
Children
  • Mohammad-Esmail
  • Mohsen
ParentEsmail Khorasani (father)
RelativesSadeq Larijani (son-in-law)
Senior posting
Based inQom, Iran
Period in office1972–Present
Websitehttp://wahidkhorasani.com/

He is the current head of the Qom Seminary.[1] Khorasani is considered to be the most learned religious authority alive.[2][3]

Early life and education

Khorasani was born in Nishapur, a city 130 km west of Mashhad, to Sheikh Esmail Khorasani, a revered alim and orator.

He began his religious education at an early age in Mashhad, completing his muqadamat and Arabic under Sheikh Shams and al-Muhaqiq al-Mughani in the Ba'in Ya school. He then moved to the Mirza Jafar school and completed his intermediate level studies under Sheikh Husayn Birsi, Mirza Ahmed Kifaei, Abu al-Qasim al-Hakim al-Ilahi and Sheikh Husayn-Ali al-Isfahani. He also attended the classes of Mirza Mehdi al-Isfahani, Sheikh Mahdi al-Ishtiyani and Sheikh Muhammad Nahawndi.[4] He received an ijaza from his teacher Sayyid Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari.[5]

He moved to Najaf in 1949 and studied in the Yazdi school for ten years. He attended the classes of Sheikh Muhammad-Husayn Naini for a year; Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani for two years; Sheikh Musa Khonsari for six years; Agha Dhiya al-Din al-Iraqi, Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Golpayegani, Sheikh Kadhim al-Shirazi, Sayyid Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi and Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim.[6] He studied under Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei the longest, which was twelve years, becoming one of the distinguished students of al-Khoei.

He returned to Mashhad in 1972, and taught there for just under a year, and then travelled to Qom, to settle there until today.

Fatimah's death

Khorasani believes the attack of Fatimah's house holds a very high religious significance in the Shi'i creed.[7] He leads a large mourning procession in Qom, on the anniversary of her death–in accordance to the third narration– annually, that sees hundreds of thousands of people participating in it.[8][9]

When the controversial marja' Sayyid Muhammad-Husayn Fadhlallah declared his opinion that the attack of the door was a myth, and deemed most stories as fiction,[10] Khorasani along with Mirza Jawad Tabrizi and Sayyid Muhammad-Sadiq Rohani deemed him a "deviant".[11]

Islamic Republic

Khorasani stance on Iran's government has been relatively vague, and he has been considered–if anything–an indirect critic. He has been often quoted in his lectures to challenge the opinion of the supreme leader of Iran.[12]

However at the same time, his son-in-law is the head of judiciary, and his son, Mohsen, had visited Ali Khamenei, when he fell ill in 2014.[13]

Works

Khorasani has written many books some of which have been translated into Urdu, Persian, Arabic, English, and other languages.[14]

Some of his works include:

  • Islamic Laws. ISBN 9781505606799.
  • Principles of Faith. ISBN 9781546921721.
  • Sharh al-Urwatul Wuthqa (Explanation of The Firmest Bond).
  • Laws of Hajj.
  • On the Occasion of the Great Sorrow, the Martyrdom of Sadiqah Kubra Fatima (Sa). ISBN 9781500634032.
  • The Prophet's Fragrant Flower, Imam Hassan Al-Mujtaba. ISBN 9781499365252.
  • In Memory of the Last Ruler of God. ISBN 9781497549807.
  • Rulings of Medicine.
  • Ahkam-e-Shabab (Laws for Youth).
  • Misbah al-Huda Wa Safinat al-Najat (Light of Guidance and Ark of Salvation). Two Volumes.

Personal life

Khorasani is married and has two sons, Mohammad-Esmail and Mohsen.[13]

He is the father-in-law of Sadeq Larijani.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ Acta orientalia: ediderunt societates orientales Batava, Danica, Norvegica. E.J. Brill. 2007. p. 48.
  2. ^ "al-Qa'ilun Bi A'lamiyat Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sheikh Wahid al-Khorasani" [Declarations of Khorasani's leading religious authority]. sratali.rigala.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Morrow, John Andrew (2016-04-26). Restoring the Balance: Using the Qur’an and the Sunnah to Guide a Return to the Prophet’s Islam. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4438-9296-4.
  4. ^ "Zendeginameh Ayat Allah Uzma Shaykh Vahid Khorasani" [Biography of Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani]. www.sibtayn.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Guzari Kutah Bar Zendegi Hazrat Ayat Allah Vahid Khurasani" [Biography of Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani]. Tebyan Foundation (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Samahat Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sheikh Wahid al-Khorasani (Dam Dhiluh)". www.m-mahdi.info (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "The greatness of the tragedy of Hazrat Zahra's martyrdom, the position of her progeny, and their responsibility on the day of her martyrdom. | The Official Website for The G.A. Wahid Khorasani". wahidkhorasani.com. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  8. ^ Exclusive, ABNA (2017-03-03). "Photos: Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani in procession of Sayyida Fatima's martyrdom anniv". abna.co. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  9. ^ Modarresi, Sayed M. (2020-01-29). "Today, massive procession in the holy city of Qom, led by Grand Ayatollah Waheed Khorasani, mourning the murder of the Prophet's daughter Fatima by the Saqifa coup leaders. Ayat. Waheed is now 99 years old and is considered to be of the most senior Shi'a scholars alive.pic.twitter.com/xQrDOHVEIP". @SayedModarresi. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  10. ^ Walbridge, Linda S. (2001-08-30). The Most Learned of the Shi`a: The Institution of the Marja` Taqlid. Oxford University Press. pp. 211–12. ISBN 978-0-19-534393-9.
  11. ^ Mohammadi, Majid (2018-08-05). The Longevity of Clerical Business As Usual: A Socio-political History of Iranian Twelver Shi`i Clergy. Dan & Mo Publishers. p. 459.
  12. ^ Bozorgmehr, Najmeh. "Leading cleric defies Tehran on confessions". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ a b "Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani's son visits Supreme Leader in hospital". The Iran Project. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Kitabkhaneh" [Library]. wahidkhorasani.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Robin B. Wright (2010). The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy. US Institute of Peace Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-60127-084-9.
  16. ^ The Echo of Iran. Tehran. 2008. p. 23.

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