Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani

Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
ابوالحسن الاصفهانی
Religion Shia Islam (Usuli Twelver)
Other names Arabic: ابوالحسن الاصفهاني
Persian: ابوالحسن اصفهانی
Personal
Born Isfahan, Iran
Died Kadhimiya
Senior posting
Based in Najaf, Iraq
Period in office 1860–1946
Religious career
Post Grand Ayatollah

Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani (Arabic: ابوالحسن الاصفهانی) was a Shia scholar and Marja'.[1]

Biography

Abul Hasan Isfahani was born on 1860 (1277 AH) in the Madiseh village of Isfahan, Iran. He passed his preliminary training in Nimarud School in Isfahan and traveled to Najaf on 1307 AH. Gradually joined the lessons of Akhund Khorasani and soon recognized the talents of his disciple. Abul Hasan got his degree of Ijtihad from Akhund Khorasani. After the death of his contemporary scholar, Ayatollah Mirza Hussein Naini, he became as sole Marja' for most of Shia Muslims.[1] Isfahani was banished to Iran for protecting Iraqi Muslims against colonial policies. Also, he had strong position towards the incidents of the Goharshad Mosque in the Mashhad.[2][3]

Abul Hasan Isfahani had a grandson named Musa al-Musawi who was renowned for writing polemical revisionist texts on Shia Islam.[1]

Works

In Fiqh, Wasila al-Naja which due to its comprehensive nature, has been elucidated by many Fuqaha including Ruhollah Khomeini.[3]

Students

Death

He died in Kadhimiya on 1946.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 Jibouri, Yasin (2005). Uswat Al-Aarifeen: A Look at the Life of Ayatullah Bahjat. Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Kharsan Foundation for Publications.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ayatullah al-Uzma Sayyid Abul Hasan Isfahani". imamreza.net. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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