Ayatollah boroujerdi biography

During this period, he was emulated as an authority for taqleed by most residents of the western and southern parts of Iran and some districts in Khorasan province and other areas. He resided in the city of Qom for a few months after returning from a pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Reza, peace be upon him, as insisted by Grand Ayatollah Haeri and a group of other men of virtue in the theological seminary.

During that period, he studied the Kharij al-Fiqh and Usul researches then returned to his birthplace, the city of Burujard. He returned to Qom in the holy month of Muharram in after becoming the greatest authority for Shiites in the world. More than men of virtue and prominent mujtahids used to attend his classes in the seminary. A dissertation in Mustamsak al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiyya 4.

Borujerdi is said to have generally remained aloof from politics and given the Shah his "tacit support," while the Shah did not follow his father's harsh anti-clericalism for example he exempted clergy from military serviceand until Borujerdi's death occasionally visited the cleric. Borujerdi's belief in quietism, or silence of state matters, extended to keeping silent in public on such issues as Israel 's treatment of the Palestinians, the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh and the end of his campaign to nationalise and control the British-owned oil industry in Iran, and the Baghdad Pact alliance with the US and UK.

Ayatollah Borujerdi passively opposed the Pahlavi regime's agrarian reforms, which he called "agrarian destruction. Ruhollah Khomeiniwho would lead the Iranian people's revolution inwas Borujerdi's pupil. Borujerdi forbade Khomeini to take part in political activities, a ban which ended with Borujerdi's death. In Borujerdi issued a fatwa making Pepsi Cola illegal in Iran.

Borujerdi died in Qom on 30 March Borujerdi had two sons and three daughters from his first wife, all but one of whom died in childhood. The one who survived, died due to a difficult labour two years after marriage. He had two sons and two daughters from his second wife the daughter of Hajj Muhammad Ja'far Roughani Isfahani. One of his sons, Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Tabataba'i Burujirdi, who was born in in Burujird, was in ayatollah boroujerdi biography of writing the official verdicts of his father.

He died in in Qom. After entering elementary school at the age of seven, Sayyid Husayn's father realized his talent for learning and sent him to Nurbakhsh seminary in Borujerd. At the age of 11 he began his education at the theological schools of his city, under his father Sayed Ali. Then in —93 he attended the theological school of Isfahan to continue his education.

In the ten years that he studied in Isfahan, he completed his sutuh studies and was also granted the level of Ijtihad from his teachers, and began teaching Usul. Around the age of 30, Burujerdi moved from Isfahan to the theological seminary of NajafIraq to continue his education. He studied the fiqahat of all the Islamic schools of thought, not just his own, along with the science of rijal.

Though he is known for citing Masumeen to support many of his deductions, Borujerdi is known for elucidating many aspects himself and is an influential fiqh jurist in his own right. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item.

Despite a heart condition and loss of vision in one eye, he has not been allowed to leave prison to receive medical treatment. During his stay in prison, Boroujerdi has voluntarily defrocked himself and abandoned the position and duties of an Islamic Cleric, in protest of the Iranian state and its system of Velayat-e-faqih. Recently, Borujerdi has become more skeptical towards certain Islamic beliefs and texts of Quran and Hadiths, and instead advocates against organized religion ascribing to 'No Politics-No Religion'.

Instead of promoting and advocating for the Islamic faith and Shia sect, he began a ayatollah boroujerdi biography in called Monotheism without borders, calling for all towards Tawhid monotheism which goes past man-made boundaries of religion, country, ritual, and traditional laws Sharia. It means that the viewpoint of religious promoters and missionaries throughout all these years is done with.

In Boroujerdi's views the religions of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism have become different from the truths of Muhammad, Jesus, and Moses because, over time, the religions of those great prophets have been pierced by innovations, comments, records, etc. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools.

Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. Iranian Twelver Shi'i Muslim cleric. This article contains too many or overly lengthy quotations. Please help summarize the quotations. Consider transferring direct quotations to Wikiquote or excerpts to Wikisource. One day he was sitting teaching a class in Burujerd. At these times he had a great presence and a special dignity.

A student began to argue with him, and Agha answered his query. He raised another objection, which was also answered. I do not understand how the reins of my soul slipped from my hands and why I asked you to be quiet in front of everyone. From the very next day, Ayatullah Burujerdi began to fast - just for one harsh word, which in itself was neither backbiting nor a lie.

Ayatollah al-Uzma Broujerdi The scientific and social life. Ayatollah Seyed Hussein Tabatabaei Broujerdi, the great leader of Islam Shia sect, a great scholar of Islamic world of 20 th century, was born in at the city of Boroujerd kilometer south west of Tehran in Iran. Great Ayatollah Broujerdi went to clerical school at the age of 7 and soon learnt how to read the holy book of Quran, and studied other important books of the time namely Jame-al-moghadamat, Iranian and Arabic literature, books of "Logic" and the infamous book of Golestan written by Saadi the medieval Persian Sufi Poet.

At the age of 18 he went to city of Isfahan kilometers south of Tehranat the time when Isfahan clerical school was one of the most advanced centres for Islamic studies in the world. Young Seyed Hossein enrolled this Theological Seminary where he studied under great masters of Islamic studies at the time for 10 years and was an educated with distinctive high standards in various sciences including Arabic grammar and syntax.

In the later years of his scholarship at the Isfahan seminary he also taught "jurisprudence" Fiqh and "methodology" Osul to young students only a few years below him, his teachings were so profound that many other scholars participated in his classes as well. In he travelled to city of Najaf clerical school at Iraq and continued his studies by participating at classes of famous Islamic studies lecturer of the time namely "Seyed Mohammad Kazem Khorasani" and "Seyed Mohammad Kazem Yazdi Tabatabaei".

Ayatollah Broujerdi stayed at Najaf for 8 years and became one of the famous Islamic Pontiffs of that era, one of those referred to as Ulema. In AD, obliging his father insistence, he returned to city of Boroujerd and stayed over there for 36 years during which he was deeply involed in many scientific, theological and social activities. During this period he only once travelled to city of Mashhad, the burial place and shrine of Shia's 8 th Imam Ali ibn Mosaalreza PBUHand once travelled to city of Qom, the burial shrine of hazrat Masoumeh PBUH where cleric scholars Ulema requested and insistence him to stay at city of Qom and teach at highly regarded Qom clerical school, but respecting repeated request of people of Boroujerd, the great Ayatollah stayed in his home town till AD.

In due to a serious illness, he travelled to capital Tehran and was hospitalized. After his full recovery, being elected as the unequivocal and indisputable supreme Shia's sect Muslim leader, he was asked to reside at city of Qom which was considered the seat of supreme spiritual Shia sect leader resideny worldwide. During his great leadership of Shia Muslims which lasted over 15 years, the Islamic world faced with vast scientific theological advances.

Ayatollah Broujerdi in addition to his efforts to enhance Islamic science and research, worked very hard to promote Islamic values and Muslims dignities throughout the world. He would encourage young clerics to learn other ayatollahs boroujerdi biography in order to expand Islam's teachings in other nations and to translate and publish Basic Islamic books in other languages to enlighten people of world with words of Quran.

He sent a number of representatives to other countries to teach Islamic values and thoughts among whom Ayatollah Doctor Haeri Yazdi was deputed in United States of Americaand Ayatollah Sadr Balaghi was deputed to United Kingdom as his representative. He appointed Allameh Mohammad Taghi Qomi as his representative to Egypt where he established a centre for dialogue between all religions called "Dar al—Taqrib-e Mazaheb" House of religions, since at that time Egypt was one of the most important base for Sunni sect Muslims.

This valuable action of Ayatollah Broujerdi caused the Al Azhar university director, Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltout, to issue a Fatwa in conformity of Shia religion with Sunni sect Basis and allowed books from Shia religion to be openly published worldwide. Lifting a ban on previous such restrictions. Many clerical schools, mosques, seminaries were constructed by order and guidance of the Great Ayatollah, among which are He also saw to renovation of some famous old schools, mosques, libraries and hospitals in different cities and countries like: Fayzeyeh and Khan Schools in QomBogheh School in Karbobala, Theology school in Kermanshah and Nekouee hospital in Qom and many other similar places.

Significance of his Morality. The Lecturing Abilities.

Ayatollah boroujerdi biography

His command and ability to teach the subjects to his students was one of the main causes of attraction to scholars and clerics which had route in depth understanding of the subjects that his holiness attained. Depth of his highness knowledge. In Islamic "jurisprudence" Fiqh and "methodology" Osulhe was extremely learned and consoler, he had a vast knowledge and dominance over the interoperation of Quran verses, he know most of the holy book by heart, he was a scholar in Arabic literature and language, his in depth knowledge into Persian literature was profound and could quote verses of Hafez an Malawi poems in right occasions by heart, his holiness knew history fairly well.

Ayatollah Boroujerdi theosophy and insight was one of his holiness's merits he was said to have found the truth. His theosophy was that pure theosophy thought by Quran and was untarnished with myth and vague notions. Opposing illiteracy.