Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani
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Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammed Hassan Razi popularly known as Aqa Bozorg Tehrani (b. 11 Rabi-I 1293 - d. 13 Zul-Hijjah 1389 AH /b. 7 April 1876 - d.20 February 1970), was born in Tehran
. He was a Shia marja
from Hawza Elmiye
Najaf
. He was the teacher of Grand Ayatollah Ali Hussaini Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi
, and many others.
He wrote following famous books:
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
. He was a Shia marja
Marja
Marja , also known as a marja-i taqlid or marja dini , literally means "Source to Imitate/Follow" or "Religious Reference"...
from Hawza Elmiye
Hawza
Hawza or ḥawza ʻilmiyya is a seminary of traditional Islamic school of higher learning. It is a term used mostly by the Shi'a Muslims communities to refer to a traditional Shi'a centre where clerics are trained...
Najaf
Najaf
Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate...
. He was the teacher of Grand Ayatollah Ali Hussaini Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi
Grand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi was the first Twelver Shi'a alim from Pakistan to be elevated to the status of marjiyyat, and the next in the line of Marjas of South Asia after Seyyed Ali Naqi Naqvi of Lucknow, India...
, and many others.
He wrote following famous books:
- Az-Zaree'a ila Tasaneef ush-Shia (List of Shia Books) (26 volumes), the list was compiled in 1908
- Tabaqat-e-Ulema-e-Shia (List of Shia Ulema) (9 volumes)
- Mosannafet-e Shi`e (6 volumes)
External links
- www.ahl-ul-bayt.org, This web page has Comment by Aqa Bozorg Tehrani on book Tahzeeb al-Ahkam (by Sheikh Toosi).
- http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fa&u=http://alaam.tahoor.com/page.php%3Fid%3D10841&ei=nj_9SpOwJoqpkAXj26n-Cw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBQQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25D8%25A2%25D9%2582%25D8%25A7%2B%25D8%25A8%25D8%25B2%25D8%25B1%25DA%25AF%2B%25D8%25AA%25D9%2587%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25DB%258C%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26sa%3DGTranslation of Biography of Aqa Bozorg Tehrani from Persian via Google translate]