Biography:Ali Akbar al-Modarresi

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Ali-Akbar al-Modarresi
السيد علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي
Personal
Born (1957-09-17) September 17, 1957 (age 66)
Karbala, Iraq
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
ChildrenMuhammed-Ridha
ParentsMohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (father)
DenominationTwelver Shīʿā
RelativesMirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (grandfather)
Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi (brother)[1]
Hadi al-Modarresi (brother)[1]
Muhammad al-Shirazi (maternal uncle)[2]
Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari (uncle-in-law)[3]
Senior posting

Ayatollah Sayyid Ali-Akbar al-Husayni al-Modarresi (Persian: على أكبر حسينى مدرسى‎; Arabic: علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي; b. 17 September 1957) is a Shia Iranian-Iraqi scholar and teacher.[1] He is the brother of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi al-Modarresi.

Family

al-Modarresi was born into a distinguished Shia religious family in Karbala in Iraq. His father is Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Kadhim al-Modarresi,[1] the grandson of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Baqir Golpayegani (also known as Jorfadiqani).[4] His mother is the daughter of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mehdi al-Shirazi. He claims descent from Zayd ibn Ali (died c. 740 AD), the great-great-grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.[5]

Religious career

al-Modarresi studied in the religious seminaries of Karbala, under his father, Sayyid Muhammad-Kadhim and brother Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi, as well as senior scholars such as Shaykh Muhammad-Husayn al-Mazindarani, Shaykh Jafar al-Rushti, and his maternal uncles Sayyid Muhammad al-Shirazi and Sayyid Hassan al-Shirazi.[5] He emigrated to Kuwait with his older brothers in 1971, due to the Bathists anti-Shia sentiment.[6][7] They settled there until 1979, after which they moved to Iran after the Islamic Revolution.[8]

al-Modarresi taught in al-Qaim seminary, which was established by his brother Muhammad-Taqi, in 1980, until it was closed down in 1990. He remained in Tehran whilst his brothers went to Syria,[9] teaching in different religious seminaries, until he moved to Mashhad in 2014, and began teaching at its seminary, near the shrine of Imam al-Ridha.

During his time in al-Qaim, al-Modarresi taught distinguished Saudi activist Nimr al-Nimr and was considered as his mentor. He had a close relationship with him even after the closure of the seminary, until his execution in 2016.[10][11] In al-Qaim, he also taught Sayyid Rasheed al-Husayni, a representative of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, who appears on Iraqi state television and delivers the fatwas of al-Sistani.

Personal life

al-Modarresi is married to the daughter of prominent scholar, Sayyid Baqir al-Qazwini (d. 1974).[12]

See also

  • Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi
  • Mohammed Taqi al-Modarresi
  • Nimr al-Nimr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 al-Muhtadi, Abd al-Atheem (2009). Qusas Wa Khawatir - Min Akhlaqiyat 'Ulama' al-Din. Beirut, Lebanon: Mu'asasat al-Balagh. pp. 581. https://books.google.com/books?id=9PjWAAAAMAAJ. 
  2. ↑ Louër, Laurence (2011) (in en). Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf. Hurst. pp. 93. ISBN 978-1-84904-214-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=B8wnEtH8oDgC. 
  3. ↑ al-Muhtadi, Abd al-Atheem (2009). Qusas Wa Khawatir - Min Akhlaqiyat 'Ulama' al-Din. Beirut, Lebanon: Mu'asasat al-Balagh. pp. 345. https://books.google.com/books?id=9PjWAAAAMAAJ. 
  4. ↑ al-Tehrani, Agha Buzurg (2009). Tabaqat A'lam al-Shia; al-Kiram al-Barara Fi al-Qarn al-Thalith Ashar. 10. Cairo, Egpyt: Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-Arabi. pp. 165. http://alfeker.net/library.php?id=3324. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1998) (in ar). Asha'er Karbala Wa 'Usariha. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Baydha'. pp. 197–8. https://books.google.com/books?id=L3ltAAAAMAAJ. 
  6. ↑ "Saddam Hussein's legacy of sectarian division in Iraq" (in en). https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-03-20/saddam-husseins-legacy-sectarian-division-iraq. 
  7. ↑ "Iraq's Oppressed Majority" (in en). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/iraqs-oppressed-majority-95250996/. 
  8. ↑ al-Jibouri, Kamil Salman (2003) (in ar). Mu'jam al-'Udaba' Min 'Asr al-Jahili Hata Sanat 2002. 5. Beirut, Lebanon: Daar al-Kitab al-'Ilmiya. pp. 180–1. https://books.google.com/books?id=KD8-CwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT364. 
  9. ↑ al-Lobad, Adil (2009) (in ar). al-Inqilab, Bay' al-Qiyam 'Alal Thaat. Laila for Publishing & Distributing. pp. 339–40. https://books.google.com/books?id=4E5HAQAAIAAJ. 
  10. ↑ "al-Shaykh al-Nimr Shaheedan" (in ar). http://ar.imam-khomeini.ir/ar/n14843/أخبار/الشيخ_النمر_شهيدًا_. 
  11. ↑ al-Modarresi, al-Sayyid Mehdi (2017-01-13). "أستاذ الحوزة العلمية المقدسة سماحة آية الله السيد علي أكبر المدرسي، ليس شخصية إعلامية، لكن يكفيه فضلاً أنه أحد أساتذة آية الله #الشهيد_النمرpic.twitter.com/TeaxSKVjzc" (in ar). https://twitter.com/TheSayed/status/819837957637107712. 
  12. ↑ Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (2009) (in ar). Mashahir al-Madfunin Fi Karbala. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Safwa. pp. 109. https://books.google.com/books?id=ScQ-AQAAIAAJ. 




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