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Sheikh Abdul Hossein Amini ( fa, عبدالحسین امینی) was a Shia scholar, traditionist, theologian and
Sheikh Abdul Hossein Amini ( fa, عبدالحسین امینی) was a Shia scholar, traditionist, theologian and jurist
A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...
. He is best known for his book Al-Ḡadīr fi’l-Ketāb wa’l-Sonna wa’l-Adab .
Birth
He was born in the city of Sarab near the Ardabil. His father Mirza Ahmad Amini, and his grandfather Najaf Ali were jurists of the city.Education
His teachers included Abul Hasan Esfahani, Muhammad Hosein Na'ini, and Muhammad Hossein Esfahani.Sayyed Kabari, Allameh Amini the diver of Al Qadir, Culture of Kawsar, 1376 solar, number 2Works
Abdul Hussain established a library in Najaf and named it “Amir al-Mo’menin”. He wrote many books and treatises, most of which have been published. He wrote books about Shiʿite beliefs, Hadith and jurisprudence. Some of his books are: * Al-Ḡadīr fi’l-Ketāb wa’l-Sonna wa’l-Adab. An encyclopedic work which examines the tradition of Ghadir-e-Khumm * Sīratonā wa sonnatonā sīrato nabīyenā wa sonnatoho( ar, ثمرات الأسفار) * Commentary on Fatiha surah * Martyrs of virtues ( ar, شهداء الفضیلة) * Consequences of Trips ( ar, ثمرات الأسفار) * Rayaz al Ons ( ar, ریاض الانس) * Exalted intention * A treatise on intention * Annotation of “Kamel al-Ziyarat” (written by Ibn Quluyeh Qomi) * Annotation of the two works of Sheikh Murteza Ansari:Makasib
''Kitab al-Makasib'' or ''Makasib'' ( ar, كتاب المكاسب, lit=Transactions) is a two-volume Twelver Shi'ah legal manual of Islamic commercial law written on ''Fiqh'' by Morteza Ansari. It remains a key textbook in the modern Hawza and ha ...
(The earnings) and Rasayel (The treatises).
Death
He fell ill in 1968 and travelled to Tehran for medical treatment where he died on 3 July 1970. His body was returned to Najaf for burial next to Amīr-al-moʾmenīn library that he had founded.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amini, Abdul Hosein 1902 births 1970 deaths Iranian ayatollahs Iranian male writers People from Sarab, East Azerbaijan