Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Etymology The title is originally derived from ...

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Hasanali Morvarid ( fa, ; 1911–October 5, 2004) was a senior

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and

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.He was a widely respected teacher at the Islamic seminary of

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

, and a well-known ''tafkiki'' figure of the second generation of ''Tafkikis''.

Early life and education

Morvarid was born in Mashhad to the clerical Morvarid family, his father was Sheikh Muhammad-Reza Morvarid. His mother was the daughter of Sheikh Hasanali Tehrani (d. 1907). His cousin Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi Morvarid was a member of the first assembly of experts. His great ancestor was renowned laureate and calligrapher Shihab al-Din Abdullah Morvarid (d. 1514).

Education

He joined the religious seminary of Mashhad in 1924, and studied under its renowned scholars like Sheikh Hasanali Nukhadaki and Sheikh Hashim Qazwini. He joined the classes of Mirza Mahdi al-Isfahani and continued his studies in advanced jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence. He mastered doctrinal studies in the school of ''tafkik.'' He travelled to Qom in 1946 and continued to study under Hossein Borujerdi. Upon his return to Mashhad, he began to teach his own classes of jurisprudence, and ''tafkiki's'' interpretation of doctrinal topics.

Religious career

He used to lead the congregational prayers in several mosques around Mashhad, like Madrasa Mirza Jafar, Hajj Mulla Hashem Mosque and Mulla Haidar Mosque. He also founded two Islamic seminaries in Khorasan Razavi, Mashhad. The first is the Bisat Islamic seminary in Andarzgoo street, and the second is Saadat Islamic seminary in Saheb al-Zaman street.

Works

Morvarid authored ''Tanbihat Hawl al-Mabda' wal-Ma'ad'' (Remarks concerning the Beginning and Return), which is a summary of the classes he taught in Mashhad, based on the views of al-Isfahani.

Personal life

Morvardi was married the daughter of Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi Bujnurdi in 1941. He had ten children, seven sons and three daughters. Most of his children and grandchildren are clerics, residing in Mashhad and teaching in its seminaries. His son Mahdi Morvarid is a teacher of ''bahth kharij'' (advanced research seminars in religious jurisprudence), and representative of grand Ayatollah

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in Mashhad.

Death

Morvarid died on October 5, 2004 and was buried in the Imam Reza shrine. Iran's supreme leader

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

expressed his condolences to the Morvarid family for Hasanali's demise.{{Cite web, url=http://english.khamenei.ir/news/617/Leader-Expresses-Condolences-over-Demise-of-Ayatollah-Morvarid, title=Leader Expresses Condolences over Demise of Ayatollah Morvarid, date=2004-10-06, website=Khamenei.ir, language=en, access-date=2020-04-15