Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi ( fa, مهدی شب‌زنده‌دار جهرمی) is an Iranian

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

jurist and member of the

Guardian Council The Guardian Council, (also called Council of Guardians or Constitutional Council, fa, شورای نگهبان, Shourā-ye Negahbān) is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence i ...

Early life

He is the son of the late

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Haj Sheikh Hussein Shabzendehdar Jahromi, a student of the late Ayatollah

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, and the grandson of Sheikh Gholam Hossein Sharii Shirazi.

Career

He is the principal of the Baghiyato-Allah Institute which trains students in the field of

Jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...

and Principles. He is a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and the Supreme Council of the Seminary. He was the Qom Seminary Teacher. Following the demise of

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in April 2013, Mehdi Shab Zende Dar by the command of seyyed

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, he became a member of the Guardian Council jury in July 2013. The

is a member of the

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Education

In , Shab Zende Dare Jahromi began his seminary studies and preliminary lessons with his father Hossin Shab Zende Dare Jahromi, and studied under Seyyed Hassan Taheri Khoramabadi,

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, Mohammad Momen,

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, late Moslehi Araki and Setoodeh. He studied philosophy and theology from the Seyyed Reza Sadr, Hassan Hasanzadeh Amoli,

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and Ansari Shirazi. His teachers in lessons and principles of jurisprudence were Kazem Garoubi Tabrizi, Morteza Haeri Yazdi,

Hossein Vahid Khorasani Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani ( fa, حسین وحید خراسانی; born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh (Persian: )‎; 1 January 1921) is an Iranian author and Shia marja'. He is the current head of the Qom Seminary. Khorasa ...

, Mirza Jawad Tabrizi and Haj Moussa Shobeiri Zanjani. Shab Zende Dar's

Qom Seminary The Qom Seminary () is the largest Islamic seminary (''hawza'') in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom. It trains Usuli scholars. History Although big Shi'a academies existed in Qom dating back as early ...

level courses have been taught for nearly 15 years, teaching the principles of Fiqh.

Activities

* Membership in the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom * Member of the Guardian Council constitution * Representing the Supreme Council of the Board of Trustees of the International Center for Islamic Sciences and seminaries abroad *Membership in the Advisory Council and Guardian Council of Islamic jurisprudence * member of the Supreme Council of Seminary

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shabzendedar Jahromi, Mehdi 1953 births Living people People from Jahrom Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom members Members of the Assembly of Experts Members of the Guardian Council