Grand Ayatollah Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...

Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani (March 20, 1899 – December 9, 1993) was an Iranian

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marja' Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...

'' scholar and was born in 1899 in Gogad village near the city of Golpaygan,

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. He was taught preliminary studies by his father, Mohammad Bagher. At the age of 9, his father died, and he moved to Golpaygan to continue his studies. He was one of the highest-ranking Islamic clergies to participate in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and a one-time serious contender to succeed Ruhollah Khomeini in the 1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election. However, his candidacy was voted down by the Assembly of Experts, in favor of the eventual successor, Ali Khamenei.

Family and early life

Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad-Reza Golpayegani's father Sayyed Muhammad Bagher was a great scholar who made sure his son learned primary education and religious sciences under great masters. At the age of 20, he moved to Arak to study under

Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi ( fa, عبدالکریم حائری یزدی; ar, عبد الكريم الحائري اليزدي ; 1859 – 30 January 1937) was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and marja. He was the founder of a ...

and became one of his most noteworthy students. After completing his education and achieving high scientific and spiritual positions, he started teaching and went on to become one of the most important masters of his time. After Ha'eri Yazdi and Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Khansari founded the

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of Qom, he moved there and delivered lectures in the Islamic Seminary.Biographie
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Masters

The following are his main masters: # Seyyed Muhammad Hasan Khansari # Ayatollah Haeri # Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Golpayegani

His temporary masters

# Ayatollah Muhammad Baqer Golpayegani # Ayatollah Muhammad Reza Masjed Shahi Isfahani # Mirza Naini # Allameh

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# Ayatollah Borujerdi # Muhaqeq Iraqi # Seyyed Abul Hasan Isfahani # Sheykh Abul Qasem Kabi

His students

After the death of "Ayatollah Abdul Karim Haeri" many students and scholars participated in methodology (Osul) classes of Ayatollah Golpayegani: # The late Ayatollah Murteza Haeri # The late Sheikh Muhammad Fakour # Martyr Murteza Mutahari # Martyr Seyyed Muhammad Ali Qazi # Martyr Seyyed

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# Ayatollah Ostadi # Ayatollah Kharazi # Ayatollah Tuiserkani # Ayatollah Salawati

Works

He wrote many treatises and books about Jurisprudence and Islam, among them: * The book of Hajj in 3 volumes * The Guiding for whom Have Velayah * The book of Judgment * The book of witnesses * Noted on Qrvah Al Vosqa * Notes on ways of saving * Issues of hajj * Treatise on non-distorting of the Holy Quran * The praying of Jumah day

Death

Ayatollah Golpayegani died in 1993 in Qom near the Shrine of Hazrate Masoumeh.

References

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