Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Ali Tabatabai Al-Hassani ( ar, السيد محمد علي الطباطبائي الحسني; 1945 – February 2017) was an
Iraqi,
Twelver
Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...
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 ...
Muslim
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 ...
.
He studied in
Shia Islamic seminaries of
Karbala
Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...
and
Najaf
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
, under
Sayed Abul-Qasim Al-Khoei,
Sayed Mohammed Al-Shirazi, amongst others.
The Sayed also resided in countries such as Pakistan, Kuwait and Syria where he taught many students in the religious seminaries.
Grand Ayatollah Sayed M. Ali Tabatabai lived in London, United Kingdom, and delivered speeches in his home. The Sayed also visited Shia Islamic centres and Hussainiyyas around Europe and London, including Masjid Al-Muhassin - the mosque of
Sheikh Yasser Al-Habib, where the congregation, including Sheikh Yasser Al-Habib, would pray behind him. Sayed M. Ali Tabatabai is amongst the Shia Maraje who have given the Ijaza (scholarly licence) to Sheikh Yasser Al-Habib, attesting to Sheikh Yasser Al-Habib being a Mujtahid (i.e. at the level of
Ijtihad
''Ijtihad'' ( ; ar, اجتهاد ', ; lit. physical or mental ''effort'') is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a le ...
).
Grand Ayatollah Sayed M. Ali Tabatabai has authored a number of books, and is known, amongst other things, for his stance against the Iranian regime, deeming them to be an un-Islamic government, and against the teachings of Shia Islam.
Death
Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani died on February 1, 2017, and is buried in
Najaf
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
.
Grand Ayatollah Ali Tabatabei Hassani passed away
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See also
*List of Maraji
Maraji are the supreme legal authority for Twelver Shia Muslims. The following articles contain lists of Maraji:
* List of current Maraji''
* List of deceased Maraji''
See also
*Marja'
*Ijtihad
*Hawza
*Risalah (fiqh)
*List of Ayatollahs
*List of ...
References
External links
A speech by Sayyid Mohammad Ali TabatabaeiAnother speech by Sayyid Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei
Iraqi grand ayatollahs
Iraqi Islamists
Shia Islamists
Critics of Sunni Islam
1945 births
2017 deaths
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