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 ...

Mohsen Heidari AleKasir (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

:محسن حیدری آل کثیر) 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 ...

Islamic cleric who was born in 1957 in a middle class rural family in the village of Hor Riyahi Abadi where is located near to Shush in

Khuzestan Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

province. He is one of Khuzestan current members in

Assembly of Experts The Assembly of Experts ( fa, مجلس خبرگان رهبری, majles-e khobregân-e rahbari), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme ...

Biography

Mohsen Heidari Alekasir started his education in

Ahwaz Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is home ...

seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...

, and continued his education in Qom since 1980. He is also one of the current temporary Imams-Jom’ah (the Imams of Friday prayer) of Ahwaz as the capital of Khuzestan province.

Compilations

Ayatollah Heidari AleKasir has the scholarly records of research and teaching at seminary and university. He has several compilations, among: * Qaedeh la Zarar * Hezb Alawi and Hezb Umavi * Welayat al-Faqih Tarikhha wa Mabaniha * Al-Erhab wal-Unf Ala Dhou al-Quran wa-Sunnah.

Teachers

Mohsen Heidari Alekasir had/has prominent teachers who often are regarded as famous Ayatollahs such as: * Ayatollah Sobhani, * Ayatollah

Makarem Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia Islam, Shia ''marja and religious leader. Biography He was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran. According to his website, his father was Ali Moha ...

, * Ayatollah Fazil-Lankarani, * Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani and other well-known Ayatollahs, among Mirza Jawad Tabrizi, Hashemi Shahroodi, Mousavi Jazayeri,

Javadi Amoli Abdollah Javadi Amoli ( fa, عبدالله جوادی آملی; born ) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He is a conservative and principlist Iranian politician, philosopher and one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the Hawza. The official ...

Mesbah Yazdi Ayatollah Taqi Mesbah ( fa, تقی مصباح‌; born Taqi Givechi, fa, تقی گیوه‌چی), commonly known as Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi ( fa, محمدتقی مصباح‌ یزدی, 31 January 1935 – 1 January 2021) was an Iranian Shi' ...

, Mazaheri, Ma’refat, Khaz’ali and so on. Meanwhile, according to his statement, Ayatollah Sobhani and َAyatollah Mousavi Jazayeri have writtenly confirmed his

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 ...

and power on Inference of religious Ahkam (rulings) in written.

Viewpoints

As some examples of diverse viewpoints of Ayatollah Heidari, he considers making park(s) for women as the best way to provide moral security in the society; additionally, he believes that gender segregation is regarded as the most appropriate gift for women. Meanwhile, several times, he has criticized the related officials due to transferring the water of

Karun The Karun ( fa, کارون, ) is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and its only navigable river. It is long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as t ...

river to other places which can be led into diverse problems for Khuzestan and other provinces, because it is the serious demand of the Khuzestan people and its authorities that the water of Karun should not be transferred, since the reduction of its water is caused of different problems.The transfer of Karun water is contrary to the interests of the country and the Islamic revolution
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References

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