Mohammad Hossein Gharavi Esfahani also known as Kumpani () (1879-1942) was an
Iraqi-
Iranian
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* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
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Shia
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Scholar
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,
philosopher,
jurist and poet.
Early life and family
He was born on 2
Muharram
Muḥarram ( ar, ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after ...
1296
AH (1879) in
Kadhimiya
Kadhimiya ( ar, ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, al-Kāẓimiyyah, ) or Kadhimayn (, ) is a northern neighbourhood of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is about from the city's center, on the west bank of the Tigris. 'Kadhimiya' is also the name of on ...
, Iraq. He was the son of Mohammad Hassan who was originally from Nakhjavan, Iran.
Education
He gained his basic education from Hassan Tuyserkani and, aged twenty, migrated to
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 ...
to acquire knowledge.
Teachers
His teachers included
Akhound Khorasani, Mohqiq, Muhammad esfahani,
Mohammad Bagher Estahbanati
Mohammad Bagher Estahbanati ( fa, محمد باقر اصطهباناتی; born 1837) was a Persian Faqīh, writer, mathematician and inventor. He was born in Estahban.
Education
When Estahbanati was 12, he attended Shiraz Mansouriyah school w ...
, Ahmad Shirazi,
Muhammad Tabatabaei Fasharaki, and Aqa Reza Hamadani.
Students
His students included:
Mohammad Ali Araki
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(his son-in-law), Mohammad Ali Ordubadi, Nasrollah Eshkavari,
Abdul Hosein Amini, anvari Hamadani,
Mohammad Taqhi Bahjat, Yousef Biyari, Sadr Al din JAzaeri,
Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar
Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar () was a Shia Marja', philosopher and jurist. His book in Islamic sciences is ''Usul al-Fiqh'' or the principles of jurisprudence written according to the thought school of Agha Shaykh Muhammad Hosein Isfahani, one of t ...
,
Hadi Milani, Hossein hamadani Najafi,
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ar, أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; fa, ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential t ...
,
Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei, Mortaza Modrresi Chahardehi, sayyed hadi Khosrow Shahi,
Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Musawi al-Sabziwari ( fa, ; ar, عبد الأعلى الموسوي السبزواري; December 21, 1910 – August 16, 1993) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. He is regarded as one of the most influenti ...
.
Works
His books include:
*DISCUSSIONS IN PRINCIPLES (BOHOUS FI ELME OSUL) (DAFTER ENTESHARATE ISLAMI QOM, 1419 LUNAR HIGIRA
*TREATISE ON BREAKFAST INF
*EXALTED LIGHTS (AL ANVAR AL Qodsiyyah)
*The Prize of man of wisdom (Tohfat Al Hakim)
*Notes on Makaseb
*The end of understanding in principles (Nahayah Al-Derayah)
Death
He died in 1942 and was buried in
Imam Ali's Shrine in Najaf City.
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See also
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Contemporary Islamic philosophy
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Fiqh
''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh.
The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...
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Islamic philosophy
Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—falsafa (literally: "philosophy"), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, ...
*
List of Islamic studies scholars
Below are lists of Islamic scholars according to the field of expertise.
Lists
* List of contemporary Islamic scholars
* List of Islamic historians
* List of Islamic jurists
* List of Islamic philosophers
* List of Muslim astronomers
* List ...
References
External links
Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani
محمدحسین غروی اصفهانی کمپانی(in Persian)
الشيخ محمد حسين الإصفهاني المعروف بالكُمباني(in Arabic)
الفقيه الأصولي الشيخ محمد حسين الغروي الأصفهاني “ره”.. ومضات من سيرته(in Arabic)
ومضات من سيرة الفقيه الكبير الشيخ محمد حسين الغروي الأصفهاني(in Arabic)
(in Persian)
1879 births
1942 deaths
Muslim scholars of Islamic jurisprudence
Iraqi people of Iranian descent
Iranian ayatollahs
Iraqi ayatollahs
Pupils of Muhammad Kadhim Khorasani
Mystics from Iran