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 ...

Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi (1928 - 8 February 2021) (

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 ...

: سید محمد ضیاءآبادی) was an Iranian

Mujtahid ''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 ...

that was based in the Tehran Islamic Seminary. He specialised in Islamic ethics and interpretation of the

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Early Childhood and Education

Ziaabadi was born in

Ziaabad Ziaabad ( fa, ضياءآباد, also Romanized as Ẕīā’ābād, Ẕeyā’ābād, and Zīya Abad; formerly, Shahr-e Shaqayeq (Persian: شَهرِ شَقايِق), also Romanized as Shahr-e Shaqāyeq) is a city and capital of Ziaabad District, ...

to a religious family. His father Seyyed Mahmoud Ziaabadi was a well-trusted and known clergy man who would often lead prayers. Ziaabadi began his Islamic studies in Qazvin Seminary, however, in 1949 he left to continue his Islamic studies in

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 ...

, where he was taught by the likes of

Hossein Borujerdi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Ali Tababataei Borujerdi ( Luri/ fa, آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was a leading Iranian Shia Marja' in Iran from approximately 1947 ...

Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his ''T ...

, and

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

for around 12 years.

Migration to Tehran

After spending 12 years studying in

, it was in 1961 after the death of

in which he migrated to Tehran. At the time, there was a lack of Islamic Scholars in big cities. This prompted Ayatollah

to influence scholars migrating to big cities in Iran and establishing Islamic Seminaries there. Thus, similar to Ayatollah Haghsenas, he migrated to Tehran under the influence of Borujerdi. He spent the rest of his life teaching and studying alongside Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani, in the Ayatollah Mojtahed Theological School.

Death

It was first speculated that Ziaabadi died of

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during the

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, however, it was actually due to coronary heart disease and his old age that led to his death. His death prompted many popular figures in Iran to send their condolences such as

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

and

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

due to his popularity. {{Cite web, title=روحانی درگذشت آیت الله ضیاء آبادی را تسلیت گفت - مشرق, url=https://khabarban.com/a/30958229, access-date=2022-01-01, website=khabarban.com Many attended his funeral, and he is buried in

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References

People from Qazvin 1928 births 2021 deaths Iranian ayatollahs Muslim mystics

Early Childhood and Education

Migration to Tehran

Death

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