Mohammad Bagher Schafti

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Mohammad Bagher Schafti ( listen ? / I PersianAudio file / audio sample محمد باقر شفتی[ mohæmmæd bɑqɛɾ ʃæfti ]; * 1761 in Tscharse ; † March 22, 1844 in Isfahan ), also known as Rashti and Bidabadi , was a Persian Shiite clergyman. The Seyyed Mosque in Isfahan was built by him.

Life

According to Hossein Nasr and Hamid Dabashi , he is believed to be the first clergyman to be awarded the title of Hodschatoleslam (Proof of Islam). The reason for the title was his dual role as judge and mufti and his book on the fulfillment of Sharia law .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr, Hamid Dabashi: Expectation of the Millennium. State University of New York Press, pp. 205-206
  2. ↑ Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi: The Institutionalization of Marja'-i Taqlīd in the Nineteenth Century Shī'ite Community. In: Journal of The Muslim World. Volume 84, No. 3-4, pp. 279-299, 2007, p. 296
personal data
SURNAME Shafti, Mohammad Bagher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rashti; Bidabadi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Persian Shiite clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Tscharse
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1844
Place of death Isfahan