Mohammad Mahdi Naraqi

Aqā Bozorg Mosque in Kashan (historical photo by Ernst Hoeltzer from 1873)

Muḥammad Mahdī Ibn-Abī-Ḏarr an-Narāqī ( Persian محمد مهدي بن أبي ذر نراقي; * 1716 ; † 1795 ) was an Iranian Shiite scholar, mystic and moral philosopher. For a long time he worked in the city of Isfahan , then Karbala and Najaf , and above all Kashan in his homeland.

He is the author of the work Collection of Happiness ( Jāmiʻ al-saʻādāt /جامع السعادات) on ethics and moral teaching ( aḫlāq ), which appeared in 1995 in a summary in German.

His eldest son was Molla Ahmad Naraqi , who was also his famous student.

Both were buried in Najaf near the Imam Ali mausoleum.

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↑ Biographical data according to en.wikisource.org (Muhammad Mahdi al-Naraqi) - The year of death is also given as 1794 and 1796. The preface to the publication of the Islamic Center Hamburg indirectly even dates it to the early 19th century.
^ From the former head of the Islamic Center Hamburg Hodschatoleslam Mohammad Bagher Ansari .
↑ Short biography in: Moojan Momen: An Introduction to Shi'i Islam (1985: 318)

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SURNAME	Mohammad Mahdi Naraqi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Muḥammad Mahdī Ibn-Abī-Ḏarr an-Nirāqī; Muḥammad Mahdī al-Nirāqī; Mullah Mahdi Naraqi; Molla Mohammad Mahdee Naraqi; Mullah Mahdi Naraaqi; Muhammad Mahdi ibn Abi Zarr Naraqi; Allamah Muhammad Mahdi ibn abi Dharr al-Naraqi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iranian Shiite scholar, mystic and moral philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1716
DATE OF DEATH	around 1795

[1] Biographical data according to en.wikisource.org (Muhammad Mahdi al-Naraqi) - The year of death is also given as 1794 and 1796. The preface to the publication of the Islamic Center Hamburg indirectly even dates it to the early 19th century.

[2] From the former head of the Islamic Center Hamburg Hodschatoleslam Mohammad Bagher Ansari .

[3] Short biography in: Moojan Momen: An Introduction to Shi'i Islam (1985: 318)