Muhammad Bāqir al-Majlisī
Muhammad Bāqir al-Majlisī ( Arabic محمدباقر المجلسی, DMG Muḥammad Bāqir al-Maǧlisī , modern Persian محمدباقر مجلسی Mohammad Bāgher Madschlesī , DMG Moḥammad-Bāqer Maǧlesī ; born In Isfahan in 1616 ; died 1698 ibid) was a well-known Shiite scholar during the Safavid era . In 1678 him the Safavid king appointed Sultan Husayn to Scheichülislam (supreme religious authority in Islam) in the Persian Empire. Since then he has had the honorary title of "Allamah", which is only given to scholars who are among the most knowledgeable in their field.
He wrote more than 100 books, both in Arabic and Persian, and was considered "one of the most powerful and influential Shiite scholars of all time". Bihar al Anwar , a collection of more than 100,000 traditions of the Prophet Mohammed and his Ahl al-bait, is considered to be his life's work .
He is buried in the Friday mosque in Isfahan .
literature
- Michel Mazzaoui: Art. "Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-" in John L. Esposito (ed.): The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. 6 Vols. Oxford 2009. Vol. III, p. 464b.
- Andrew J. Newman: "Bāqir al-Majlisi and Islamicate Medicine: Safavid Medical Theory and Practice Reconsidered" in AJ Newman (eds.): Society and Culture in the Early Modern Middle East: Studies on Iran in the Safavid Period . Brill, Leiden, 2003. pp. 371-96.
- Andrew J. Newman: "Bāqir al-Majlisi and Islamicate Medicine II: Al-Risāla al-dhahabiyya in Biḥār al-anwār" in MA Amir-Moezzi (ed.): Le Shiʿisme Imāmite quarante ans après . Brepols, Turnhout, 2009. pp. 349-61.
- Karl-Heinz Pampus: The theological encyclopedia Biḥār al-anwār of Muḥammad Bāqir al-Maǧlisi (1037–1110 AH = 1627-1699 AD): A contribution to the literary history of the Šīʿa in the Ṣafawid period . Inaugural dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 1970.
Web links
- Literature by and about Muhammad Bāqir al-Majlisī in the catalog of the German National Library
- ALLAMA MOHAMMED BAQIR MAJLISI islam-laws.com (English)
- Short Life History of Allama Majlisi tebyan.net (English)
- Allama Majlisi islamicinsights.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Majlisī, Muhammad Bāqir al- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Majlesi, Mohammad Bagher; Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir; Maǧlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir; Maǧlesī, Moḥammad-Bāqer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Shiite scholar, during the Safavid era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1616 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Isfahan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1698 |
| Place of death | Isfahan |