Muhammad Hasan an-Najafi

Sheikh Muhammad Hasan an-Najafi (محمد حسن النجفي; born 1785 or 1787; died 1849 ) was a senior Shiite cleric who worked in Najaf . In 1846 he was generally recognized as a mardschaʿ-e Taghlid , and after his death he was followed by his student Sheikh Mortaza Ansari . One of his most famous students was Ayatollah Sheikh Zain al-ʿĀbidīn Mazandarani .

Jawahir al-kalam

His major work is his extensive Jawāhir al-kalām , a large encyclopedia of law.

expenditure

• Jawāhir al-Kalām fī Sharḥ Shari'`a al-Islām. ed. Shaykh `Abbās al-Quchānī, 43 vols. 7th printing, Beirut: Dar Iḥyā 'al-Turāth al-`Arabī, 1981.

literature

• Meir Litvak: Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala ' 2010 ( online excerpt )

Web links

• tahoordanesh.com: Sheikh Muhammad Hasan Najafi (Saheb Jawaher) ( Memento from November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Tahoor Encyclopedia)

See also

• Mohammad Wahid Behbahani

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Heinz Halm: Die Schiiten, 2005, p. 118 ( online excerpt ):

   “In 1846, Sheikh Muhammad al-Najafi was universally recognized as the highest marsha 'at-taqlid ; after his death in 1849 he was followed by his student Sheikh Murtadâ (Persian: Mortazâ ) al-Ansârî. "

2. ↑ tahoordanesh.com: Sheikh Muhammad Hasan Najafi (Saheb Jawaher) ( Memento from November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Tahoor Encyclopedia)
3. ↑ hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk: Imami Shī`ī Hadith compilations and legal texts and commentaries ( Memento of the original dated August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.