Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

Sayyed
Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh
السيد محمد حسين فضل الله
Personal
Born(1935-11-16)16 November 1935
Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq
Died4 July 2010(2010-07-04) (aged 74)[1]
Beirut, Lebanon
ReligionTwelver Shi`a Islam
Senior posting
Based inBeirut, Lebanon
Period in office1989–2010
PostGrand Shia cleric
Websitebayynat.org.lb (Arabic, French, English)
bayynat.ir (Persian, Urdu)
Shrine city of Najaf

Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (Arabic: محمد حسين فضل الله, romanized: Muḥammad Ḥusayn Fadl Allāh; 16 November 1935 – 4 July 2010) was a prominent Lebanese-Iraqi Twelver Shia cleric. Born in Najaf, Iraq, Fadlallah studied Islam in Najaf before moving to Lebanon in 1952. In the following decades, he gave many lectures, engaged in intense scholarship, wrote dozens of books, founded several Islamic religious schools, and established the Mabarrat Association.[2] Through the aforementioned association, he established a public library, a women's cultural center, and a medical clinic.

Fadlallah was sometimes called the "spiritual mentor" of Hezbollah in the media, although this was disputed by other sources. He was also the target of several assassination attempts, including the 1985 Beirut car bombing.[3][4][5]

His death was followed by a huge turnout in Lebanon, visits by virtually all major political figures across the Lebanese spectrum, and statements of condolence from across the greater Middle East region; but it also led to controversy in the West and a denunciation in Israel.[6]

  1. ^ "Reuters". Reuters. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  2. ^ Wahab, Hisham Ul (2017). Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah and the Political Rise of Shias in Lebanon (Master of Philosophy Dissertation ed.). New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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  4. ^ Cambanis, Thanassis (4 July 2010). "Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah, Shiite Cleric, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
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  6. ^ "MESS Report / The Late Ayatollah Fadlallah Was an Islamist Cleric Unlike Any Other". Haaretz.