Abd al-A'la Sabziwari | |
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سید عبدالاعلی موسوی سبزواری | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | December 21, 1910 |
| Died | August 16, 1993 (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Sabziwari Mosque |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Iranian |
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| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Relatives | Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (brother-in-law) |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Period in office | 1992–1993 |
| Predecessor | Abu al-Qasim Khoei, Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Successor | Ali Sistani, Mohammad Fazel Lankarani |
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abd al-A'la Musawi Sabziwari (Persian: عبدالأعلى موسوى سبزواراى; Arabic: عبد الأعلى الموسوي السبزواري; December 21, 1910 – August 16, 1993) was an Iranian Shia marja'.[1][2][3][4][5] He is regarded as one of the most influential grand religious authorities and he was a contemporary of Abu al-Qasim Khoei.
He was briefly the head of the Najaf seminary after the death of Khoei in 1992. After Sabzawari's death in 1993, there was competition between Ali Sistani and a few other senior jurists, to lead the seminary. It was after the fall of the Ba'athist regime, that Sistani took exclusive control of the marja'iya.[6][7]
He is dubbed a renewer in Quranic exegesis, and this is seen in his notable book Mawahib al-Rahman.[4]
- ^ Najib, Muhammad (2002). Jamal al-Salikeen al-Alim al-Rabani al-Sayyid Abdul A'la al-Sabzewari [The Beauty of the Path, The Divine Scholar Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Beydha.
- ^ "al-Sira al-Thatiya Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sayyid Abdul Ala al-Musawi al-Sabzawari (qudis siruh) (1328 AH-1414 AH)" [Biography of Ayatollah Sabziwari (1911-1993)]. Buratha News Outlet (in Arabic). 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ Abu S'eeda al-Musawi, Husayn (2004). al-Mashjar al-Waafi [The Loyal Tree]. Vol. 1. Beirut, Lebanon: Mu'asasat al-Balagh. pp. 637–38.
- ^ a b al-Ansari, Muhammad-Hussain. Jathwa Muqtabisa Min Hayat al-Marja al-Sabziwari [A Lead Flame from the Life of al-Marja al-Sabziwari]. Najaf, Iraq.
- ^ al-Najaf al-Ashraf: Ishamat Fi al-Hadhara al-Insaniya [Holy Najaf: A Contributor to Human Civilisation] (in Arabic). Karbala, Iraq: Markaz Karbala Lil Buhuth Wal Dirasa. 2000.
- ^ "The Post Sistani and Khamenei Period". International Institute for Iranian Studies (in Arabic). 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ al-Qazwini, Jawdat K. (1997). The religious establishment in Ithna'ashari Shi'ism: A study in scholarly and political development (PDF) (Thesis). SOAS University of London. p. 220.