Mohammad Bagher Shafti

Mohammad Bagher Shafti
Image of Shafti, created in Qajar Iran, dated 1843
Personal
Born1767
Died1844(1844-00-00) (aged 76–77)
ReligionShi'ism
DenominationShia
CreedTwelver

Mohammad Bagher Shafti (Persian: محمدباقر شفتی; 1767 in Shaft – 22 March 1844 in Isfahan), was an Iranian shia clergyman. The Seyyed mosque in Isfahan was built by him. According to Hossein Nasr and Hamid Dabashi, he is probably the first clergyman to be given the title Hojatoleslam (from Arabic: حجة الإسلام, romanizedḥujjat al-islām). This title was bestowed upon him in recognition of his double role as both judge and Mufti, as well as his book about the implementation of Sharia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr, Hamid Dabashi: Expectation of the Millennium. State University of New York Press, S. 205–206
  2. ^ Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi: "The Institutionalization of Marja'-i Taqlīd in the Nineteenth Century Shī'ite Community." Journal of The Muslim World. Band 84, Nr. 3–4, S. 279–299, 2007, S. 296