Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi

Muhammad-Hasan al-Najafi
الشيخ محمد حسن النجفي
Personal
Born1785
Died1849 (aged 63–64)
Najaf, Baghdad Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Resting placeImam Ali Shrine
ReligionIslam
ParentBaqir al-Najafi (father)
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Other namesSahib al-Jawahir, Arabic: صاحب الجواهر
Muslim leader
Based inNajaf, Iraq
SuccessorMurtadha al-Ansari

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan al-Najafi (Arabic: محمد حسن النجفي, romanizedMuḥammad Ḥasan al-Najafī; 1785–1850),[1] also known as Sahib al-Jawahir (Arabic: صاحب الجواهر), was a prominent Shiite religious authority and author. He was most known for his books of Jawahir al-Kalam Fi Sharh Shara'i' al-Islam, a 42-volume work on fiqh.[2]

  1. ^ Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ḥusaynī Farāhānī; Hafez Farmayan; Elton L. Daniel (1990). A Shi'ite Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1885-1886: The Safarnâmeh of Mirzâ Mo Ammad Osayn Farâhâni. p. 73.
  2. ^ Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein (1988). "Introduction". The Just Ruler in Shî'ite Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-19-535329-7.