Ali Al-Kourani
Lebanese Shia cleric (1944–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ali al-Kourani (Arabic: علي الكوراني; 22 November 1944 – 19 May 2024) was a Lebanese Shia scholar cleric. He was born in 1944 in Yater (Lebanon) In Jabal Amel, migrating to Najaf, Iraq to study in a hawza in 1958.
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Born | (1944-11-22)22 November 1944 Yater, Lebanon |
Died | 19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 79) Qom, Iran |
Religion | Islam |
Region | Iraq – Lebanon |
Denomination | Twelver Shi'a |
Jurisprudence | Ja`fari |
Profession | Muslim scholar |
Relatives | Hossein al-Korani (brother) |
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Profession | Muslim scholar |
Website | alameli.net |
In 1967, Grand Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim sent him to Kuwait to educate Shia people.[1] He returned to Lebanon in 1974, and established a mosque and a hospital. He lived in Lebanon until 1980. After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, he moved to Qom, Iran. He established the Centre of the Encyclopaedia of Islamic Jurisprudence (Arabic: معجم فقهى) and the Mustafa Centre for Religious Studies (Arabic: مرکز المصطفى للدراسات الدینیه) in Qom.[2][3]
Al-Kourani died from a heart attack in Qom, on 19 May 2024, at the age of 79.[4]