Abd al-Azim al-Hasani

Abd al-Azim al-Hasani (Arabic: عَبْد ٱلْعَظِيم ٱلْحَسَنِيّ, Persian: عبدالعظیم حسنی) who is commonly known as Shah Abdol-Azim^[1][2][3] and likewise Sayyid al-Karim,^[4][5] is among those scholars who are from the progeny of the second Imam of Shia Islam, Hasan ibn Ali.^[6] His complete name is Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Azim bin ‘Abdillah bin ‘Ali bin al-Hasan bin Zayd (bin ‘Ali) bin al-Hasan bin ‘Ali bin Abi Talib.^[7][8]

The shrine of Hazrat Abd al-Azim al-Hasani, Rey, Iran

Abd al-Azim who is also named as Hazrat Abd al-Azim Hasani particularly in formal speaking/news;^[9][10] and he was a hadith transmitter.^[11][12] Ibn Babawayh has compiled the Islamic narrations transmitted by Abd al-Azim in a collection which is famous as Jami'-al-Akhbar Abd al-Azim.^[13]

Inside the shrine of Hazrat Abd al-Azim al-Hasani

Abd al-Azim, whose Kunyas are Abul-Qasim^[14][15] and Abol-Fath^[16] was among the companions of the ninth and tenth Imams of Shia, namely Muhammad al-Jawad and Ali al-Hadi.^[17][18] Besides, according to Rijal al-Tusi, Abd al-Azim has been among the companions of the eleventh Imam of Shia, Hasan al-Askari, too.^[19] He died on November 2, 866,^[20] and is buried at the Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine in Rey, Iran.^[21][22] Seyyed Ali Qazi Askar is the new patron saint of the shrine of Abdolazim Hassani, who was appointed to this position by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei -- on 27 March 2022.^[23]

See also

• Holiest sites in Islam (Shia)
• Ali Qazi Askar, the (new) appointed custodian of the shrine of "Abd al-Azim al-Hasani"
• Imamzadeh Ali ibn Jafar

References

1. Abdol Azim Hasani iribnews.ir
2. Shrine of Shah Abdol-Azim aparat.com
3. Shah Abd al-Azim mashreghnews.ir
4. The reason of naming Abdol Azim as Sayyid al-Karim yjc.ir
5. Hazrat Abd al-Azim al-Hasani hawzah.net
6. Rey, Hazrat Abdol Azim mashreghnews.ir
7. Rijal al-Najashi, Vol.2, P.65
8. Hazrat Abd al-Azim erfan.ir
9. Hazrat Abd al-Azim yjc.ir
10. Hazrat Abd al-Azim Hasani old.aviny.com
11. 'Adarudi, Musnad al-Imam al-Jawad (a), p. 302.
12. The martyrdom date of Hazrat Abd al-Azim hadana.ir
13. Saduq, al-Hedaayah, p. 174 (introduction)
14. Qomi, Abbas, Montahi al-Amal, Vol.1
15. Sayyid Abd Al-Azim Al-Hasani al-islam.org
16. The articles collection of congress of Hazrat Abdol-Azim, Vol.3, P.181-185
17. Ma'jam Rejal al-Hadith lib.eshia.ir
18. Ma'jam Rijal al-Hadith, Khooei, abolqasem, Vol.10, P.49
19. Rijal Tusi, P.401
20. al-Turayhi, P.8
21. The shrine of Hazrat Abdol Azim Hasani abdulazim.com
22. The Ziyarah of Hazrat abd al-Azim article.tebyan.net
23. Appointment of Hojjatoleslam Qazi Askar to the tutelage of Hazrat Abdul Azim (AS) Farsnews.ir, Retrieved 28 March 2022

Further reading

• Calmard, J. (1997). "S̲h̲āh ʿAbd al- ʿAẓīm al-Ḥasanī". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume IX: San–Sze. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-10422-8.
• Madelung, W. (1982). "ʿABD-AL-ʿAẒĪM AL-ḤASANĪ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. I/1: Āb–ʿAbd-al-Hamīd. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-71009-090-4.
• Mesgar, Sara Haji Husseini; Lahouti, Hassan; Sajjadi, Sadeq (2015). "ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Ḥasanī". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.