Ali Akbar al-Modarresi
Shia Iranian-Iraqi scholar and teacher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali-Akbar al-Husayni al-Modarresi (Persian: على أكبر حسينى مدرسى; Arabic: علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي; b. 17 September 1957) is a Shia Iranian-Iraqi scholar and teacher. He is the brother of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi al-Modarresi.[4][1]
Ali-Akbar al-Modarresi | |
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السيد علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | September 17, 1957 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Children | Muhammed-Ridha |
| Parent | Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (father) |
| Relatives | Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (grandfather) Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi (brother)[1] Hadi al-Modarresi (brother)[1] Muhammad al-Shirazi (maternal uncle)[2] Baqir al-Qazwini (father-in-law) Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari (uncle-in-law)[3] |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver Shīʿā |
| Senior posting | |
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Al-Modarresi is a teacher at the religious seminary of Mashhad.
Family
Al-Modarresi was born into a distinguished Shia religious family in Karbala in Iraq. His father is Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Kadhim al-Modarresi,[1] the grandson of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Baqir Golpayegani (also known as Jorfadiqani).[5] His mother is the daughter of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mehdi al-Shirazi. He claims descent from Zayd ibn Ali (died c. 740 AD), the great-great-grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.[6]
Religious career
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Al-Modarresi studied in the religious seminaries of Karbala, under his father, Sayyid Muhammad-Kadhim and brother Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi, as well as senior scholars such as Shaykh Muhammad-Husayn al-Mazindarani, Shaykh Jafar al-Rushti, and his maternal uncles Sayyid Muhammad al-Shirazi and Sayyid Hassan al-Shirazi.[6] He emigrated to Kuwait with his older brothers in 1971, due to the Bathists anti-Shia sentiment.[7][8] They settled there until 1979, after which they moved to Iran after the Islamic Revolution.[9]
Al-Modarresi taught in al-Qaim seminary, which was established by his brother Muhammad-Taqi, in 1980, until it was closed down in 1990. He remained in Tehran whilst his brothers went to Syria,[10] teaching in different religious seminaries, until he moved to Mashhad in 2014, and began teaching at its seminary, near the shrine of Imam al-Ridha.
During his time in al-Qaim, al-Modarresi taught distinguished Saudi activist Nimr al-Nimr and was considered as his mentor. He had a close relationship with him even after the closure of the seminary, until his execution in 2016.[11][12] In al-Qaim, he also taught Sayyid Rasheed al-Husayni, a representative of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, who appears on Iraqi state television and delivers the fatwas of al-Sistani.
Personal life
Al-Modarresi is married to the daughter of Sayyid Baqir al-Qazwini, and has seven children.[13][1]
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