Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin

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Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin
Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin
Born1867
Jabal 'Amel, Lebanon
Died1952
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque
RegionSouthern lebanese Scholar
SchoolShia Twelver

Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin (b.1284/1867-d.1371/1952), also transliterated Muhsin al Amin, was a Shia scholar, biographer, traditionist, and jurist. He was born in Jabal Amil, Lebanon. His most important work is A'yan al-Shi'a.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Family background[edit]

Al-Amin was born in 1867 to a well-known Sayyid family in Jabal Amil, Lebanon.He was famous for al-Amin or the trusted one.[2] His father, Abdul al-Karim al-Amili, was a scholar of his time. His father died in Iraq was buried, when he had gone to pilgrimage Iraq.[3] His maternal grandfather was ′Shaykh Muhammad Hussein al Amili al Musawi, was one of the scholars who went to Najaf to education and died there.[3]

Education[edit]

Sayyed Mohsen began to study the Qur'an and elementary Arabic grammar at the age of seven under village teacher.[3] Four years later, he learned jurisprudence for three years old under shaykh Musa sharara who returned to Iraq.In 1890, arrangements were made for him to study at the Iraq, Najaf.[3] Finally he was a learned Mujtahid.[4]

Activity[edit]

He was among the first Shi’i modernists and received widespread condemnation by the Shia community of Lebanon for his endeavours in attempting to change and reform the religion

His children[edit]

  • Hasan al-Amin[5]
  • Hashem Al-Amin
  • Abd al-Muttalib Al-Amin
  • Jafar Al-Amin[6]
  • Muhammad Baqir Al-Amin

Published works[edit]

  • Ayan al-Shia (Arabic: أعيان الشيعة), is one of his works. This work the biographical encyclopedia book[7] and consists of fifty-six volumes.[3]
  • Al-husun al-mani'a fi radd ma awradahu sahib al-manar fi haqq al-shia (Arabic: الحصون المنیعة فی ردّ ما اورده صاحب المنار فی حقّ الشیعة), he explained some of the Shia views in this book.[8]
  • Risalat al-tanzih li-a'mal al-shabih (Arabic: رسالة التنزيه لاعمال الشبيه), that was al-Amin's reply to his critics-Sadiq.[4]
  • Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya al-khamisa (Arabic: الصحيفة الخامسة السجادية) is the longest version of the Sahifa of al-Sajjad has been published.[9][10]
  • Al-Majalis al-saniyya fi manaqib wa-masa'ib al-'itra al-nabawiyya (Arabic: المجالس السنيه في مناقب و مصائب العتره النبويه)[11]
  • Iqna' al-la'im ala iqamat al-matam (Arabic: اقناع اللائم علی اقامه المآتم)[11]
  • Lawa'ij al-ashjan fi maqtal al-imam Abi Abd Allah al-Husayn (Arabic: لواعج الأشجان في مقتل الإمام إبي عبد الله الحسين ابن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام)[11]
  • Kashf al-Irtiyab fi Atba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab (Arabic: كشف الإرتياب في أتباع محمد بن عبد الوهاب) [12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin". WikiShia. December 10, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. ^ al-Qurashi, Baqir Sharif. "The Life of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin". Ansariyan Publications - Qum.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ajami, Fouad (April 2012). The Vanished Imam: Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon. Cornell University Press (August 25, 1987). ISBN 978-0801494161.
  4. ^ a b Chalabi, T. (6 February 2006). The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918–1943. Palgrave Macmillan; 1st edition (February 22, 2006). ISBN 978-1403970282.
  5. ^ Shaery-Eisenlohr, Roschanack (2008). Shi'ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion and the Making of National Identities (History and Society of the Modern Middle East). Columbia University Press (July 3, 2008). p. 224. ISBN 9780231144261.
  6. ^ Abisaab, Abisaab, Rula Jurdi, Malek (9 December 2014). The Shi'ites of Lebanon: Modernism, Communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms). Syracuse University Press; Reprint edition (January 20, 2017). p. 57. ISBN 978-0815635093.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Pourjavady, Reza (November 2018). Philosophy in Qajar Iran. BRILL (November 8, 2018). p. 87. ISBN 978-9004385610.
  8. ^ Brunner, Rainer (2004). Islamic Ecumenism in the 20th Century: The Azhar and Shiism Between Rapprochement and Restraint (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia). Brill (October 28, 2004). ISBN 978-9004125483.
  9. ^ "Translator's Introduction". al-islam.
  10. ^ "Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (The Psalms of Islam)". hajij.
  11. ^ a b c Shams ad-Din Al-Amili, Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi. "The Revolution of Imam al-Husayn (a)". Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  12. ^ Brockelmann, Carl (10 July 2018). History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 3 - i (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section One: The Near and Middle East / History of the ... Tradition) (English and Arabic ed.). BRILL; Supplement edition (July 19, 2018). ISBN 978-9004335813.

Sources[edit]

  • Fouad Ajami. The Vanished Imam: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.

External links[edit]

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