Ayatollah Sayyed Abdullah Shirazi

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Ayatollah Sayyed Abdullah Shirazi

(Feb 25, 1892 – September 29, 1984)


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Ayatollah Sayyed Abdullah Shirazi was a Grand Ayatollah of Shi'a Islam. He is not to be confused with Grand Ayatollah Mirza Hassan Shirazi of the Tobacco movement, and Ayatollah Muhammad Shirazi, who passed away in 2001.
Born in Shiraz, Iran, he was sent into exile at the age of 15 with his father, Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammad Tahir al-Shirazi, for resisting the Qajar and British colonial rule in southern Iran. His father was also a nationally renowned cleric who was famous for his resistance against the British government.

In 1914, he was sent to Najaf, Iraq, to study advanced Islamic Jurisprudence under the late Shaikh Na'ini.

In 1935, during the famous Goharshad mosque uprising in the city of Mashhad against the anti-religious policies of Reza Shah Pahlavi, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

After his release, he returned to Najaf, and soon became one of the Marja of Taqlid of Shi'a there. (The Marja of Taqlid are clerics that have the authority to declare fatwas and decrees into all matters of Islamic jurisprudence. Only several exist at any given time).

He returned to Iran in 1975, and joined the movement against the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, until his government was overthrown in 1979. By then he had ascended to the rank of Grand Ayatollah, thus becoming one of the highest ranking clerics of the Shi'a faith.

He died on 29 September 1984 in Mashhad at the age of 95. A few hundred thousand people participated in the funeral ceremony commemorating him, at the Shrine of Imam Reza.

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Published works
1- Umdat-il wasa'il fil Hashiyat ila al-rasa'il, on the writings of Shaikh Ansari, in 4 volumes.
2- Kitab il-Ghaza, on Islamic Jurisprudence, in 2 volumes.

3- Al-Durr baydh fi munjazat al-maridh, on the debate of Fiqh concerning hereditary issues.

4- Azahat ul-shobahat fil shakk fil raka'aat, on the debate of Fiqh concerning the details of prayers.

5- Raf'al hajib fil Ujrat ila al-wajib, on the debate of Fiqh concerning the ahkaam for revenues.

6- Azahat ul-shubahat fi hukm il-afagh al-muttahidah wal mottafiqah, on the debate of Fiqh concerning the observation of The Moon for calculations of The solar calendar.

7- Al-tuhfat ol-Kadhimiyah fi qatl al-hayawanat bil-alat al-kahruba'iyah, on the debate of Fiqh concerning the ahkaam for slaughtering farm animals with electric devices.

8- Al-risalat al-Rajabiyah, a commentary about Hijab from Quranic and traditional perspectives.

9- Al-risalat al-rabi'iyah fi tashih al-niyabah al-ibadiyah, on the debate of Fiqh concerning prayers.

10- Al-mas'alat al-roju'iyah fi hukm al-mutlaqah al-raj'iyah, on the debate of Fiqh concerning divorce laws.

11- Al-hashiyah al-al'urwatih al-wuthqa, a review on the debate of Fiqh concerning all issues written by the late Allama Sayyed Muhammad Yazdi, in his book al'urwatih al-wuthqa.

12- Al-ihtijajat al-ashra, a discussion on the Sunni-Shi'a debate. Translated into Persian, English, Urdu, and Gujurati, and published several times.

13- Al-imamat wal Shi'at, on the topic of Imamate in Shi'a Islam.

14- Pushesh e zan az didgaah e Islam, in Persian, about Hijab in Islam.

15- Imam wa Imamat, on the topic of Imamate in Islam.

16- Munazerat-i dah ganeh, a discussion on the Sunni-Shi'a debate with Sunni scholars, in Persian.

17- Dhakhirat al-saliheen, a collection of all the Fatwas declared by Ayatollah Shirazi, in 2 volumes.

18- Towdhih al-Masa'il, another collection of all Fatwas declared by Ayatollah al-Shirazi, translated into English.

19- Manasik hajj, available in English, on the details of the Hajj pilgrimage.

20- Anis al-Muqalladeen, translated in 1984 into Persian.

Sayyed Abdullah Al-Shirazi accoplished in many areas and he leaded prayers at the shrine of Imam Reza, in Mashad, where he is now buried.