Ahmad al-Muhsini
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- Islamic jurist
- writer
- poet
Ahmad al-Muhsini | |
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| Native name | أحمد المحسني |
| Born | 1744 |
| Died | 1831 |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Eastern Arabian-Qajarid Iranian |
| Genre | Religious literature and poetry |
Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Muhsini (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد المحسني, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Muḥsinī; 1744 – 1831) was an Eastern Arabian-Iranian Ja'fari jurist and writer. He was born in Medina during his father's travels and grew up in Al-Ahsa, Eastern Arabia. He went to Iraq to complete his religious education and studied with Ja'far Kashif al-Ghita', Muhammad Husayn al-Araji al-Kazemi, M.M Bahr al-Ulum and the others. Then he settled with his family in Dowraq as a Shaykhi mujtahid, where he worked as a religious and spiritual leader for the Twelver Shiites in the region of Arabistan in the early years of Qajar Iran, from 1799 until his death during 1830s plague epidemic. Al-Muhsini left behind many handwritten books, booklets, epistles and poetry. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
His full nasab is: Jamal al-Din Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Muhsin bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hussein bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Khamis bin Saif, Al-Rab’i Al-Ahsa’i Al-Quraini. He was the first person who has been called "Al-Muhsini" in his family, a family name derived from the grandfather's first name. [2]He was born in Medina in 1157 AH / 1744 AD during his father's travel to Hejaz. His father, Muhammad, was residing in the village of Al-Qurain in the northern of Al-Ahsa. Under his care, he lived and raised in Al-Ahsa, and his first teacher was his father who taught him initial lessons, then he became an student of Hussain Al-Asfoor. [2] He moved to Ottoman Iraq. There, he completed his religious educations in Najaf and Karbala under its scholars, such as: Ja'far Kashif al-Ghita', Muhammad Husayn al-Araji al-Kazemi, M.M Bahr al-Ulum and he had ijazah from these. He returned to his hometown in 1795. In 1799, he left Al-Ahsa to and headed towards Arabistan, and settled in the city of Dowraq, where he worked as a religious leader for the Twelver Shiites in the region of Arabistan in the early years of Qajar Iran. [2] He collected most of the books of the past ulema, and made a great library containing valuable books that helped him to write more than fourteen works. [8]
Ahmad al-Muhsini died of the plague in Dowraq in 1247 AH / 1831 AD, at the age of 86 years. His body was buried in a special cemetery that he prepared for himself, next to the mosque where he was the imam.[2]
