Ali al-Sabziwari
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Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Musawi al-Sabziwari (Arabic: علي الموسوي السبزواري; Persian: على موسوى سبزواراى; b. 1948) is an Iraqi Shia scholar, and the son of Grand Ayatollah Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari.[1][2]
Ali al-Sabziwari | |
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السيد علي الموسوي السبزواري | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1948 (age 77–78) |
| Children | Mohsen al-Sabziwari (son) |
| Parent | Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari (father) |
| Relatives | Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (maternal uncle) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
Al-Sabziwari is a teacher at the al-Sabziwari Mosque in Najaf, and a representative of his late father's marja'iya.
Education
Al-Sabziwari was born to Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari, and the daughter of Sayyid Muhammad-Jawad al-Modarresi. He is the second of three sons, and comes from a respectable religious family. His family claim descent from the seventh Shia Imam, Musa ibn Jafar.[3]
He began his religious education at a young age. He completed his studies and reached the level of ijtihad in the seventies. His sotooh 'ulya (intermediary-advanced studies) classes were considered of the most importance in Najaf, in the nineties.[4]
Works
Al-Sabziwari has books in jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence. Some of them include:
- Kayfa Naqra' al-Quran (How we read the Quran)
- Mabahith Fi al-Manthuma al-Riwa'iya al-Shi'iya (Research in the system of Shia narrations)
