Reza Hosseini Nassab
Iranian grand ayatollah
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Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab (Persian: سيد رضا حسيني نسب) (born 1960) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja,[1][2][3] currently residing in Canada.[4] He was the President and Imam of the Islamic Centre in Hamburg, Germany, and since 2003 he has served as the President of Shia Islam Federation in Canada.
Reza Hosseini Nassab | |
|---|---|
| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelwer Shi'a |
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
| Creed | Usuli |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Canada |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Website | www.hoseini.org |
Hosseini Nassab was born in Yazd, Iran and studied at the Islamic seminary in Qom.[5] He then went to Canada, where he founded Valie Asr Islamic Center in Toronto,[6] and Ahlul Bayt Center in Ottawa.[5] He chaired the Islamic Centre in Hamburg and founded the Cultural Islamic Center in Berlin. In September 2003, he resigned as head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg.[7] He then returned to Canada to found Imam Mahdi Islamic School in Windsor, and Imam Mahdi Islamic Center in Toronto, Ontario.[8]
Fatwas
Forbiddance of forcing women to cover their hair: "It is not permissible to force women to cover their hair. It is necessary to respect the gender equality of men and women in law and rights."[9]
On covering a Muslim woman's hair: "Covering the body of a Muslim woman is obligatory in Islamic law. However, the ruling on covering the hair of a Muslim woman based on the Quranic verses and Islamic narrations was one of the Islamic governmental rulings to differentiate the free Muslim woman from the non-free maid in a certain period of time when the system of slavery was still in place."[9]
On the permissibility of a woman Marja': "We did not find any credible evidence about requisite of manhood for a "Marja". Therefore, if other requirements are satisfied, a woman can reach this position."[9]
On forbidding the execution of apostates: "It is not permissible to execute an apostate at all."[9]
On stoning: "Stoning is not mentioned in the Holy Quran and is not allowed."[9]
On the purity of non-Muslims: "Non-Muslims, whether followers of divine religions or else, are all intrinsically clean."[9]
Publications
Hosseini Nassab has written more than 160 books and treatises about Islamic theology, Shia faith, philosophy, jurisprudence and logic.[10][11] His publications include:
- The Shia Responds
- Teaching philosophy
- Religion and Politics
- Rights of Women
- The Youths
- Imam Hossein
- Social Ethics
- Formal Logic