Moḥammad Ḥosayn Kāšef al Ḡeṭāʾ

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Full Name Najaf, Iraq Religion Islam Resting place Wadi-us-Salaam		Nationality Iraqi Died 1954, Najaf, Iraq
Born 1877 Najaf, Iraq Disciple of Mirzā Ḥosayn Nuri,Mollā Reżā Hamadāni ,Mirzā Ḥosayn Ḵalili ,,” Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani,Sayyed Mohammed Kazem Yazdi ,Mostafa tabrizi, Mirza Muhammad Baqir Estahbanati, Ahmad Shirazi, Ali Muhammad najaf Abadi, Molla Ali Asqar Mazandarani, Hajj Aqa Reza hamedani, Muhammad Taqi Shirazi Main interests Islamic philosophy, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

Moḥammad Ḥosayn Kāšef-al-Ḡeṭāʾ (b. Najaf, 1877; d. Karand, 1954)) was a Shiite jurist, philosopher, author, teacher, and lecturer. He worked for the welfare of the Shia community in Iraq and for Sunni-Shia rapprochement and solidarity.

birth and family

KĀŠEF-AL-ḠEṬĀʾ, MOḤAMMAD ḤOSAYN Born in Najaf in 1294/1877 in region of Ammareh. He was one of the most illustrious descendants of the eminent Shia jurist of the early Qajar period, Sheikh Jaʿfar Kāšef-al-Ḡeṭāʾ.

Teachers

he benefited from instruction by all the luminaries of the day resident there. With Mirzā Ḥosayn Nuri (d. 1903), he studied Hadith with Mollā Reżā Hamadāni (d. 1904), kalam (theology) with Mirzā Ḥosayn Ḵalili (d. 1908), jurisprudence; and, from 1894 onward, with “the two Kāẓems Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani(d. 1329/1911) and Sayyed Mohammed Kazem Yazdi (d. 1919), again, jurisprudence. some of his teachers are as follow: Mostafa Tabriz, Mirza Muhammad Baqir Estahbanati, Ahmad Shirazi, Ali Muhammad najaf Abadi, Molla Ali Asqar Mazandarani, Hajj Aqa Reza hamedani, Muhammad Taqi Shirazi .

Characters

He was particularly attached to the last-named, who towards the end of his life would often refer problems to him for solution. According to Kāšef-al-Ḡeṭāʾ’s own account, he went beyond the limits of the conventional curriculum by studying the works of Mulla Sadra and Ibn Arabi and learning Persian well enough to acquaint himself with the writings of Rumi, Jāmi, and Šabestari and to translate into Arabic the Safar-nāma of Nāṣer-e Ḵosrow.

works

He wrote nearly eighty books and even more on religious sciences such as jurisprudence, Authority and Hadith. Some of them are as follow:

Daʿwat al-Eslāmiya elā maḏhab al-Emāmiya in 4 volumes (“An Islamic invitation to the Imami School”)

Tawżiḥ fi bayān mā howa al-Enjil wa mā howa al-Masiḥ

Aṣl al-Šiʿa wa oṣulohā (“The origin of Shiʿite Islam and its principles”): this book translated to Persian language by Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi as " this is our school"

al-Āyāt al-bayyenāt (“Clear signs”)

al-Moṯol al-ʿolyā fi’l-Eslām, lā fi Beḥamdun (“The supreme ideals are to be found in Islam, not at Bhamdun”)

Al Ayat Al Bayyenat( clearing signs)

Al Ardh va Torbah Al Husayniyyaah( the earth and Husseinian earth)

Translation of NAser Khosrow safarnameh to Arabic

Al Tanqih in principles

Glosses on the book of Asfar un philosophy

Demise

He finally died in Karand Kermanshah province in Iran. He was buried in Wadi-us-Salaam in Iraq.

References

Moḥammad Ḥosayn Kāšef-al-Ḡeṭāʾ Wikipedia

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