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SAYYID SHARIF AL-MURTAZA ALAM AL-HUDA (R.A.)
Abul Qasim Ali ibn Husayn
al-Sharif al-Murtaza was
commonly known as Sayyid Murtaza
or Sharif Murtaza. He was born
in 355 A.H. and died at the age
of 81 in the year 436 A.H.He
was also called Alam al-Huda
(Banner of Guidance) due to his
vast knowledge, and was one of
the greatest Shia scholars of
his time. He was one of the
students of the famous Shaykh
al-Mufid (r.a.). He was the
elder brother of Sayyid Razi,
the renowned scholar who
compiled the supreme book Nahjul
Balagha. His mother’s name was
Fatimah. She was a pious and
noble lady and was held in high
esteem by the scholars. She
requested Shaykh al-Mufid (r.a.)
to write a book on the Fiqhi
rules for the women folks which
resulted in the compilation of “Ahkam
al-Nisa”. Her family had
carved out a principality in
Tabaristan.
There is a famous dream reported
by Ibn Abil Hadid al-Mu’tazali,
in his commentary on Nahjul
Balagha writes that Shaykh Mufid
saw the Chief of the Women of
the world and the Lady of
Paradise Sayyida Fatima Zahra
(s.a.) in his dream. She was
accompanied by her two young
sons, the Leaders of the Youths
of Paradise, Imam Hasan (a.s.)
and Imam Husayn (a.s.).
Addressing him she said: “O My
shaaykh, teach Fiqh
(Jurisprudence) to these two
boys of mine” Next day, Fatima,
the mother of Sayyid Murtaza and
Sayyid Razi, came to Shaykh
Mufid and uttered the same words
which the Lady of Paradise
Fatima Zahra (s.a.) had uttered
in his dream.
His father Husayn was 5th in
line of the descendant of the
Infallible Imam Musa al-Kazim
(a.s.). His mother was a
descendant of the Infallible
Imam Zain al-Abidin (a.s.). The
detail lineage is; Fatima
daughter of Husayn, son of Abu
Muhammad al-Hasan al-Utrush, son
of Ali, son of Hasan, son of
Umar al-Ashraf, son of Ali
Zaynal-Abidin (a.s.).
He was a multi-dimensional
personality. All Shi’ite
scholars acknowledge that Sayyid
Murtaza was the greatest scholar
of his time and groomed many
outstanding scholars including
the Shaykh al-Tusi (r.a.), the
founder of the great theological
center of Najaf al-Ashraf. He
served as the “Naqib al-Nuqaba”
after the death of his brother. He
had served as the Chief Judge of
Baghdad for 30 years. He was
equally respected by Sunni and
Shi’ite scholars.
Sayyid Murtaza was deeply
interested in “Fiqh”. He was
considered the master of Kalam,
Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, literature,
grammar, poetry and other fields
of knowledge. His poetry
collection contained more than
20,000 verses. He had authored
66 books including:
Al-Zakhira fil Usul
al-Fiqh
Al-Ghurar wa al-Durar
Al-Intisar
Al-Shafi
Al-Tanzih al-Anbia
Jamal al-Ilmi wal Amal
On the death of Shaykh al-Mufid,
Sayyid Sharif Murtaza led his
funeral prayer.
Sources used:
WIKIPEDIA, Imamrezanetwork.org |
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