Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
Grand Mufti Maulana Mohammad Umar Reza Golpayegani | |
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| Title | Grand Mufti |
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| Born | Mohammad Abdullah Umar Reza Golpayegani March 20, 1899 |
| Died | December 9, 1993 (aged 94) |
| Resting place | Qom |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Spouse | Aisha Golpaygani |
| Children | 8 |
| Era | Modern history |
| Region | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Main interest(s) | Jurisprudence |
| Alma mater | Golpaygan Madrassa Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama |
Maulana Abu Usman Mohammad Abdullah Umar Reza Bin Mohammad Umar Baqir Golpaygani Isfahani (Persian: مولانا ابوعثمان محمد عبدالله عمر رضا بن محمد عمر باقر گلپایگانی اصفهانی;March 20, 1899[1] – December 9, 1993) was an Iranian Muslim scholar and Grand Mufti.[2] He was born in 1899 in Gogad village near the city of Golpaygan, Iran. He was taught preliminary studies by his father, Maulana Mohammad Umar Baqir Golpaygani. At the age of 9, his father died and he later on moved to Golpaygan to continue his studies.
Family and early life[edit]
Maulana Seyyed Mohammad Umar Reza Golpayegani's father, Sayyed Shaikh Muhammad Umar Baqir Golpaygani, was a great scholar[3] who made sure that his son learned primary education and religious sciences under great masters.[4] At the age of 20, he moved to Arak to study under Maulana Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi and became one of his most noteworthy students and later also went to Darul Uloom Deoband and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama for his studies, learning Urdu and Arabic prior to that.[5] After completing his education and achieving high scientific and spiritual positions, he started teaching and went on to become one of the most important masters of his time. After Ha'eri Yazdi and Shaikh Mohammad Abu Bakr Taqi Khansari founded the madrassa of Qom, he moved there and delivered lectures in the Islamic Seminary.[6]
Masters[edit]
The following are his main masters:
- Sayyid Muhammad Abu Bakr Hasan Khansari
- Maulana Haeri
- Maulana Muhammad Taqi Golpayegani
His temporary masters[edit]
- Maulana Muhammad Baqer Golpayegani
- Maulana Muhammad Reza Masjed Shahi Isfahani
- Maulana Mirza Ali Naini
- Allameh Sheykh Muhammad Hossein Qaravi Esfahani
- Maulana Hussain Borujerdi
- Muhaqeq Iraqi
- Shakh Abul Hasan Isfahani
- Sheykh Abul Qasem Kabi
His students[edit]
After the death of "Maulana Abdul Karim Haeri" many students and scholars participated in methodology (Osul) classes of Maulana Golpayegani:
- Maulana Murtaza Abul Hussain Haeri
- Sheikh Muhammad Fakour
- Murteza Mutahari
- Seyyed Muhammad Ali Qazi
- Seyyed Mufti Mohammad Umar Beheshti
- Mufti Mohammad Mufatteh Muftizadah
- Shaikh Abu Bakr Qoddusi
- Shaikh Mohammad Shah Abaadi
- Maulana Mohammad Meshkini
- Maulana Mohammad Abu Bakr Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Grand Mufti Jawad Ali Ahmad Jannati
- Ustadh Mohammad Ostadi
- Mohammad Mahdi Kharazi
- Shaikh Abul Karim Tuiserkani
- Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Salawati
Works[edit]
He wrote many treatises and books about Jurisprudence and Islam, among them:
- The book of Hajj in 3 volumes
- The Guiding for whom Have Imamah
- The book of Judgment
- The book of witnesses
- Tafsir al-Gulpaygani
- Notes on ways of saving
- Issues of hajj
- Treatise on non-distorting of the Holy Quran and refutation of those beliving in the distorting of the Holy Quran
- The praying of Jumah day
Death[edit]
Maulana Golpayegani died in 1993 in Qom.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Biography of Maulana Seyyed Muhammad Umar Reza Golpayegani serajnet.org
- ^ biography of Maulana Golpayegani, Muhammad Mehid emami, Tehran , center of Documents of Islamic Revolution,2003
- ^ biography of Maulana Golpayegani, Muhammad Mehid emami, Tehran , center of Documents of Islamic Revolution,2003,p.9
- ^ .( Ansari Qommi, P.15, Maulana Golpaygani, foruqe Hedayat,1373 solar, 1994, the organization of Islamic Propaganda/ let me cry, the center of collection and publication of Maulana Muhammad Umar Reza Golpayegani, Qom, Dar Al Quran Karim, Without history
- ^ .( Ansari Qommi, 23-32)
- ^ Biographie Salehin.com