Ayatollah Burujirdi Seminary (Najaf): Difference between revisions

The bigger Ayatollah Burujirdi Seminary School was founded in Najaf in 1373 at the command of Ayatollah Burujirdi and under the supervision of Shaykh Nasr Allah Khalkhali, the Ayatollah's general deputy in [[Iraq]]. The area of the school amounts to five thousand square meters. It was beautifully built with sixty two chambers within three floors with perfect facilities.

During his exile in Najaf in 1344, [[Imam Khomeini]] held [[congregational prayer|congregational]] [[Maghrib prayer|Evening]] and [['Isha' prayer]]s in the school at the request of Khalkhali, the deputy of Ayatollah Burujirdi. Many seminary teachers and students said prayers behind him. During [[Ramadan month]]s, instead of Evening and 'Isha' prayers, Ayatollah Khomeini held congregational [[Noon prayer|Noon]] and [[Afternoon prayer]]s at the school.

There is another school at one extreme of al-'Imara Bazar in Najaf which is also known as Ayatollah Burujirdi. It used to be a residential house and then it was purchased by Sayyid Hashim Bihbahani at the command of Ayatollah Burujirdi. The school was endowed as a seminary school in 1378. Its area is about 350 square meters with twenty chambers.