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* '''Madaris 'Ilmiyya''' (seminary schools) are the most important teaching places in seminary educational system. In the last centuries, Shi'as have had many schools. Their founders were sometimes government officials, businessmen, landlords and sometimes Islamic scholars. Sometimes, it is seen that people from other classes such as physicians, artists, etc. have built schools. Library was the greatest benefit of schools in addition to their educational activities. Teachers' payments and students' stipends have been paid from donations to the school. Students' rooms for living have been another privilege of seminary schools over other educational institutions. | * '''Madaris 'Ilmiyya''' (seminary schools) are the most important teaching places in seminary educational system. In the last centuries, Shi'as have had many schools. Their founders were sometimes government officials, businessmen, landlords and sometimes Islamic scholars. Sometimes, it is seen that people from other classes such as physicians, artists, etc. have built schools. Library was the greatest benefit of schools in addition to their educational activities. Teachers' payments and students' stipends have been paid from donations to the school. Students' rooms for living have been another privilege of seminary schools over other educational institutions. | ||
* '''Mosques''': one of the functions of mosques at the beginning of Islam has been educational. Using mosques for teaching different Islamic sciences has always been a good option for Shi'a scholars. Especially when Shi'a has been experiencing difficulty and lack of schools, mosques have been used to maintain circles of teaching and learning. However when seminary have been available, Shi'a scholars and authorities preferred them over mosques for teaching. Class of [[Sayyid Ahmad Khwansari]] in Sayyid 'Azizullah mosque in Tehran, Imam Khomeini's class in [[ | * '''Mosques''': one of the functions of mosques at the beginning of Islam has been educational. Using mosques for teaching different Islamic sciences has always been a good option for Shi'a scholars. Especially when Shi'a has been experiencing difficulty and lack of schools, mosques have been used to maintain circles of teaching and learning. However when seminary have been available, Shi'a scholars and authorities preferred them over mosques for teaching. Class of [[Sayyid Ahmad Khwansari]] in Sayyid 'Azizullah mosque in [[Tehran]], [[Imam Khomeini]]'s class in [[A'zam Mosque]] of [[Qom]] are two examples. Today, Kharij classes of [[Makarem Shirazi]], [[Vahid Khurasani]], [[Nuri Hamadani]] and [[Ja'far Subhani]] and also [[Tafsir]] class of [[Javadi Amuli]] have been held in Azam mosque of Qom. | ||
* '''Private places''': In addition to public places, seminary classes have been sometimes held in private places. Most common private places for holding classes have been the houses of teachers. Using private places instead of schools have sometimes been because of the special rank of the teacher and sometimes because the class has not been put among common programs, or because schools' regulations did not allow including those classes; for example, lessons such as philosophy has been taught in private classes in those cities where teaching philosophy has been prohibited. In the last centuries when teachers made living through business and not just teaching, their classes were also held in their workplace in the market where was also used by students as the place of gathering as well. | * '''Private places''': In addition to public places, seminary classes have been sometimes held in private places. Most common private places for holding classes have been the houses of teachers. Using private places instead of schools have sometimes been because of the special rank of the teacher and sometimes because the class has not been put among common programs, or because schools' regulations did not allow including those classes; for example, lessons such as philosophy has been taught in private classes in those cities where teaching philosophy has been prohibited. In the last centuries when teachers made living through business and not just teaching, their classes were also held in their workplace in the market where was also used by students as the place of gathering as well. | ||
* Other places: Sometimes, classes have been held in other public places such as the courtyards of the holy | * Other places: Sometimes, classes have been held in other public places such as the courtyards of the [[holy shrine]]s of Imams, their progeny and graveyards of Shi'a scholars. | ||
== Akhlaq Class == | == Akhlaq Class == | ||