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ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn Amīnī, (b. 1320/1902-3 - d. 1390/1970), known as ʿAllāma Amīnī, the author of the well-known book al-Gadir, was a Shi'a jurist, muhaddith, theologian, historian, codicologist and one of the great Shi'a scholars in the fourteenth/twentieth century. Beside writing numerous important scholarly works, he also established in the city of Najaf the Amir al-Mu'minin Library, which includes 42,000 books in different languages, of which there were about 4,000 manuscripts, 400 photographic copies, and 750 film copies.

'Abd al-Husayn Amini, the son of Mirza Ahmad Amini was born in Tabriz in 1320/1902-3. His father was a religious leader in Tabriz. His grandfather, Mulla Najaf 'Ali, was known as Amīn al-Sharʿ (the Protector of the Shariah); hence, his family name was called "Amini".

'Abd al-Husayn Amini started his education in the schools of Tabriz and after memorizing the Qur'an and finishing the elementary level, started his studies of jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence and took part in the classes of scholars like Sayyid Muhammad Mawlana, the author of Misbah al-salikin, and Sayyid Mortada Khusrushahi and Shaykh Husayn, the author of Hidayat al-Anam.

Amini migrated at the age of 22 from Tabriz to Najaf and took part in the classes of prominent scholars, such as Sayyid Muhammad Firuzabadi (d. 1345/1926-7) and Sayyid Abuturab Khwansari (d. 1346/1927-8).

Amini got the permission for ijtihad from some marja's like Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani, Muhammad Husayn Na'ini, Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani[1] and Shaykh Abd al-Karim Ha'iri Yazdi. Regarding the death date of these marja's (between the years 1355/1936-7 to 1364/1944-5), one can see that Allama Amini has gotten the permission for ijtihad and hadith transmission, before the age of 35. Having gained this permission (for ijtihad and hadith transmission), he returned to Tabriz, but after a short while, he went back to Najaf again......

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  1. 'Ali Rida Sayyid Kibari, Allama Amini, Ghawwas-i Ghadir, p. 43-44.