Al-Miqdad b. 'Abd Allah al-Hilli
| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Al-Miqdad b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad al-Hilli al-Suyuri |
| Well-Known As | Al-Fadil al-Miqdad |
| Lineage | Banu Asad |
| Place of Birth | Hillah |
| Death | 826/1422-3 |
| Burial Place | Najaf |
| Scholarly Information | |
| Professors | Al-Shahid al-Awwal, Fakhr al-Muhaqqiqin |
| Students | Ibn Qattan, al-Hasan b. Rashid al-Hilli |
| Works | Irshad al-talibin ila nahj al-mustarshidin,Kanz al-'irfan fi fiqh al-Qur'an,Al-Nafi' yawm al-hashr fi sharh al-bab al-hadi 'Ashr,Al-Lawami' al-ilahiyya,... |
Al-Miqdād b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad al-Ḥillī al-Suyūrī (Arabic: المِقْداد بن عَبدالله بن محمد الحلّي السُیُوري) (d. 826/1422-3), known as al-Fāḍil al-Miqdād (Arabic: الفاضِل المِقداد) was a Shi'a jurist and theologian. He was born to a family from Banu Asad tribe in Suyur, a village of Hillah, Iraq. Having passed scholarly levels and having obtained spiritual virtues, he moved to Najaf, and stayed there to the end of his life. Al-Shahid al-Awwal was one of his most famous students.
Shaykh Muhammad b. Shuja' Qattan known as Ibn Qattan, and al-Hasan b. Rashid al-Hilli were among his students. His most prominent work in jurisprudence is Kanz al-'irfan fi fiqh al-Qur'an in which he examines jurisprudential verses of the Qur'an. His other book is al-Lawami' al-ilahiyya which is in theology.
Biography
Abu 'Abd Allah al-Miqdad b. Muhammad b. Husayn b. Muhammad al-Suyuri al-Hilli al-Asadi al-Gharawi, known as al-Fadil al-Miqdad and al-Fadil al-Suyuri was one of the great personalities of Shi'a and expert in both intellectual and narrative sciences. He was a notable jurist and a worthful theologian. Biographers who wrote about him have admired and praised him.
Although, he had a high status among Shi'a scholars, and his books were very common in various fields; not much have been reported about his life. What has been reported is that he was a resident of Suyur (a village of Hillah, Iraq); he was from Banu Asad tribe and lived in Iraq; when al-Shahid al-Awwal immigrated to Najaf, he attended his classes; he passed away in 826/1422-3 and was buried in Najaf.[1]
Foundation of the School of Miqdad
The School of Miqdad, one of the oldest religious schools in the Islamic Seminary of Najaf, was founded by al-Fadil al-Miqdad in the last year of his life (826/1422-3).[2] The school is located in the district of Mishraq, a well-known district in Najaf, across from the Mosque of Isagha. The school was running until the last years of the tenth /sixteenth century, but after that it was ruining until Salim Khan Shirazi reconstructed it in 1250/1834-5, and thus, it came to be known as the Salimiyya School.
The last reconstruction of the school, as written on its entrance, occurred in 1340/1921-2 by Sayyid Abu l- Qasim Wakil. The school, known as Salimiyya School, is a small school with 12 chambers.[3]
Teachers and Students
His teachers:
- al-Shahid al-Awwal
- Fakhr al-Muhaqqiqin
- Sayyid Dia' al-Din 'Abd Allah al-A'raji
- Sayyid 'Amid al-Din
His students:
- Shaykh Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Shuja' Qattan al-Ansari al-Hilli, known as Ibn Qattan, the author of Ma'alim al-Din fi Fiqh Al Yasin
- Radi al-Din 'Abd al-Malik b. Shams al-Din Ishaq b. 'Abd al-Malik b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Fathan Hafiz al-Qummi
- Shaykh Zayn al-Din 'Ali b. Hasan b. 'Alala
- Shaykh Hasan b. Rashid al-Hilli[4]
In some sources, Abu l-Hasan 'Ali b. Hillal al-Jaza'iri has been counted as one of al-Fadil al-Miqdad's students. However, in his introduction to al-Lawami' al-ilahiyya, Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Qadi Tabataba'i rejects this claim mentioning various evidences and says al-Jaza'iri was a student of Ibn Fahd al-Hilli.[5]
Works
His most prominent work in jurisprudence is Kanz al-'irfan fi fiqh al-Qur'an in which he examines jurisprudential verses of the Qur'an. His other book is al-Lawami' al-ilahiyya which is in theology.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Fāḍil Miqdād, Kanz al-ʿirfān fī fiqh al-Qurʾān, preface, p. 4-5.
- ↑ Fāḍil Miqdād, al-Lawāmiʿ al-ilāhīyya, p. 55.
- ↑ Sayyid Murtada; Farhikhtigan Website
- ↑ Fāḍil Miqdād, Kanz al-ʿirfān fī fiqh al-Qurʾān, preface, p. 8-9.
- ↑ Fāḍil Miqdād, al-Lawāmiʿ al-ilāhīyya fī l-mabāḥith al-kalāmīyya, p. 55.
- ↑ Fāḍil Miqdād, Kanz al-ʿirfān fī fiqh al-Qurʾān, p. 10-14.
References
- Dāʾirat al-maʿārif tashayyuʿ. Intishārāt-i Ḥikmat, 1390 Sh.
- Fāḍil Miqdād, Miqdād b. ʿAbd Allāh al-. Kanz al-ʿirfān fī fiqh al-Qurʾān. Tehran: Intishārāt-i Murtaḍawī, 1369 Sh.
- Fāḍil Miqdād, Miqdād b. ʿAbd Allāh al-. Al-Lawāmiʿ al-ilāhīyya fī l-mabāḥith al-kalāmīyya. Edited by Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Qāḍī al-Ṭabāṭabāyī. Qom: Būstān-i Kitāb, 1380 Sh.