Draft:Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi al-Kharsan
Template:Shia Scholar Infobox Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī al-Mūsawī al-Kharsān (Arabic: السيد محمدمهدي الموسوي الخرسان) (b. 1347 AH/1928-9 – d. 1445 AH/2023) was a Shi'a scholar from Najaf, a corrector of Shi'a texts, an author, and a biographer. He is the compiler of the book Mawsūʿat ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās regarding Ibn ʿAbbās, the cousin and Companion of the Prophet (s), which was published in 21 volumes. Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei and Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim were among his teachers, and scholars such as Agha Buzurg Tehrani and Sayyid 'Abd al-A'la al-Sabzewari granted him permission for narration (ijāza).
The "Umanāʾ al-Rusul" (Trustees of the Prophets) Congress was held in Najaf and Qom to honor Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi al-Kharsan.
Status and Biography
Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi b. Sayyid Hasan al-Musawi al-Kharsan, known as Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi al-Kharsan, was a Shi'a scholar and corrector of Shi'a books from the Al-Kharsan family of Najaf. His father, Sayyid Hasan al-Kharsan (1322/1904 – 1405/1985), was a Shi'a scholar, a student of Sayyid Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani and Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Na'ini, and the Imam of Congregational Prayer at the Shaykh Ansari Mosque in Najaf.[1] Sayyid Muhammad Riza al-Kharsan, his brother, is also a Shi'a scholar.[2]
Al-Kharsan resided in Najaf,[3] served as the Imam of Congregational Prayer at the Shaykh Ansari Mosque in Najaf,[4] and, as he stated himself, avoided entering politics.[5] He discussed his autobiography in the book Dhikrayātī fī ḥayātī[6] and in the introduction to the book Muqaddimāt kutub al-turāthiyya.[7]
Al-Kharsan passed away in Najaf on Shahrivar 26, 1402 Sh (September 17, 2023), corresponding to Rabi' al-Awwal 1, 1445 AH,[8] and was buried in the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (a).[9]
Scholarly Life
Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi al-Kharsan was born on Rajab 9, 1347 AH in Najaf.[10] He studied the preliminary (muqaddimāt) and intermediate (saṭḥ) levels of the seminary in the Najaf Seminary under his father and teachers such as 'Ali Samakah al-Hilli and Sadiq Qamusi. He attended Kharij lessons (advanced seminars) under Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei, Sayyid Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi, and Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim.[11]
His masters (Mashāyikh) in Hadith transmission included Agha Buzurg Tehrani, Sayyid Muhammad Sadiq Bahr al-Ulum, Sayyid Ali Behbahani, Sayyid 'Abd al-A'la al-Sabzewari, Sayyid Murtada al-Khalkhali,[12] Sayyid Hasan al-Musawi al-Bujnurdi, and his father.[13] As he mentioned, he also narrated hadith from Sunni scholars such as Sayyid 'Alawi b. 'Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki, Hammad al-Ansari, Muhammad Abu l-Yusr b. 'Abidin, and Muhammad Salih al-Qadiri al-Shami.[14]
He spent most of his life researching and correcting Shi'a books. He granted permission for narration (ijāza) to some scholars such as Sayyid 'Abd al-Sattar al-Hasani, Kamil Salman al-Juburi, and Sayyid Salman Hadi Al-Tu'ma.[15]
Works
Al-Kharsan authored or corrected more than sixty works on subjects such as biography, Genealogy, Theology (Kalam), Hadith studies, and Fiqh.
The book Mawsūʿat ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās, ḥabr al-umma wa tarjumān al-Qurʾān, which is an encyclopedia about Ibn ʿAbbās, the cousin and Companion of the Prophet (s), is considered one of his major works. This book was compiled in 21 volumes and won the Book of the Year Award of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of religion in 1395 Sh/2017.[16]
Some of his other books include:
- ʿAlī imām al-barara: A commentary on a poem by Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei regarding the Imamate of Imam Ali (a).[17]
- Al-Muḥsin al-sibṭ mawlūd am siqṭ: About Muhsin, the son of Imam Ali (a) and Fatima al-Zahra (a).
- Al-Sujūd ʿalā l-turba al-ḥusayniyya.
- Ḥayya ʿalā khayr al-ʿamal.[18]
The collection of Ayatollah al-Kharsan's works has been published in a 46-volume encyclopedia titled Mawsūʿat Āyat Allāh Muḥammad Mahdī al-Mūsawī al-Kharsān.[19]
Commemoration
The Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (a), the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a), and nearly thirty scientific and cultural institutions, including the Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly, held an international congress to honor Al-Kharsan. This congress was held on Mehr 25 and 26, 1401 Sh (October 17-18, 2022) in Najaf and on Azar 2 and 3, 1401 Sh (November 23-24, 2022) in Qom. This was the first congress in a series of commemorations titled "Umanāʾ al-Rusul" (Trustees of the Prophets).[20]
Notes
- ↑ "Bāzdīd-i Sayyid Mahdī Mūsawī Kharsān az kitābkhāna", Specialized Library of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a).
- ↑ "Bāzdīd-i Sayyid Mahdī Mūsawī Kharsān az kitābkhāna", Specialized Library of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a).
- ↑ Najafī, Ṭarīq al-wuṣūl ilā akhbār Āl al-Rasūl, 1395 Sh, p. 426.
- ↑ "Bāzdīd-i Sayyid Mahdī Mūsawī Kharsān az kitābkhāna", Specialized Library of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a).
- ↑ Kharsān, Muqaddimāt kutub al-turāthiyya, 1427 AH, vol. 1, p. 7.
- ↑ Kharsān, Muqaddimāt kutub al-turāthiyya, 1427 AH, vol. 1, p. 6.
- ↑ Kharsān, Muqaddimāt kutub al-turāthiyya, 1427 AH, vol. 1, p. 5.
- ↑ "Āyatullāh Kharsān dargudhasht", Shafaqna News Agency.
- ↑ "Marāsim-i tashyī'-i paykar-i Āyatullāh al-Kharsān dar Najaf-i Ashraf", Shafaqna News Agency.
- ↑ "Āyatullāh Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī Kharsān, muṣaḥḥiḥ-i buzurg-i mutūn-i Shīʿī", p. 65.
- ↑ Najafī, Ṭarīq al-wuṣūl, 1395 Sh, p. 427.
- ↑ "Āyatullāh Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī Kharsān, muṣaḥḥiḥ-i buzurg-i mutūn-i Shīʿī", pp. 65-66.
- ↑ Najafī, Ṭarīq al-wuṣūl ilā akhbār Āl al-Rasūl, 1395 Sh, p. 428.
- ↑ "Āyatullāh Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī Kharsān, muṣaḥḥiḥ-i buzurg-i mutūn-i Shīʿī", pp. 65-66.
- ↑ "Bāzdīd-i Sayyid Mahdī Mūsawī Kharsān az kitābkhāna", Specialized Library of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a).
- ↑ "Sī-wa-chāhārumīn jāyiza-yi kitāb-i sāl barguzīdagān-i khūd rā shinākht", Tasnim News Agency.
- ↑ Khūʾī, ʿAlī imām al-barara, 1424 AH, copyright page.
- ↑ Najafī, Ṭarīq al-wuṣūl ilā akhbār Āl al-Rasūl, 1395 Sh, p. 426.
- ↑ "Ṣudūr Mawsūʿat al-Muḥaqqiq Muḥammad Mahdī al-Mūsawī al-Kharsān", Ijtihadnet.
- ↑ "Āyatullāh Ramadānī: 'Allāma Kharsān shakhṣīyatī sādhazīst...", ABNA.
References
- "Āyatullāh Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī Kharsān, muṣaḥḥiḥ-i buzurg-i mutūn-i Shīʿī". Faṣlnāma-yi Taḥlīlī-Intiqādī-yi Ḥawza. No. 11, Summer 1399 Sh. Available online.
- "Āyatullāh Kharsān dargudhasht". Shafaqna News Agency. Published: 26 Shahrivar 1402 Sh. Available online.
- "Āyatullāh Ramadānī: 'Allāma Kharsān shakhṣīyatī sādhazīst, purtalāsh, zāhid wa dārāy-i samāḥat-i ʿilmī ast". AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA). Available online.
- "Bāzdīd-i Sayyid Mahdī Mūsawī Kharsān az kitābkhāna". Specialized Library of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a). Accessed: 3 Azar 1401 Sh. Available online.
- "Ḥāshiyahā-yi barguzārī-yi rūz-i duwwum-i kungara-yi bayn-ul-milalī-yi Umanāʾ al-Rusul dar Qom". AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA). Published: 3 Azar 1401 Sh. Accessed: 7 Azar 1401 Sh. Available online.
- Kharsān, Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī al-. Al-Sujūd ʿalā l-turba al-ḥusayniyya. N.p., Qalam al-Sharq, 1426 AH.
- Kharsān, Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī al-. Al-Muḥsin al-sibṭ mawlūd am siqṭ. Najaf, Markaz al-Abḥāth al-ʿAqāʾidiyya, 1430 AH.
- Kharsān, Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī al-. Muqaddimāt kutub al-turāthiyya. Qom, Dalīl-i Mā, 1427 AH.
- Khūʾī, Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-. ʿAlī imām al-barara. Intro. Sayyid ʿAlī Ḥusaynī Bihishtī. Comm. Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī al-Kharsān. Beirut, Dār al-Hādī, 1424 AH.
- "Kungara-yi ʿilmī-yi Umanāʾ al-Rusul dar Mashhad". AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA). Published: 7 Azar 1401 Sh. Accessed: 7 Azar 1401 Sh. Available online.
- "Marāsim-i tashyī'-i paykar-i Āyatullāh al-Kharsān dar Najaf-i Ashraf". Shafaqna News Agency. Published: 27 Shahrivar 1402 Sh. Available online.
- Najafī, Hādī. Ṭarīq al-wuṣūl ilā akhbār Āl al-Rasūl. Qom, Dār al-Tafsīr, 1395 Sh.
- "Sī-wa-chāhārumīn jāyiza-yi kitāb-i sāl barguzīdagān-i khūd rā shinākht". Tasnim News Agency. Available online.
- "Ṣudūr Mawsūʿat al-Muḥaqqiq Muḥammad Mahdī al-Mūsawī al-Kharsān". Ijtihadnet. Published: 22 October 2022. Accessed: 18 Ordibehesht 1402 Sh. Available online.