Muhammad Salih Khalkhali

Muhammad Salih Khalkhali

Personal Information
Birth	1095/1684
Residence	Khalkhal
Death	1175/1761-2
Scholarly Information
Professors	Muhammad Sadiq Ardistani

Mullā Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Khalkhālī (Persian: محمد صالح خلخالی) (b. 1095/1684 - d. 1175/1761-2) son of Muhammad Sa'id, was a Shi'a scholar in jurisprudence, philosophy, and mysticism of 12th/18th century. He was a student of Muhammad Sadiq Ardistani. His commentary on "al-Qasidat al-Ya'iyya" (composed by Mir Findiriski) is his most important work.

Birth and Demise

He was from Khalkhal and was buried there. Biographical books reported his birth date about 1095/1684. However, there is doubt about his demise date. Some sources reported that it was about 1134/1721-2, but most of them say it was in 1175/1761-2.

Teachers

Mulla Muhammad Salih was a student of Muhammad Sadiq Ardistani. Mulla Muhammad Salih Khalkali should not be mistaken for Sayyid Salih Khalkhali, who was a student of Mirza Abu l-Hasan Jilwa.

Works

Some of his most important works are:

• Commentary on "al-Qasidat al-Ya'iyya" (composed by Mir Findiriski): Written in Persian. Apparently, this is his most important work. Unlike the other two commentaries on this poem, which were influenced by Mulla Sadra's philosophical school of thought and al-Hikma al-muta'aliya , Mulla Salih's commentary is more mystical.

• Gloss on al-Hikmat al-Sadiqiyya: Al-Hikmat al-Sadiqiyya is the script of philosophy class of Muhammad Sadiq Ardistani, which was held in Isfahan. Mulla Hamza Gilani (d. 1134/1721-2) compiled it and Mulla Isma'il Khaju'i (d. 1173/1759-60) in addition to rewriting, completing it, added an introduction to it.

• Commentary of "Hadith al-'alam al-'ilwi": The hadith is attributed to Imam 'Ali (a). This work is a philosophical-mystical commentary on this hadith. Mulla Salih believed that 'Abd al-Rahim Damawandi's commentary did not have scholarly merits, thus he wrote this commentary on it.

• Al-Ibanat al-mardiyya: This book, which was published in 1313/1895-6 in Tehran, Iran is a commentary on two parts (qibla and prayer time) of Sharh al-lum'at al-Dimashqiyya.
• Al-Ta'ammulat al-'ashra.