Muhammad Taqi Amuli

Muhammad Taqi Amuli
Personal Information
Full Name	Muhammad Taqi Amuli
Birth	1304/1887
Residence	Tehran
Studied in	Tehran,Najaf
Death	1391/1971
Burial Place	Mashhad
Scholarly Information
Professors	Shaykh 'Abd al-Nabi Nuri, Mirza Hasan Kirmanshahi, Mirza Na'ini, Aqa Diya' 'Iraqi, and Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani
Works	Glosses on Manzuma, Glosses on Sharh Isharat,Glosses on al-Makasib,Commentary on 'Urwat al-Wuthqa

Muḥammad Taqī Āmulī (Persian: محمدتقی آملی) (b. 1304/1887 - d. 1391/1971) was a Shia jurist who educated under some great teachers like Mirza Na'ini, Aqa Diya' 'Iraqi, and Aqa Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani in Najaf, then he came back to Tehran and started teaching and researching there. He passed away in Tehran.

Family and Birth

Muhammad Taqi Amuli, son of Mulla Muhammad Amuli was born on 12th of Dhu l-Qa'da 1304/2 August, 1887 in Tehran.

Teachers

He learned primary lessons from his father. Then, he educated under scholars such as Shaykh 'Abd al-Nabi Nuri and Mirza Hasan Kirmanshahi. In 1340/1991-2, he immigrated to Najaf. There, he took part in classes of great teachers such as Mirza Na'ini, Aqa Diya' 'Iraqi, and Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani.^[1]

Coming back to Tehran

Amuli came back to Tehran and began teaching and writing. He was a solitary jurist. He was not willing to accept leadership, and avoided to write the Risalah Amaliyya (Manual of Islamic law) until the end of his life. A group of erudite jurists were his students and cherished him.

Works

Glosses on Manzuma of Mulla Hadi Sabziwari
Glosses on Sharh Isharat of Ibn Sina
Glosses on al-Makasib of Shaykh Ansari
Commentary on 'Urwat al-Wuthqa
Kitab al-salat. (lessons of Mirza Na'ini)^[2]

Demise

Amuli passed away on Saturday,Shawwal 29, 1391/December 18, 1971 in Tehran^[3] and his body was buried in the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Rida (a) in Mashhad.^[4]

Notes

↑ Moṭahharī, Majmuʿa āthār, vol. 14, p. 538; Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif buzurg-i Islāmī, vol. 2, p. 215.
↑ Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif buzurg-i Islāmī, vol. 2, p. 215.
↑ Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif buzurg-i Islāmī, vol. 2, p. 215.
↑ Ābidi, Zindigīnāma-yi marḥūm Ayatullāh Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī Āmulī, p. 92.

References

Ābidi, Yaḥyā. Zindigīnāma-yi marḥūm Ayatullāh Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī Āmulī. Anjuman-i Āthār wa Mafākhir-i Farhangī. 1380 Sh.
Moṭahharī, Mortezā. Khadimāt- mutaqābil-i Islām wa Irān. Tehran: 1354 Sh.
Moṭahharī, Mortezā. Khadimāt- mutaqābil-i Islām wa Irān. Tehran: Intishārāt-i Ṣadrā, 1377 Sh.
Moṭahharī, Mortezā. Majmuʿa āthār-i ustād shahīd Moṭahharī. Tehran and Qom: Intishārāt-i Ṣadrā, 1390 Sh.
Sāzmān-i Awqāf. Mukhtasari az sharh ahwāl wa āthār-i Muḥammad Taqī Āmulī. Maʿārif Islāmi, Year 1, No 2, Winter 1345 Sh.
Tihrānī, Aqā Buzurg. Ṭabaqāt aʿlām al-Shīʿa. 4th Century.

[1] Moṭahharī, Majmuʿa āthār, vol. 14, p. 538; Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif buzurg-i Islāmī, vol. 2, p. 215.

[2] Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif buzurg-i Islāmī, vol. 2, p. 215.

[3] Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif buzurg-i Islāmī, vol. 2, p. 215.

[4] Ābidi, Zindigīnāma-yi marḥūm Ayatullāh Shaykh Muḥammad Taqī Āmulī, p. 92.

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