Sayyid Abbas al-Musawi

Sayyid ʿAbbās al-Mūsawī (Arabic: السيد عباس الموسوي), (1992-1952) was the second secretary-general of Hezbollah in Lebanon. In the first years of his activity, he fought with Israel alongside the Palestinian forces. When he went to Iraq to study, he opposed the Ba'th regime. When he returned to Lebanon, he entered into a more serious battle with Israel by forming Hezbollah.

He was influenced by the thoughts of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and Imam Khomeini, and in 1979, he met Imam Khomeini during his trip to Iran. Sayyid Abbas Musawi was recognized as the Secretary-General of Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1991, and on February 16, 1992, he was targeted by the Zionist regime Airforce and was martyred.

Studying in Lebanon and Najaf

Sayyid Abbas Musawi was born in 1952 in al-Nabi Shayth village in Baalbek, Lebanon. In 1966, he met Imam Musa Sadr in Tyre. On his advice, Sayyid Abbas Musawi went to the seminary of Tyre (al-Ma'had al-Dirasat al-Islamiyya) and started his seminary studies there.

He entered Najaf in 1967 to continue his seminary studies. After completing the general courses at the Najaf seminary, he participated in the specialized courses of Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei and Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr. He had a broad relationship with Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and made the preparations for the acquaintance of Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah with al-Sadr.

Activity in Lebanon

Sayyid Abbas Musawi, who was under government pressure due to his political activity against the Ba'th regime in Iraq, returned to Lebanon in 1979. He founded a school called "Imam al-Muntadar (a)" in Baalbek. His wife also founded a school called "al-Zahra" for women’s education. He also gathered Muslim scholars for greater harmony among Lebanese clerics.

In 1982, following the occupation of Lebanon by the Zionist regime, he and several Lebanese youths gathered in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. They formed a group to fight against Israel, which was later known as Hezbollah.

Secretary-General of Hezbollah

Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, then Secretary-General of Hezbollah in Lebanon, describing his teacher Sayyid Abbas Musawi:

A teacher with sincerity, following up the academic and moral affairs of the seminary students, a practical example of piety, ethics, and religiosity, a committed and tireless scholar, a man of prayer and weeping to the Lord, and a man of night vigil, a lover of the Prophet (a) and his progeny, a deep relationship with Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, considered obedience to Imam Khomeini as a duty, with complete obedience to Seyyed Ali Khamenei, a pioneer in serving the people, not fearing other than God, and having self-sacrifice in the path of Islamic resistance until his martyrdom.

In May 1991, the central council of Hezbollah elected him its second Secretary-General. Before him, Subhi Tufayli was the Secretary-General.

Martyrdom

On February 16, 1992, Sayyid Abbas Musawi was attacked by an Israeli airstrike while returning to Beirut after attending Shaykh Raghib Harb's death anniversary ceremony, and he was martyred along with his wife and child. The pilot who attacked his convoy revealed details of Sayyid Abbas Musawi’s assassination in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth in 2008 and 2012.

Following this assassination, Ayatollah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, described Sayyid Abbas Musawi in a message as noble, brave, sincere, and intelligent. Ayatollah Khamenei considered him a person who combined knowledge with action, words with honesty, and sacrifice with tact.

Monographs

Many written and media works have been produced about Sayyid Abbas Musawi. Some of these works are:

• The book Zindigi wa mubarizat-i Shahid Sayyid Abbas Musawi (Dabir Kull-i Hezbollah-i Lobnan), written by Ghulam Rida Guli Zawarah.

• The book Zubar al-Hadid 2, written by Fatima Muslehzada.

• Shahid-i Yaran Monthly magazine; a special issue about Martyr Sayyid Abbas Musawi titled Zeytun-e surkh under the auspices of Shahid Magazines Group.

• Zindagi-yi khub, marg-i khub Documentary: Produced by the IRIB First Channel.

• Zaytun-i Talkh Documentary: This documentary was broadcast on the IRIB Tehran channel.

• Al-Ghalibun 2 TV series was broadcast for the first time in Ramadan 2013 on the al-Manar TV channel and with Persian dubbing in Ramadan 2014 on the IFilm channel of IRIB.

Gallery

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  Sayyid Abbas Musawi and Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah meeting with Sayyid Ali Khamenei (1991)

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  Sayyid Abbas Musawi's presence at the Kashmir International Conference

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  Presence of Sayyid Abbas Musawi among the Mujahidin in Afghanistan

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  Sayyid Abbas Musawi with his family

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  The poster of al Ghaliboun 2 series