Al-Hasan b. Zayn al-Din al-Amili
| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Al-Hasan b. Zayn al-Din al-Amili |
| Teknonym | Abu Mansur |
| Epithet | Jamal al-Din |
| Religious Affiliation | Twelver Shi'a |
| Well-Known Relatives | al-Shahid al-Thani (father), Sahib al-Madarik (nephew), Muahmmad b. Hasan (son) |
| Birth | 959/1552 |
| Studied in | Lebanon, Najaf |
| Death | 1011/1602-3 |
| Burial Place | Jbaa |
| Scholarly Information | |
| Permission for Hadith Transmission to | al-Sayyid Najm al-Din al-Amili |
| Works | Ma'alim al-din wa maladh al-mujtahidin |
Al-Ḥasan b. Zayn al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī (Arabic: الحسن بن زين الدين العاملي), well-Known as Sāḥib al-Maʿālim (صاحب المعالم) (b. 959/1552 - d. 1011/1602-3) was the son of al-Shahid al-Thani and one of the Shi'a faqihs of the eleventh/seventeenth century. His most famous book is Ma'alim al-din wa maladh al-mujtahidin.
Biography
Al-Hasan b. Zayn al-Din was born in Ramadan 17, 959/September 6, 1552 in Jaba' located in the area of Jabal Amel.[1] His father, al-Shahid al-Thani, was martyred when he was a child.[2] He and his nephew, Sayyid Muhammad al-Musawi al-Amili (Sahib al-Madarik) were classmates. He composed a lament for Sahib al-Madarik when he passed away.[3] Al-Hasan b. Zayn al-Din had a good memory, good handwriting, and poetic talent.[4]
He passed away in 1011/1602-3[5] and was buried in Jaba'.[6]
Scholarly Activities
He has narrated hadiths from Ali b. al-Hasan al-Amili, al-Husayn b. 'Abd al-Samad al-Harithi, Ali b. Sayyid Fakhr al-Din al-Hashimi al-Amili, Ahmad b. Sulayman al-Amili and al-Shahid al-Thani.[7] He has given permission of narration to Sayyid Najm al-Din al-Amili.[8] One of his uncommon fatwas is al-Wujub al-Ayni (the individual duty) of Friday Prayer during the Major Occultation.
Professors
Students
- Sayyid Najm al-Din b. Muhammad al-Husayni al-Musawi al-Sakiki
- Sayyid Ali b. Najm al-Din b. Muhammad al-Husayni al-Amili
- Shaykh Ahmad b. Ali b. Sayf al-Din al-Amili
Works
- Ma'alim al-din wa maladh al-mujtahidin
- al-Risalah al-Ithna Ashariyya fi al-salat
- Jawab al-masa'il al-madaniyyat
- Risalah fi man' taqlid min al-mayyit
- al-Ijazat
- Mishkat al-qawl al-sadid fi tahqiq ma'na al-ijtihad wa al-taqlid[11]
Notes
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 233-234.
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 227.
- ↑ Muḥaddith, Nujūm al-samāʾ, vol. 1, p. 6.
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 228; Muḥaddith, Nujūm al-samāʾ, vol. 1, p. 9.
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 233-234.
- ↑ Muḥaddith, Nujūm al-samāʾ, vol. 1, p. 9.
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 226.
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 226.
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 227.
- ↑ Muḥaddith, Nujūm al-samāʾ, vol. 1, p. 7.
- ↑ Āfandī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 1, p. 232.
References
- Āfandī, ʿAbd Allah b. ʿIsā Biyg. Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ. Qom: Kitābkhāna-yi Āyatollah Marʿashī al-Najafī, 1401 AH.
- Muḥaddith, Hāshim et.al. Nujūm al-samāʾ fī tarājim al-ʿulamāʾ. Tehan: Sāzmān-i Tablīghāt-i Islāmī, 1424 AH.