Sayyid Hashim Safi al-Din: Difference between revisions

'''Sayyid Hashim Safi al-Din''' (Arabic:{{ia| السيد هاشم صفي الدّین}}) (b. 1964) is the head of the Executive Council of [[Hezbollah]] in Lebanon and is recognized as the second-in-command after [[Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah]]. He is often referred to as Nasrallah's successor.

Safi al-Din has familial ties to [[Al-Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah|Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah]]<ref>[https://aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/5065494-%D8%B5%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86 Qassem Soleimani's son-in-law... Who is Hashem Safieddine, the most prominent candidate to succeed Nasrallah? Arabic)]</ref> and remained relatively unknown in Lebanese politics until he began representing the Secretary-General at party events, particularly during the [[Funeral Procession|funerals]] of Hezbollahs' martyrs, due to security measures surrounding Nasrallah.<ref>[https://aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/5065494-%D8%B5%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86  Qassem Soleimani's son-in-law... Who is Hashem Safieddine, the most prominent candidate to succeed Nasrallah? Arabic)]</ref>

Sayyed Hashem Safi al-Din was born in 1964 in a village in southern [[Lebanon]]<ref>[https://arabic.rt.com/middle_east/1604924-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85-%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD-%D9%84 Nasrallah's lookalike... Hashem Safi al-Din, candidate to lead "Hezbollah" (Arabic)]</ref> to a prominent and influential family.<ref>[https://aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/5065494-%D8%B5%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86 Qassem Soleimani's son-in-law... Who is Hashem Safieddine, the most prominent candidate to succeed Nasrallah? Arabic)]</ref> He started his religious education at a young age<ref>[https://arabic.euronews.com/2024/09/28/hashem-safieddine-potential-successor-hassan-nasrallah-lebanon-gaza-israel-iran Who is Hashim Safi al-Din...The possible successor of Hasan Nasrallah? (Arabic)]</ref> and, before moving to [[Qom]] for further studies, married the daughter of Sayyed Mohammad Ali Amin, a member of the [[The Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council of Lebanon|Higher Islamic Council of Shia Muslims in Lebanon]].<ref>[https://arabic.euronews.com/2024/09/28/hashem-safieddine-potential-successor-hassan-nasrallah-lebanon-gaza-israel-iran Who is Hashim Safi al-Din...The possible successor of Hasan Nasrallah? (Arabic)]</ref>

While in [[Qom]], Safi al-Din was profoundly influenced by the [[political philosophy of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist]] (Wilayat al-Faqih) as articulated by [[Imam Khomeini]], a subject he later explored in his writings.<ref>[https://arabic.euronews.com/2024/09/28/hashem-safieddine-potential-successor-hassan-nasrallah-lebanon-gaza-israel-iran Who is Hashim Safi al-Din...The possible successor of Hasan Nasrallah? (Arabic)]</ref> His brother, Abdullah Safi al-Din, represents Hezbollah in [[Iran]], and his son, Rida Safi al-Din, is married to [[Qasem Soleimani|QasemSoleimani's]] daughter.<ref>[https://harfetaze.com/118739/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85-%D8%B5%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86/ Biography of Sayyid Hashim Safi al-Din. (Persian)]</ref>