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'''Sayyid Muḥsin b. Sayyid ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Amīn al-ʿĀmilī''' (سید محسن بن سید عبدالکریم الامین | '''Sayyid Muḥsin b. Sayyid ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Amīn al-ʿĀmilī''' (سید محسن بن سید عبدالکریم الامین العاملي) (b.1284/1867-d.1371/1952) son of [['Abd al-Karim al-'Amili]] was born to a well-known [[sayyid|sadat family]] in [[Jabal 'Amil]], [[Lebanon]]. His lineage goes back to Husayn Dhi al-Dam'ah a son of [[Zayd al-Shahid]]. After elementary education in his hometown, he immigrated to [[Najaf|Najaf al-Ashraf]] and completed his studies in [[fiqh]] (jurisprudence) and [[usul al-fiqh]] and reached the level of [[Ijtihad]]. There, he taught some students as well. He was also a good poet, a literary critic and was knowledgeable in Arabic literature as well. | ||
''[[A'yan al-Shi'a]]'' is his most important work, which is a vast encyclopedia containing biographies of [[Shi'a]] great figures. The book was compiled to show the cultural identity and remind the role of Twelver Shi'a in the progress of the Islamic civilization. To get access to some sources for writing this book, he traveled to different places like [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Palestine]], [[Egypt]], [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]]. | ''[[A'yan al-Shi'a]]'' is his most important work, which is a vast encyclopedia containing biographies of [[Shi'a]] great figures. The book was compiled to show the cultural identity and remind the role of Twelver Shi'a in the progress of the Islamic civilization. To get access to some sources for writing this book, he traveled to different places like [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Palestine]], [[Egypt]], [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]]. | ||
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His other work is ''[[Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab]]'', in which he refutes the beliefs of [[Wahhabbism]]. The book has been translated to Persian by 'Ali Akbar Fa'izipur under the title ''Tarikh va Naqd-i Vahhabiyyat''. Also, a synoptic Persian translation of the book has been published with the title ''Farasuy-i Pardiha''. | His other work is ''[[Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab]]'', in which he refutes the beliefs of [[Wahhabbism]]. The book has been translated to Persian by 'Ali Akbar Fa'izipur under the title ''Tarikh va Naqd-i Vahhabiyyat''. Also, a synoptic Persian translation of the book has been published with the title ''Farasuy-i Pardiha''. | ||
His other famous work is ''[[Lawa'ij al-'ashjan fi maqtal al-Husayn]]'' (a), in which he discusses the event of [['Ashura]]. The book has been translated to Persian with two different titles of ''Ashk va matam dar sug-i sibt-i naby-i Khatam'' (s) and ''Imam Husayn (a) va hamasey-e Karbala''. | His other famous work is ''[[Lawa'ij al-'ashjan fi maqtal al-Husayn]]'' (a), in which he discusses the event of [['Ashura]]. The book has been translated to Persian with two different titles of ''Ashk va matam dar sug-i sibt-i naby-i Khatam'' (s) and ''Imam al-Husayn (a) va hamasey-e Karbala''. | ||
Among his noticeable works is ''[[al-Tanzih li A'mal al-shabih]]'' which has been written in objection to some of common ways of mourning among [[Shi'a]] and considers acts like [[Tatbir]] against the Islamic Law. The book was translated to Persian by Jalal 'Al Ahmad in 1322 with the title '''Azadariha-yi na mashru''', but all the copies were bought by some of its oppossors and were burned. | Among his noticeable works is ''[[al-Tanzih li A'mal al-shabih]]'' which has been written in objection to some of common ways of mourning among [[Shi'a]] and considers acts like [[Tatbir]] against the Islamic Law. The book was translated to Persian by Jalal 'Al Ahmad in 1322 with the title '''Azadariha-yi na mashru''', but all the copies were bought by some of its oppossors and were burned. | ||
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==Personal and Scholarly Merits== | ==Personal and Scholarly Merits== | ||
He is known as a brave scholar in expressing his ideas, like his objection to some rituals in the mourning for [[Imam Husayn]] (a) which put him in a very difficult fighting situation. He had the two qualities of criticizing some sects and attitudes and endeavoring for building [[Islamic Unity]] together in his scholarly character. Although he refuted beliefs of [[Wahhabism]] in his works ''[[ Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab|Kashf al-irtiyab]] and [[al-'uqud al-durriyyah]]''. He emphasizes the necessity of unity in Islamic Ummah in his work ''[[Haq al-yaqin fi luzum al-ta'lif bayn al-muslimin]]''. | He is known as a brave scholar in expressing his ideas, like his objection to some rituals in the mourning for [[Imam al-Husayn]] (a) which put him in a very difficult fighting situation. He had the two qualities of criticizing some sects and attitudes and endeavoring for building [[Islamic Unity]] together in his scholarly character. Although he refuted beliefs of [[Wahhabism]] in his works ''[[ Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab|Kashf al-irtiyab]] and [[al-'uqud al-durriyyah]]''. He emphasizes the necessity of unity in Islamic Ummah in his work ''[[Haq al-yaqin fi luzum al-ta'lif bayn al-muslimin]]''. | ||
==Demise== | ==Demise== | ||