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| Burial place = Damascus | | Burial place = Damascus | ||
| Professors = [[Muhammad Taha Najaf]], [[Aqa Rida Hamadani]], and [[Akhund Khurasani]], ... | | Professors = [[Muhammad Taha Najaf]], [[Aqa Rida Hamadani]], and [[Akhund Khurasani]], ... | ||
| Students = Al-Sayyid Husayn (his cousin), Al-Sayyid Mahdi b. al-Sayyid Hasan, Shaykh Munir 'Asiran, ... | | Students = Al-Sayyid al-Husayn (his cousin), Al-Sayyid al-Mahdi b. al-Sayyid al-Hasan, al-Shaykh al-Munir al-'Asiran, ... | ||
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'''Al-Sayyid Muḥsin b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Amīn al-ʿĀmilī''' (Arabic: {{ia|السید محسن بن عبدالکريم الامین العاملي}}) (b. [[1284]]/1867 - d. [[1371]]/1952) son of [['Abd al-Karim al-'Amili]] was born to a well-known [[sayyid]] family in [[Jabal Amel]], [[Lebanon]]. His lineage goes back to al-Husayn Dhi l-Dam'a a son of [[Zayd al-Shahid]]. | '''Al-Sayyid al-Muḥsin b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Amīn al-ʿĀmilī''' (Arabic: {{ia|السید محسن بن عبدالکريم الامین العاملي}}) (b. [[1284]]/1867 - d. [[1371]]/1952) the son of [['Abd al-Karim al-'Amili]] was born to a well-known [[sayyid]] family in [[Jabal Amel]], [[Lebanon]]. His lineage goes back to al-Husayn Dhi l-Dam'a a son of [[Zayd al-Shahid]]. | ||
After elementary education in his hometown, he immigrated to [[Najaf]] and completed his studies in [[fiqh]] | After elementary education in his hometown, he immigrated to [[Najaf]] and completed his studies in [[fiqh]] 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 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]]. | ||
Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin passed away in [[1347]]/1928 | Al-Sayyid al-Muhsin al-Amin passed away in [[1347]]/1928 in [[Damascus]], and was buried in front of the main entrance of the [[Shrine of al-Sayyida Zaynab (a)]]. | ||
==Birth and Lineage== | ==Birth and Lineage== | ||
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==Works== | ==Works== | ||
[[File:A'yan al-Shi'a.jpg|thumbnail|px230|''A'yan al-Shi'a''. One of the most important works of al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin]] | [[File:A'yan al-Shi'a.jpg|thumbnail|px230|''A'yan al-Shi'a''. One of the most important works of al-Sayyid al-Muhsin al-Amin]] | ||
===A'yan al-Shi'a=== | ===A'yan al-Shi'a=== | ||
{{Main|A'yan al-Shi'a (book)}} | {{Main|A'yan al-Shi'a (book)}} | ||
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Another work of Sayyid Amin is ''[[Haqq al-yaqin fi luzum al-ta'lif bayn al-muslimin]]'' (True certainty in necessity of unity amongst Muslims) in which he emphasizes the necessity of [[unity in Islamic Ummah]]. | Another work of Sayyid Amin is ''[[Haqq al-yaqin fi luzum al-ta'lif bayn al-muslimin]]'' (True certainty in necessity of unity amongst Muslims) in which he emphasizes the necessity of [[unity in Islamic Ummah]]. | ||
[[File:Kashf al-irtiyab fi ’itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab.jpg|thumbnail|px230|''Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab''. one of the important works of al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin]] | [[File:Kashf al-irtiyab fi ’itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab.jpg|thumbnail|px230|''Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab''. one of the important works of al-Sayyid al-Muhsin al-Amin]] | ||
His other work is ''[[Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab]]'', in which he refutes the beliefs of [[Wahhabbism]]. | His other work is ''[[Kashf al-irtiyab fi 'itba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab]]'', in which he refutes the beliefs of [[Wahhabbism]]. | ||
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==Demise== | ==Demise== | ||
Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin passed away in the midnight of [[Rajab 24]], [[1371]]/[[April 19]], 1952 in [[Damascus]] and was buried in front of the main entrance of the [[Shrine of Sayyida Zaynab (a)]]. | Al-Sayyid al-Muhsin al-Amin passed away in the midnight of [[Rajab 24]], [[1371]]/[[April 19]], 1952 in [[Damascus]] and was buried in front of the main entrance of the [[Shrine of Sayyida Zaynab (a)]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Rijal and Biography Scholars}} | {{Rijal and Biography Scholars}} | ||
{{Faqihs of Jabal 'Amil}} | {{Faqihs of Jabal 'Amil}} | ||
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