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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) 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]].<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 10, p. 333.</ref> | '''Al-Sayyid Muḥsin b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Amīn al-ʿĀmilī''' (Arabic: {{ia|السید محسن بن عبدالکريم الامین العاملي}}) (b. [[1284]]/1867-8 - 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]].<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 10, p. 333.</ref> | ||
After elementary education in his hometown, he immigrated to [[Najaf]] and completed his studies in [[jurisprudence]] and [[principles of jurisprudence]] 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. | After elementary education in his hometown, he immigrated to [[Najaf]] and completed his studies in [[jurisprudence]] and [[principles of jurisprudence]] 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. | ||
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''[[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 [[ | Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin passed away in [[1371]]/1952 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== | ||
He is son of [['Abd al-Karim al-'Amili]] and he was born in [[1284]]/1867 to a well-known sayyid family (the Prophet's (s) descendants) in Chaqra, a village in [[Jabal Amel]], [[Lebanon]]. His Mother was a daughter of al-Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Falhat al—Maysi, a righteous scholar of his time. His lineage goes back to [[al-Husayn Dhi al-Dam'a]] son of [[Zayd al-Shahid]].<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 10, p. 333.</ref> | He is son of [['Abd al-Karim al-'Amili]] and he was born in [[1284]]/1867-8 to a well-known sayyid family (the Prophet's (s) descendants) in Chaqra, a village in [[Jabal Amel]], [[Lebanon]]. His Mother was a daughter of al-Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Falhat al—Maysi, a righteous scholar of his time. His lineage goes back to [[al-Husayn Dhi al-Dam'a]] son of [[Zayd al-Shahid]].<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 10, p. 333.</ref> | ||
==Education and Teachers== | ==Education and Teachers== | ||
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