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| Well known relatives  = [[Hasan b. Yahya]] his father
| Well known relatives  = [[Hasan b. Yahya]] his father
| Birth = [[602]]/1205
| Birth = [[602]]/1205
| Place of study = [[Hilla]]
| Place of study = [[Hillah]]
| Home town = Hilla
| Home town = Hillah
| Death= [[676]]/1277
| Death= [[676]]/1277
| Burial place = Hilla
| Burial place = Hillah
| Professors = His father, [[Ibn Nama]], [[Sayyid Fakhkhar al-Musawi]], [[Ibn Idris al-Hilli]]
| Professors = His father, [[Ibn Nama]], [[Sayyid Fakhkhar al-Musawi]], [[Ibn Idris al-Hilli]]
| Students = [[al-'Allama al-Hilli]], [[Ibn Dawud al-Hilli]], [[Ibn Rabib al-'Adami]], [[Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Karim b. Ahmad b. Tawus]], ...
| Students = [[al-'Allama al-Hilli]], [[Ibn Dawud al-Hilli]], [[Ibn Rabib al-'Adami]], [[Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Karim b. Ahmad b. Tawus]], ...
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==Birth and Education==
==Birth and Education==


Al-Muhaqiq al-Hilli was born in 602/1205 in [[Hilla]], [[Iraq]]. He was gifted with great intelligence and talent. He started the study of conventional sciences of the time in his childhood. As it was his mother tongue, he studied Arabic literature very well, and acquired a good knowledge of astronomy, mathematics, [[logic]], and [[theology]]. Then he learned [[fiqh]] and [[usul]] from his learned father [[Hassan b. Yahya]], and from other famous scholars of Hilla, such as [[Ibn Nama]] and [[Sayyid Fakhkhar al-Musawi]], who were the students of the great [[Shi'a]] jurist; [[Ibn Idris al-Hilli]].
Al-Muhaqiq al-Hilli was born in 602/1205 in [[Hillah]], [[Iraq]]. He was gifted with great intelligence and talent. He started the study of conventional sciences of the time in his childhood. As it was his mother tongue, he studied Arabic literature very well, and acquired a good knowledge of astronomy, mathematics, [[logic]], and [[theology]]. Then he learned [[fiqh]] and [[usul]] from his learned father [[Hassan b. Yahya]], and from other famous scholars of Hillah, such as [[Ibn Nama]] and [[Sayyid Fakhkhar al-Musawi]], who were the students of the great [[Shi'a]] jurist; [[Ibn Idris al-Hilli]].


==Teachers==
==Teachers==
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Moreover, the author of ''[[Ta'sis al-Shi'a]]'' has stated:
Moreover, the author of ''[[Ta'sis al-Shi'a]]'' has stated:


:"The pen is impotent in counting his virtues. He is the author of ''[[Sharayi' al-Islam]]'', which is as the [[Qur'an]] of fiqh [it is the most important book in the field]. He has some well-known books in [[usul al-fiqh]] as ''[[al-Nafi']]'', ''[[al-Mu'tabar]]'', and ''[[al-Ma'arij]]'', and has some compilations in [[theology]] which are mentioned in the comprehensive books, and more than 400 learned [[mujtahid]]s were graduated from his lessons, the resume of whom is recorded in [[rijal]] books, and such achievements are yet gained by no one else. He passed away in [[Hilla]] in [[Rabi' II]], [[696]], and there is a shrine to his honorable grave, which is blessed by [[pilgrim]]s."<ref>Sadr, ''Ta'sis al-shi'a'', p.305-306</ref>
:"The pen is impotent in counting his virtues. He is the author of ''[[Sharayi' al-Islam]]'', which is as the [[Qur'an]] of fiqh [it is the most important book in the field]. He has some well-known books in [[usul al-fiqh]] as ''[[al-Nafi']]'', ''[[al-Mu'tabar]]'', and ''[[al-Ma'arij]]'', and has some compilations in [[theology]] which are mentioned in the comprehensive books, and more than 400 learned [[mujtahid]]s were graduated from his lessons, the resume of whom is recorded in [[rijal]] books, and such achievements are yet gained by no one else. He passed away in [[Hillah]] in [[Rabi' II]], [[696]], and there is a shrine to his honorable grave, which is blessed by [[pilgrim]]s."<ref>Sadr, ''Ta'sis al-shi'a'', p.305-306</ref>


Al-Shaykh al-Hasan (the son of [[al-Shahid al-Thani]]), commonly regarded as "[[Sahib Ma'alim]]" (the author of [[Ma'alim al-usul]]), has noted about him:
Al-Shaykh al-Hasan (the son of [[al-Shahid al-Thani]]), commonly regarded as "[[Sahib Ma'alim]]" (the author of [[Ma'alim al-usul]]), has noted about him:
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Describing him, [[Murtada Mutahhari]] says:
Describing him, [[Murtada Mutahhari]] says:


:"There is no precedent for him in fiqh. His highness is meant by the word "Muhaqiq" (investigator) whenever it is used without any indication in the works of jurists. The great philosopher and mathematician, [[Khwaja Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]], has visited him in [[Hilla]], and attended his fiqh lessons. The books of al-Muhaqiq, especially ''Sharayi''', are, and have been among the course books of religious students, and many scholars have written commentaries and annotations on them.<ref>Mutahhari, ''Ashnayi ba 'ulum Isalmi'', vol.3 p.81-82</ref>
:"There is no precedent for him in fiqh. His highness is meant by the word "Muhaqiq" (investigator) whenever it is used without any indication in the works of jurists. The great philosopher and mathematician, [[Khwaja Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]], has visited him in [[Hillah]], and attended his fiqh lessons. The books of al-Muhaqiq, especially ''Sharayi''', are, and have been among the course books of religious students, and many scholars have written commentaries and annotations on them.<ref>Mutahhari, ''Ashnayi ba 'ulum Isalmi'', vol.3 p.81-82</ref>


==Demise==
==Demise==


Al-Muhaqiq al-Hilli passed away in 676/1277 at the age of 74, and was buried in Hilla.<ref>Mudarris, ''Rayhana al-adab'', vol.5 p.236</ref>
Al-Muhaqiq al-Hilli passed away in 676/1277 at the age of 74, and was buried in Hillah.<ref>Mudarris, ''Rayhana al-adab'', vol.5 p.236</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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