Al-Muhaqqiq al-Karaki: Difference between revisions

'''ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-ʿĀlī al-Karkī al-Jabal ʿĀmilī''' (علی بن حسین بن عبدالعالي الکَرْکي العاملي), well known as '''al-Muḥaqqiq al-Thānī''' (المحقّق الثاني) or '''al-Muḥaqqiq al-Karkī''' (المحقّق الکرْکي), (d. 940/1534) was a famous [[Shi'a]] jurist ([[faqih]]) in [[Safavid]] era. He immigrated from his hometown, [[Jabal 'Amil]], to [[Iraq]] and then to [[Iran]] at the invitation of [[Shah Isma'il Safavi]]. He played an important role in propagating and spreading Shi'a beliefs in Iran. He was an expert in [[Fiqh]] (jurisprudance) and his works were very well received by following jurists. His most famous book is ''[[Jami' al-maqasid fi sharh al-Qawa'id]]''. He has notable opinions about [[Wilayat al-Faqih]] (guardianship for the jurist).

al-Muhaqqiq al-Karki trained eminent students such as: [[al-Shaykh 'Ali al-Minshar]], [['Ali b. 'Abd al-Samad al-'Amili]] ([[al-Shaykh al-Baha'i]]'s father) and [[al-Sayyid Ni'mat Allah al-Jaza'iri]]. Most of jurists and scholars of the 9th/14th and 10th/15th centuries were his students.

He passed away in 940/1534 at the age of 75 in [[Najaf]] and was buried in the [[holy shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)]].

He had two sons and two daughters. His oldest son, [[al-Shaykh 'Abd al-'Ali]], was a great scholar and lived in [[Kashan]], [[Iran]]. His other son was Hasan. One of his daughters got married in Jabal 'Amil and had a son named Mir Sayyid Husayni, who lived in [[Ardabil]], Iran and taught Islamic subjects and became Shaykh al-Islam (greatest scholar) of the city, and people referred to him for their religious issues. His other daughter married Mir Shams al-Din Muhammad Astarabadi in Iran and gave birth to a boy which later was known as [[Mir Damad]] -one of the most important teachers of [[Mulla Sadra]].<ref>Davani, ''Mafakhir al-Islam'', vol.4 p.449-450</ref>