Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din: Difference between revisions

'''Muḥammad Mahdī Shams al-Dīn''' (Arabic:محمد مهدی شمس الدین) (b. [[1354]]/1936 – d. [[1421]]/2001) was a religious scholar, political theoretician and the chairman of the [[Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council in Lebanon]]. He began his scientific and political activities in [[Najaf]] under [[Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim]] and [[Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khu'i|Ayatullah al-Khu'i]]. The cooperation with [[al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr]] and [[Muhammad Husayn Fadl Allah]] in founding [[Hizb al-Da'wa]] and the [[al-Adwa' al-Islamiyya|al-Adwa' magazine]] was among his most important political activities. In 1395/1975, Shams al-Din accepted the deputyship of the Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council whose director was [[Imam Musa al-Sadr]]. After Imam Musa al-Sadr disappeared in 1398/1978, Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din accepted the chairman position of this Council and in 1414/1993, he was officially elected as the director of the Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council in Lebanon.

Shams al-Din's father, 'Abd al-Karim was among the scholars of Lebanon who educated and taught in Najaf for years. Muhammad Mahdi lived 33 years of his life in [[Iraq]] when he had cultural, social and political activities before al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim and [[Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khu'i]] in addition to learning religious sciences.

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