Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar: Difference between revisions

| Works = ''Usul al-Fiqh'' • ''al-Mantiq'' • '''Aqa'id al-imamiyya''

Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar started his educations in Najaf. After learning to read and write, he began studying in the [[Islamic seminary]] at the age of 13. He studied the principles of Arabic literature and grammar with Shaykh Muhammad Taha al-Huwayzi. He then studied [[fiqh]] and [[Usul al-Fiqh]] with prominent scholars of the fields. Some of his professors are as follow:

In [[1355]]/1936, al-Muzaffar founded an Islamic [[seminary school]] in which [[fiqh]], [[exegesis of the Qur'an]], [[Usul al-Fiqh]], and [[philosophy]] were taught. The school was called al-Muntada collage. Scholars such as [[Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi]], [['Abd al-Husayn Dashti]] and [['Abd al-Husayn al-Hilli]] taught in this collage.  

In [[1376]]/1957-58, al-Muzaffar founded the College of Fiqh in Najaf. The college was recognized by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture in [[1377]]/1958-59. The courses of the college included: [[Imamiyya]] [[fiqh]], comparative fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, exegesis of the Qur'an, [[hadith]], [[Dirayat al-hadith]], educational sciences, psychology, literature, history of literature, sociology, history of Islam, Islamic philosophy, modern philosophy, [[logic]], modern history, principles of teaching, Arabic grammar, Arabic conjugation, and foreign languages.

Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar taught philosophy in this college, and was writing his book on Usul al-Fiqh to be taught there. He also headed the college and supervised the books written for the college courses.

Al-Muzaffar tried to provide textbooks of Islamic disciplines in an up-to-date and simple style. His written works are free of complexities usually observed in older works of fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh. They are easy to comprehend. His style of writing is said to be affected by his familiarity with literature and modern teaching.

The books, ''al-Mantiq'' (logic), ''Usul al-fiqh'', and '' 'Aqa'id al-Imamiyya'' (Imamiyya beliefs), upgraded the way textbooks of Islamic seminaries were written. They are textbooks of Islamic seminaries today.

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'''Usul al-fiqh:''' al-Muzaffar wrote this book as a textbook for the College of Fiqh in Najaf, and he intended it to fill the gap between two other textbooks in Usul al-Fiqh: ''[[Ma'alim al-din]]'' and ''[[Kifayat al-usul]]''. In the structure of the book, he followed the lead of his teacher, [[Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani]]. Like his other written works, ''Usul al-fiqh'' was written in a simple style. He tried to cash out complex issues of Usul al-Fiqh in a very clear and comprehendible way.