Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi Mazandarani | |
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Born |
Noor, Mazandaran, Qajar Persia |
10 November 1483
Died | 18 February 1546 Najaf, Iraq |
(aged 62)
Occupation | Allameh Nouri , Khatamalmohaddesin , Muhaddis Noori |
Notable work |
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Theological work |
Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi (Persian: میرزا حسین نوری طبرسی, Arabic: الميرزا حسين النوري الطبرسي) (1838 - 1902) popularly known as Muhaddis Noori / Al-Mohaddith Al-Noori, was a top Shi'a Islamic cleric and father of Islamic Shi'a Renaissance.
He came from the town of Noor, Northern Iran in province Tabarestan. He died at the age of 66 years in Najaf and was laid to rest on the right side of the entrance to the Mausoleum of Imam Ali.
Noori was born on 18th of the Islamic month of Shawwal in 1254 AH at the northern Iranian city of Nour in Mazandaran. Following the completion of his preliminary studies, he strove to scrutinize the vast hadith literature and became an authority in this regard. Allameh Sheikh Agha Bozorg Tehrani, considers him to be one of the most eminent, honorable, and precedent companions of the great Mirza Shirazi. The documents remaining from the Tobacco Movement he was prominent in that movement.
Noori studied in Iraq under leading scholars including Ayatollah Shaikh Morteza Ansari and Mirza Mohammed Hassan Husseini Shirazi. He was an authority on Islamic sciences, including hadith, exegesis of the Holy Qur'an, theology, and biography of ulema.
Noori’s masters were:
Noori was an authority on Islamic sciences, including hadith, exegesis of the Holy Qur'an, theology, and biography of ulema. He groomed numerous students, including Shaikh Abbas Qomi, the author of the famous prayer and supplication manual, "Mafatih al-Jinaan" (Keys of Paradise). He wrote numerous works in both Persian and Arabic, many of them were translated to other languages including English and Urdu. His works include: