Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar

Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar (Arabic: محمد رضا المظفر‎)was a Shia Marja',philosopher and jurist. His eminent book in Islamic sciences is Usul al-Fiqh or the principles of jurisprudence written according to thought school of Agha Shaykh Muhammad Hosein Isfahani, one of eminent shia Marja'.

His family by the name of Muzaffar counted one of eminent families in Najaf. His family includes many scholars and men of religious science.Most of them known as Muzaffar in that city since the twelfth century of the Hijrah. Of course some of his relatives were inhabitants of Basra in Iraq and resides in al-Jaza’ir. His father namely Muhammad ibn Abdullah, a jurist and Mujtahid was a Marja' taqlid. His father Also born and educated in Najaf. He spent his youth in studies, his only other activity being prayer and teaching until he had distinguished himself as a eminent jurist. He wrote a very comprehensive commentary on the book of Shara’i al-Islam which he called Tawhid al-Kalam. One of his achievements was establishment of "Montada Al Nashar" or publication of Montada to develop and publicize the most important Islamic books. However he has founded the faculty of Fiqh in Najaf University in which many courses such as comparative fiqh, Shia Jurisprudence etc. Some eminent scholars like Muhammad Taqi Jafari had close relation and familiarity with al-Muzaffar.

Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar was born on the fifth of Sha'ban, 1322 AH (1904 AD). Since his father died before him, his grand brother namely Abdun-Nabi became responsible of raising Muhammad Rida. Muhammad Rida grew up in the scholarly environment of Najaf. Like many ulama, Muhammad Rida tried to participate in different courses and scientific circles. Since that he try to complete his education in religious seminaries in advanced courses. Early masters of al-Muzaffar were his brothres namely Abdun-Nabi and Muhammad Hasan.

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