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Muhammad Ali al-Hakim

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AyatollahMuhammad-Ali al-Hakim
السيد محمد علي الطباطبائي الحكيم
TitleAyatollah
Personal life
Born1911
Najaf, Ottoman Iraq
Died2011 (aged 99–100)
Najaf, Iraq
Children5, including Mohammed-Saeed
RelativesMuhsin al-Hakim (maternal uncle)
Religious life
ReligionUsuli Twelver Shia Islam

Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Ali al-Hakim (1911–2011) was an Iraqi high-ranking Shiite scholar. Ayatollah Muhammad al-Hakim was the father of the Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim.

Biography

Early life

He was born in 1911 to Ahmed al-Hakim, in Najaf. His mother was the daughter of his father's cousin, Mehdi al-Hakim, making the grand Ayatollah, Muhsin al-Hakim, his maternal uncle.

He began his religious studies at a young age, and completed all his primary and secondary studies under notable teachers at the Islamic seminary of Najaf.

His teachers included his uncle, Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, Shaykh Hussain al-Hilli, and Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain al-Isfehani.

Works

Al-Hakim was a top scholar of fiqh and principles of fiqh. He was also an expert in the fields of Islamic spirituality and ethics. He extensively studied the role of modern high-level mathematics to the field of Islamic inheritance law. He wrote extensive religious treatises on the works of his uncle, grand Ayatollah, Muhsin al-Hakim as well as Muhammad Hussain al-Isfehani.

Personal life

Al-Hakim married his cousin, the daughter of the grand Ayatollah, Muhsin al-Hakim, and had five sons who all pursued clerical careers. His son, Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim, became a grand Ayatollah, and was considered among the most learned jurists in Najaf, even being considered to receive the grand religious authority after grand Ayatollah, Ali al-Sistani.

Death

Al-Hakim died of natural causes at the age of 100, and was buried on February 27, 2011.

Funeral prayers were led by his eldest son, Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim, and he was interred at Masjid al-Hindi, in Najaf, Iraq, close to his uncle Muhsin al-Hakim.

See also

References

  1. "Ayatollah Muhammad Ali al-Hakim Returns to His Lord". . March 1, 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
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