Seyed Reza Bahaadini

Seyed Reza Bahaadini (March 29, 1908 – July 19, 1997) was an Iranian Shia jurist, teacher of ethics and practical mysticism.

He was one of the disciples of Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi, Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat Kooh Kamari, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Khansari and Hossein Borujerdi.

His greatest occupation and fame was his public or private debates on Islamic ethics courses, which lasted until the last days of his life.

Seyed Reza Bahaadini was born on 29 March 1908 in Qom, Iran.

His lineage goes back to Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (the fourth Imam in Shiʻi Islam).

His father, Seyed Safi al-Din, was a pious man and one of the servants of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine, he had Islamic seminary education and was fluent in Quranic studies.

His mother, Fatemeh Soltan, was from the descendant of the family of Mulla Sadra (Persian Twelver Shi'i Islamic mystic and philosopher).

From the age of two, he was sent to primary local school to learn the surahs of Quran.

After learning to recite the Quran, he learned to read and write.

At the age of six, he entered the Islamic Seminary of Qom, where he began to study religious sciences.

He entered Feyziyeh School at the age of 12 after passing the entrance exam.

Due to his rich and extraordinary intelligence, he was noticed by the professors from the very beginning and he started learning specialized topics under the supervision of professors such as Sheikh Abolghasem Qomi (died 1934) and Mohammad Taghi Bafghi (died 1946).

At the age of 19, he began the highest level of seminary courses such as Islamic jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic jurisprudence under Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi (died 1937), and after him, he benefited from the lessons of Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat Kooh Kamari (died 1953), Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Khansari (died 1952) and Hossein Borujerdi (died 1961).

And since then, he first began to teaching general courses of literature, Islamic jurisprudence and principles for many years.

After that, for nearly twenty years he has been teaching the highest level of seminary courses in the Islamic Seminary of Qom.

Ayatollah Seyed Reza Bahaadini's greatest occupation throughout his life has been teaching Islamic seminary sciences.

Many people have attended his lesson, some of whom are:

The following manuscripts and treatises by Seyed Reza Bahaadini remain (all in Persian language, the titles have been translated into English for convenience):

None of the scattered writings that Seyed Reza Bahaadini has written about Nahj al-Balagha, exegesis of the Quran and his notes on the jurisprudential interpretations of some of his masters have not been widely published.

However, some of his ethics courses and some of his interviews have been published in two following books:

Seyed Reza Bahaadini got married at the age of seventeen.

He had two sons and eight daughters.

He also passed the intermediate seminary courses with professors Mirza Mohammad Ali Adib Tehrani (died 1949), Mirza Mohammad Razini Hamedani (died 1999), Mullah Ali Masoumi Hamadani (died 1978) and Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (died 1953).

Seyed Reza Bahaadini died on 19 July 1997 in Qom and was buried in the Fatima Masumeh Shrine next to the grave of his teacher Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi.

One day after the death of Seyed Reza Bahaadini, the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei issued a statement of public condolences in respect of him.

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