Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi
Major Iranian Twelver Shi'a scholar of the Safavid era
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He is considered one of the most influential Shi'a ulama, whose policies reshaped Twelver Shi'ism.[1] During the Safavid period, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi was a Shi'a cleric who held significant political sway and compiled a major collection of hadith.[1][2]
Life and work
Majlesi was the son of Mohammad-Taqi Majlesi, an important jurist and hadith scholar.[2] He first studied with his father and other eminent scholars, learning from at least 18 teachers.[2] Majlesi focused his efforts on suppressing Sufism, philosophical views known as falsafah, and Sunnism.[3] He re-established clerical authority under his leadership and renewed the impetus for conversion from Sunni to Shi'a school.[4]
Majlesi is credited with propagating numerous Shi'a rituals that Iranians regularly practice, such as Azadari and Ta'ziyah.[4] He was buried next to his father in a family mausoleum near the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan.[1] Majlesi was named Shaykh al-Islam in Isfahan by the Safavid emperor Suleiman in the year 1687.[3] Once in that office, the Sultan granted Majlesi unrestricted authority to reward or penalize individuals according to his own judgment.[3]
What the cited sources add
The Encyclopaedia Iranica notes that Majlesi used the nisbas "al-Esfahani al-Natanzi al-Ameli" on some of his ijazat.[5][6] The same source states that Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi was the last scholar of outstanding reputation within his own family.[2] The Encyclopaedia Iranica also reports that Majlesi's most important book is the Beḥār al-anwār, a collection of Imamite hadith comprising 111 volumes in the printed edition.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moojan Momen, Introduction to Shi'i Islam (Yale University Press, 1985) (p.114) quoted in Soul of Iran, p.174; "MAJLESI, Moḥammad-Bāqer", Encyclopaedia Iranica (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "MAJLESI, Moḥammad-Bāqer", Encyclopaedia Iranica. facts only, no text reused. iranicaonline.org
- Wikipedia, "Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moojan Momen, Introduction to Shi'i Islam (Yale University Press, 1985) (p.115) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, (2004), p.425; Molavi, "Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran", Norton, 2002, p. 170 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Mohammad Taqi Majlesi" in Encyclopaedia Iranica. facts only, no text reused. iranicaonline.org
- Wikipedia, "Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mohammad Taqi Majlesi" in Encyclopaedia Iranica (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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