Mohammad Mahdi Shams al-Din: Difference between revisions
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In addition to his studies, he was engaged in teaching and writing and participated in the establishment of "Jam'iyyat Muntada al-Nashr."<ref>Ansari Qomi and Amin, [https://jap.isca.ac.ir/article_2529_95ab1360f2ced5f72bd39b9047ae3b5c.pdf "Obituaries: Ayatollah Shams al-Din"], *Ayeneh-ye Pazhuhesh Magazine*, p. 127.</ref> Along with [[Mohammad-Reza Mozaffar]] and Mohammad-Taqi al-Hakim, they sought to reform mourning practices.<ref>Hosseini, "Bibliography of Mohammad Mahdi Shams al-Din," p. 8.</ref> Teaching at the Faculty of Fiqh in Najaf is among his credentials.<ref>Ansari Qomi and Amin, [https://jap.isca.ac.ir/article_2529_95ab1360f2ced5f72bd39b9047ae3b5c.pdf "Obituaries: Ayatollah Shams al-Din"], *Ayeneh-ye Pazhuhesh Magazine*, p. 127.</ref> Additionally, for several years, he resided in the city of Diwaniyah, Iraq, as a representative of the office of the Marja' Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim.<ref>Ansari Qomi and Amin, [https://jap.isca.ac.ir/article_2529_95ab1360f2ced5f72bd39b9047ae3b5c.pdf "Obituaries: Ayatollah Shams al-Din"], p. 127.</ref> | In addition to his studies, he was engaged in teaching and writing and participated in the establishment of "Jam'iyyat Muntada al-Nashr."<ref>Ansari Qomi and Amin, [https://jap.isca.ac.ir/article_2529_95ab1360f2ced5f72bd39b9047ae3b5c.pdf "Obituaries: Ayatollah Shams al-Din"], *Ayeneh-ye Pazhuhesh Magazine*, p. 127.</ref> Along with [[Mohammad-Reza Mozaffar]] and Mohammad-Taqi al-Hakim, they sought to reform mourning practices.<ref>Hosseini, "Bibliography of Mohammad Mahdi Shams al-Din," p. 8.</ref> Teaching at the Faculty of Fiqh in Najaf is among his credentials.<ref>Ansari Qomi and Amin, [https://jap.isca.ac.ir/article_2529_95ab1360f2ced5f72bd39b9047ae3b5c.pdf "Obituaries: Ayatollah Shams al-Din"], *Ayeneh-ye Pazhuhesh Magazine*, p. 127.</ref> Additionally, for several years, he resided in the city of Diwaniyah, Iraq, as a representative of the office of the Marja' Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim.<ref>Ansari Qomi and Amin, [https://jap.isca.ac.ir/article_2529_95ab1360f2ced5f72bd39b9047ae3b5c.pdf "Obituaries: Ayatollah Shams al-Din"], p. 127.</ref> | ||
Alongside Sayyid Ismail al-Sadr, | Alongside Sayyid Ismail al-Sadr, [[Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Sadr]], Sayyid Murtada al-Askari, [[Sayyid Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah]], Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli, and [[Mohammad Mahdi Asefi]], he was one of the writers for the [[Al-Adwa' Magazine]], which was published with the support of Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim and was simultaneously opposed by some groups in the Najaf seminary.<ref>[http://iscq.ir/my_doc/iscq/my_files/midi/besat%201501.pdf "Ayatollah Asefi and the Dawa Party"], *Be'that Publication*, p. 2.</ref> | ||
Shams al-Din was one of the founders of the Islamic Dawa Party, established under the leadership of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr in the summer of 1957.<ref>Moradi, "Mohammad Mahdi Shams al-Din, His Life, Times, and Works," p. 124.</ref> He then returned to Lebanon in 1969 and engaged in intellectual and cultural activities. In 1975, he was appointed by Imam Musa al-Sadr as the vice-president of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Lebanon, and after the abduction of Sayyid Musa al-Sadr in 1978, he effectively took over its leadership.<ref>Moradi, "Mohammad Mahdi Shams al-Din, His Life, Times, and Works," p. 125.</ref> | Shams al-Din was one of the founders of the Islamic Dawa Party, established under the leadership of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr in the summer of 1957.<ref>Moradi, "Mohammad Mahdi Shams al-Din, His Life, Times, and Works," p. 124.</ref> He then returned to Lebanon in 1969 and engaged in intellectual and cultural activities. In 1975, he was appointed by Imam Musa al-Sadr as the vice-president of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Lebanon, and after the abduction of Sayyid Musa al-Sadr in 1978, he effectively took over its leadership.<ref>Moradi, "Mohammad Mahdi Shams al-Din, His Life, Times, and Works," p. 125.</ref> | ||