Sayyid Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad: Difference between revisions

Sayyid Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad (born 1324 SH, Qom) is a Faqih, jurist, and professor of Hawza and university. He is the son of [[Sayyid Mohammad Mohaghegh Damad]] and the maternal grandson of [[Sheikh Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi]], the founder of the [[Qom Seminary]]. He completed his seminary studies under teachers such as [[Morteza Motahhari]], [[Sayyid Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti]], [[Hossein-Ali Montazeri]], [[Sayyid Mohammad-Reza Golpayegani]], and [[Mirza Hashem Amoli]], attaining the level of Ijtihad in 1348 SH.

Simultaneously with his seminary studies, he studied Philosophy and Islamic Law at the University of Tehran, obtaining a Master's degree in both fields. He then moved to the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium to continue his studies in Public International Law, receiving his PhD in 1995 with a dissertation on the protection of individuals during war from the perspective of International Law and Islamic Fiqh.

Mohaghegh Damad served for many years as the head of the Law Department at Shahid Beheshti University and the Department of Islamic Studies at the Academy of Sciences of Iran. He has authored numerous works in the field of Fiqh and Islamic Law and has played an effective role in drafting academic legal texts. He has also held scientific and executive responsibilities in the General Inspection Office, the Scientific Council of the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, and the Dr. Mahmoud Afshar Foundation.