Mirza Mohammad-Hossein Gharavi Na'ini: Difference between revisions

Mohammad-Hossein Gharavi Na'ini, known as Mirza Na'ini, was a Shia jurist and Marja' in the 14th century AH and one of the clerical supporters of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.<ref>Amin, *A'yan al-Shi'a*, 1406 AH, vol. 6, p. 54.</ref> He was born in the city of Na'in into a clerical family and studied under scholars such as Jahangir Khan Qashqa'i, Muhammad Hasan Shirazi, and [[Akhund Khurasani]] in the cities of Isfahan, Samarra, Karbala, and Najaf.<ref>Amin, *A'yan al-Shi'a*, 1406 AH, vol. 6, p. 54; Aqa Bozorg Tehrani, *Tabaqat A'lam al-Shi'a (Nuqaba' al-Bashar...)*, 1404 AH, vol. 2, p. 593.</ref> His political activities included siding with Muhammad Hasan Shirazi in the Tobacco Protest,<ref>Sayyid Razi Shirazi, *Hamaseh-ye Fatwa*, special issue of Jomhouri-e Eslami newspaper.</ref> collaborating with [[Akhund Khurasani]] and Abdullah Mazandarani in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution,<ref>Haeri, *Tashayyu' va Mashrutiyyat*, 1985, pp. 156-157.</ref> and also declaring jihad against the British in Iraq alongside [[Sayyid Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani]].<ref>Na'ini, *Tanbih al-Ummah wa Tanzih al-Millah*, p. 16; Haeri, *Tashayyu' va Mashrutiyyat*, 1985, pp. 175-178.</ref> After Mohammad-Taqi Shirazi, Na'ini became one of the Shia Marja's along with Sayyid Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani.<ref>Amin, *A'yan al-Shi'a*, 1406 AH, vol. 6, p. 54.</ref> He passed away in 1355 AH at the age of 82 in Najaf and was buried in the shrine of Imam Ali (a).<ref>Amin, *A'yan al-Shi'a*, 1406 AH, vol. 6, p. 54.</ref>