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Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Husayn Borujerdi ('''آیتالله سیدحسين بورجردی''' in Persian ) was a Shi'a Grand Ayatollah . His given name is of that of Husayn Bin Ali , the third Imam and grandson of the Prophet Muhammad . '' Seyyed '' is an honorific denoting descent from the prophet. EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC SPECIALTIES Burojerdi was born in the city of Borujerd in the province of Lorestan in Iran , hence the surname. In his youth, Borujerdi studied under a number of Shi'ite masters of Islamic Jurisprudence such as Mullah Khorasani and Aqa Zia Iraqi , and specialized in '' Fiqh ''. He studied the ''fiqahat'' of all the Islamic schools of thought, not just his own, along with the science of '' Rijal '' Though he is known for citing '' Masoomeen '' to support many of his deductions, Burojerdi is known for elucidating many aspects himself and is an influential ''fiqh'' jurist in his own right. He has had a strong influence on Islamic scholars like Morteza Motahhari and Ayatollah Shaikh Husain Muntadhar . TENURE AS AYATOLLAH AND MARJA Burojirdi revived the Hawzah of Qum in 1945 (1364 AH), which had waned after the death in 1935 of its founder, Shaykh Abdul Karim Ha'iri . When Sayyid Abul Hassan Isfahani died the following year, the majority of Shi'a accepted Ayatullah Burojerdi as Marja'-e-Taqlid . Efforts toward Islamic unity Borujerdi was the first ''Marja''' to look beyond Iraq and Iran . He sent Sayyid Muhaqqiqi to Hamburg , Germany , Aqa-e-Shari'at to Karachi , Pakistan , Al-Faqihi to Madinah and Sayyid Musa Sadr to Lebanon . he established cordial relations with Shaykh Mahmud Shaltut , the grand Shaykh of Al-Azhar . Together, the two scholars established the " House For Bringing Muslim Sects Nearer " in Cairo . Shaltut issued his famous '' Fatwa '' accepting the Shi'a faith as one of the recognised sects of Islam. Political leanings Ayatollah Burojirdi passively opposed the Pahlavi regime's agrarian reforms, which he called "agrarian destruction," as in his view, the confiscations of the Pahlavi shahs disrupted the fabric of rural life and eroded religious institutions. He believed in the separation of church from state, even though he was Khomeini's senior in rank. Borujerdi died in Qum on 13th Shawaal 1961 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |