Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin

Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin (b.1284/1867-d.1371/1952), also transliterated Muhsin al Amin, was a Shia scholar, biographer, traditionist, and jurist. He was born in Jabal 'Amel, Lebanon. His most important work is A'yan al-Shi'a.[1]

Not to be confused with Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin.
Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin
Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin
Born1867
Jabal 'Amel, Lebanon
Died1952
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque
RegionIranian Scholar
SchoolShia Twelver

Early life and education

Family background

Al-Amin was born in 1867 to a well-known Sayyid family in Jabal 'Amel, Lebanon.He was famous for al-Amin or the trusted one.[2] His father, Abdul al-Karim al-Amili, was a scholar of his time. His father died in Iraq was buried, when he had gone to pilgrimage Iraq.[3] His maternal grandfather was ′Shaykh Muhammad Hussein al Amili al Musawi, was one of the scholars who went to Najaf to education and died there.[3]

Education

Sayyed Mohsen began to study the Qur'an and elementary Arabic grammar at the age of seven under village teacher.[3] Four years later, he learned jurisprudence for three years old under shaykh Musa sharara who returned to Iraq.In 1890, arrangements were made for him to study at the Iraq, Najaf.[3] Finally he was a learned Mujtahid.[4]

Activity

He was among the pioneers of correcting Shia beliefs in modern times. He forbade (Haram) self-injurious. His action made the rallying most of the uneducated villagers against al Amin's calls for reform.[5] By this action, Amin wanted to rationalize religious practices and make them more moral. He was able to expose a more positive image of the Shia thereby.[6]

His children
  • Hasan al-Amin[7]
  • Hashem Al-Amin
  • Abd al-Muttalib Al-Amin
  • Jafar Al-Amin[8]
  • Muhammad Baqir Al-Amin

Published works
  • Ayan al-Shia(Arabic: أعيان الشيعة‎), is one of his works. This work the biographical encyclopedia book[9] and consists of fifty-six volumes.[3]
  • Al-husun al-mania fi radd ma awradahu sahib al-manar fi haqq al-shia (Arabic: الحصون المنیعة فی ردّ ما اورده صاحب المنار فی حقّ الشیعة‎), he explained some of the Shia views in this book.[10]
  • Risalat al-tanzih li-a'mal al-shabih (Arabic: رسالة التنزيه لاعمال الشبيه‎), that was al-Amin's reply to his critics-Sadiq.[4]
  • Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya al-khamisa (Fifth), (Arabic: الصحيفة الخامسة السجادية‎) is the longest version of the Sahifa of al-Sajjad has been published.[11][12]
  • Al-Majalis al-saniyya fi manaqib wa-masa'ib al-'itra al-nabawiyya (Arabic: المجالس السنيه في مناقب و مصائب العتره النبويه‎)[13]
  • Iqna' al-la'im ala iqamat al-matam (Arabic: اقناع اللائم علی اقامه المآتم‎)[13]
  • Lawa'ij al-ashjan fi maqtal al-imam Abi Abd Allah al-Husayn (Arabic: لواعج الأشجان في مقتل الإمام إبي عبد الله الحسين ابن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام‎)[13]
  • Kashf al-Irtiyab fi Atba' Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab (Arabic: كشف الإرتياب في أتباع محمد بن عبد الوهاب‎) [14]

See also

References
  1. "Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin". WikiShia. December 10, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. al-Qurashi, Baqir Sharif. "The Life of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin". Ansariyan Publications - Qum.
  3. Ajami, Fouad. The Vanished Imam: Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon. Cornell University Press (August 25, 1987). ISBN 978-0801494161.
  4. Chalabi, T. The Shi‘is of Jabal ‘Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918–1943. Palgrave Macmillan; 1st edition (February 22, 2006). ISBN 978-1403970282.
  5. Deeb, Lara. An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics). Princeton University Press (March 19, 2006). pp. 131–133. ISBN 978-0691124216.
  6. Alessandro , Naef, Sabahi, Monsutti , Silvia , Farian. The Other Shiites: From the Mediterranean to Central Asia (Welten des Islams/Worlds of Islam/Mondes de l'Islam). Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften; 1 edition (August 9, 2007). ISBN 978-3039112890.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Shaery-Eisenlohr, Roschanack. Shi'ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion and the Making of National Identities (History and Society of the Modern Middle East). Columbia University Press (July 3, 2008). p. 224. ISBN 9780231144261.
  8. Abisaab, Abisaab, Rula Jurdi, Malek. The Shi'ites of Lebanon: Modernism, Communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms). Syracuse University Press; Reprint edition (January 20, 2017). p. 57. ISBN 978-0815635093.
  9. Pourjavady, Reza. Philosophy in Qajar Iran. BRILL (November 8, 2018). p. 87. ISBN 978-9004385610.
  10. Brunner, Rainer. Islamic Ecumenism in the 20th Century: The Azhar and Shiism Between Rapprochement and Restraint (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia). Brill (October 28, 2004). ISBN 978-9004125483.
  11. "Translator's Introduction". al-islam.
  12. "Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (The Psalms of Islam)". hajij.
  13. Shams ad-Din Al-Amili, Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi. "The Revolution of Imam al-Husayn (a)". Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  14. Brockelmann, Carl. History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 3 - i (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section One: The Near and Middle East / History of the ... Tradition) (English and Arabic Edition). BRILL; Supplement edition (July 19, 2018). ISBN 978-9004335813.

Sources
  • Fouad Ajami. The Vanished Imam: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.
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