Abdol Hossein Dastgheib Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Grand Ayatollah
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Abdol Hossein Dastgheib
Religion:	Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
Location:	Shiraz, Iran
Grand Ayatollah
Post:	Grand Ayatollah
Birth Date:	8 December 1913
Birth Place:	Shiraz, Iran
Death Place:	Shiraz, Iran
Death Cause:	Bombing
Resting Place:	Imam Ali Mosque
Father:	Seyed Mohammad Taqi

Abdol Hossein Dastgheib (Persian: سید عبدالحسین دستغیب) (8 December 1913 – 11 December 1981). He was appointed Imam of Friday Prayer and one of the representatives of the Supreme Leader in Shiraz. He was a Mujtahid, expert in Arabic language, theology, revealed texts, and the principles of jurisprudence (Usul al-fiqh). He was killed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

Biography

Dastgheib's father Seyed Mohammad Taqi, who taught elementary education, died when he was 11 or 12 years old. He continued his education after the death his father in Shiraz, then continued his education in Najaf. After returning to Iran, he commenced serious political activities.^[1]

Political activities

Before Iranian Revolution

He participated in a political struggle during Pahlavi dynasty. He was imprisoned for criticizing government policies and forced by the regime to leave Iran,^[2] returning in 1962.^[3] He supported Ruhollah Khomeini and continued to perform political activities against the regime.^[4] On June 5, 1963, he was arrested and exiled to Tehran, and in 1964, he was again arrested and sent into exile. He was the leader of people of Shiraz in the struggle against the Pahlavi. In 1977, the regime placed him under house arrest but had to retreat for people's reaction.^{[5] [6]} After people were massacred during public demonstrations in Shiraz against shah's regime, he was arrested.^[7]

After Iranian Revolution

He was appointed Imam of Friday Prayer and representative of the Supreme Leader in Shiraz,^[8] and was a Mujtahidd who was expert in the Arabic language, theology, revealed texts, and the principles of jurisprudence (Usul al-fiqh).^[1] He was a representative of the people of Fars in the Assembly of Experts.

Mentors

• Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
• Agha Zia Addin Araghi
• Ali Tabatabaei
• Mohammad Kazem Shirazi (from a mentor of ethics and mysticism)
• Mohammad Jawad Ansari Hamedani
• Seyed Mirza Estahbahanati

Books

He authored the following books.^[9]

1. Everlasting heaven
2. Certain role
3. Faith
4. Resurrection
5. Sermon of shabarieh
6. Hosseini uprising
7. Great sins
8. Humble prayers
9. Great Fatemeh Zahra and Zeinab
10. Ascension to heaven
11. Prophecy
12. Heart of Quran
13. Introduction from the Quran
14. Another world
15. Islamic behavior
16. questions
17. Secrecy of the Quran
18. Office of Imam (Imamate)
19. Truth from Quran
20. Eternity
21. Friday sermons
22. Pure heart
23. Manners from the Quran
24. Unitarianism
25. Fantastic stories
26. Sayed-Ol-Shohada

Death

On 11 December 1981, Dastgheib and seven companions were killed in a bomb explosion as they were travelling to the mosque to lead Friday prayer.^{[8] [10]}

See also

• The Five Martyrs
• Shahid Awwal
• Shahid Thani
• Shahid Salis
• Shahid Rabay
• Shahid Khamis
• Muhammad al-Tijani

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seyed Abdol-Hossain Dastgheib. 29 December 2004. Tebyan. 27 December 2018.
2. Web site: A description of the life of Ayatollah Dashegib . tasnim.
3. News: martyrdom of Ayatullah Dashegib .
4. Web site: Ayatollah Dasheghib was martyred . 2018-12-12 . 2017-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170509161022/http://tarikhirani.ir/fa/events/3/EventsDetail/468 . dead .
5. Web site: The Martyrdom of Ayatollah Dastgheib. 11 December 2013. The Cultural website of Martyrdom and Sacrifice. 27 December 2018.
6. Web site: Strange sleep of Ayatollah Dashegib before the martyrdom. farsnews. 2018-12-12. 2019-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402150129/https://www.farsnews.com/news/13940915001363/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA. dead.
7. Book: Fischer . Michael M. J. . Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution . University of Wisconsin Press. 2nd, With a new introduction. June 1, 2003. 978-0299184742 . 195–197 .
8. Web site: Aide to Khomeini Killed by a Bomb. 12 December 1981. New York Times. 27 December 2018.
9. Web site: Index of memories of martyr Ayatollah Dastgheib. 17 December 2007. The Cultural website of Martyrdom and Sacrifice. 27 December 2018.
10. Book: Terrorism in the 20th Century: A Narrative Encyclopedia from the Anarchists, Through the Weathermen, to the Unabomber. Nash. Jay Robert. M. Evans and Company, 1998. 1998. 9780871318558. 370.