Muhammad Hasan Ashtiyani Explained

Muhammad Hasan Ashtiyani (c. 1832 – 1901) was an Iranian Shia mujtahid, jurist, and man of hadith. He was involved at the Tobacco protest against the Tobacco Régie in 1891.[1]

Biography

Muhammad Hasan Ashtiyani was born in 1832 in Ashtiyan, in Markazi Province, Iran. His father passed away when he was at age of 3.[2] His mother hired a private teacher to educate him, from whom he learned basic education such as writing and reading the Quran. He became fascinated by theology and traveled to Boroujerd to study in a seminary.[3] At the time, the seminary of Boroujerd was considered among the best. He learned Arabic literature and jurisprudence. At the same time, he participated in Sayyed Shafi Japalqi's courses who taught the religious teachings of Shia.[4] Following his time in the seminary, Ashtiyani traveled to Najaf and became one of the special pupils of Shaykh Ansari. When he come back to Tehran he was a pioneer in teaching the innovations and points of his Master Shaykh Ansari. He also tried to develop the style of Ansari's school among men of religious sciences.[5]

Political and social activity

He was also active in social and political affairs, having had a large role in the Tobacco Protest.[6] He didn't accept the gifts and diamonds[7] of the Shah and defended the rights of victims of the sanctions on tobacco. He strongly supported Shirazi's fatwa and the repudiation of the concession.[8] [9]

Family

He had four sons and one daughter.

Works

Pupils

He had many pupils who would go on to be well known in their own right. They include:

Death

Ashtiyani died in 1901 at the age of 71. He died in Abdul Azim Hasani. His corpse was later transferred to Najaf.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Religion and Society in Qajar Iran - Google Books . 2004-11-23 . 978-1-134-30419-6 . 2016-12-16. Gleave . Robert . Routledge .
  2. Agha Bozorg Tehrani,Noghaba al bashar.vol.1.p.389.
  3. Masjid magazine. 41. 67.
  4. Tabaghat Alam Shia,vol.1.p.390
  5. Book: State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of ... - Homa Katouzian - Google Books. 2006-10-14. 978-1-84511-272-1. 2016-12-16. Katouzian. Homa. Bloomsbury Academic .
  6. Book: The Martyrs Of Karbala: Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran - Kamran Scot Aghaie - Google Books . December 2011. 978-0-295-80078-3 . 2016-12-16. Aghaie . Kamran Scot . University of Washington Press .
  7. Book: Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History - Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Hamid Dabashi, Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr - Google Books . 1989-04-26 . 978-0-88706-844-7 . 2016-12-16. Na?r . ?Usain . Nasr . Seyyed Hossein . Dabashi . Hamid . Nasr . Seyyed Vali Reza . SUNY Press .
  8. Book: The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Gerhard Böwering . Patricia Crone . 2013. Princeton University Press. 19. 978-0-691-13484-0.
  9. Book: Social Movements in Twentieth-century Iran: Culture, Ideology, and ... - Stephen C. Poulson - Google Books . 978-0-7391-1757-6 . 2016-12-16. Poulson . Stephen C. . 2006 . Lexington Books .
  10. Book: Hawza-yi 'Ilmiyya, Shi'i Teaching Institution: An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. Gholamali Haddad Adel . Mohammad Jafar Elmi . Hassan Taromi-Rad . 2012. 228.236. EWI Press. 978-1-908433-06-0.
  11. Book: the Oxford dictionary of islam. John L. Esposito. 2004. Oxford University Press. 43. 978-0-19-975726-8.

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