Muhammad Sa'id al-Habboubi explained

Religion:Islam
Mohammed Saeed Al-Habboubi
Arabic: محمد سعيد الحبوبي
Birth Date:1849
Birth Place:Najaf
Death Date:1915
Death Place:Nasiriyah
Resting Place:Najaf
Ethnicity:Iraqi
Occupation:poet, Faqih, merchant
Denomination:Shia Islam
Notable Works:Collection of poems

Sayyid Muhammad Sa'id Al-Habboubi (Arabic: السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي) (1849- 1915) was an Iraqi Poet, Faqīh, and a merchant, born in Najaf to a wealthy family.

Life and career

He studied Faqih and Arabic language in Hawza of the Najaf.Later, he worked in trade, due to his business he had to move often between Najaf and Najad. He described his travels and expatriation in his poems. Habboubi quit poetry when he reached forty, and spent rest of his life teaching Fiqh in Hawza of the Najaf.[1]

At breakout of the World War I, Al-Habboubi led volunteer groups in the Ottoman Empire against British invading forces, but he died suddenly during the Siege of Kut in 1915.

He was buried in Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf city.[2]

A sculpture was erected to Habboubi in the central square of Nasiriyah city.[3]

Books

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: محمد سعيد الحبوبي. 26 April 2015 . www.poetsgate.com/.
  2. Web site: المجاهد السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي.. شاعر الفقهاء وفقيه الشعراء . 26 April 2015 . iraq.shafaqna.com/ .
  3. Web site: ثقافة وفن النحات عبد الرضا كشيش صانع تمثال الحبوبي. 26 April 2015. www.alitthad.com/. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135354/http://www.alitthad.com/paper.php?name=News&file=article&sid=115605. 4 March 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: محمد سعيد الحبوبي. 26 April 2015 . www.poetsgate.com/.