Ahmad al-Muhsini

Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Muhsini (; 1744 – 1831) was an Eastern Arabian-Iranian Ja'fari jurist and writer. He was born in Medina during his father's travels and grew up in Al-Ahsa, Eastern Arabia. He went to Iraq to complete his religious education and studied with Ja'far Kashif al-Ghita', Muhammad Husayn al-Araji al-Kazemi, M.M Bahr al-Ulum and the others. Then he settled with his family in Dowraq as a Shaykhi mujtahid, where he worked as a religious and spiritual leader for the Twelver Shiites in the region of Arabistan in the early years of Qajar Iran, from 1799 until his death during 1830s plague epidemic. Al-Muhsini left behind many handwritten books, booklets, epistles and poetry.

Biography His full nasab is: Jamal al-Din Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Muhsin bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hussein bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Khamis bin Saif, Al-Rab’i Al-Ahsa’i Al-Quraini. He was the first person who has been called "Al-Muhsini" in his family, a family name derived from the grandfather's first name.

Ahmad al-Muhsini died of the plague in Dowraq in 1247 AH / 1831 AD, at the age of 86 years. His body was buried in a special cemetery that he prepared for himself, next to the mosque where he was the imam.

Works Al-Muhsini wrote many annonations (ḥāshiyah) and explanations (Sharḥ) on :Bihar al-Anwar by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Al-Tanqīḥ al-rāʼiʻ by Migdad al-Syiuri, Al-Rawḍah al-Bahiyah and Al-mukhtaṣar al-nāfiʻ by Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, Qawa'id al-ahkam by Al-Hilli, Madarak al-Ahkam by Muhammad al-Amili, Masalik al-Afham by Zayn al-Din al-Amili and Mafātīḩ al-sharā'i' by Mohsen Fayz Kashani. Other works by Al-Muhsini including: