Hadi Rouhani

Sheikh Hadi Rohani (; 3 March 1924 – 13 October 1999) was an Iranian ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran for Mazandaran Province, as well as being the Friday Prayer Leader for Mazandaran. He also represented the people in Mazandaran for the first, second and third terms of the Assembly of Experts.

Early life and background Hadi Rohani was born in Kalleh Bast, Babolsar County, on 3 March 1924. He was born to a poor and religious family. His father, Mullah Dost Mohammad, was a well-known cleric who would often preach Islam, as well as being a farmer. His father died when Hadi was 5 years old, then his family was hit with major poverty. After the passing of father, he was forced to drop out of school when he was 10 to help provide for the family. He first started working alongside his mother on the farms. After some time, he worked in a bakery, as well as being a servant in the house of wealthy man in the area.

Education

Hadi Rohani was fascinated in Islamic knowledge when he was a teenager, and finally, when he was 18 he started studying in the Maulana Babol Mosque under his relative Mullah Ibrahim Tavassoli. After learning the basics there, he pursued his Islamic studies in Khatam al-Anbia Seminary in Mazandaran. After the death of his little sister, and the removal of Reza Shah, he asked his mother in 1944 for permission to pursue his Islamic studies in Qom, which were granted. After two years of studying in Qom, he went to Mashhad to continue his studies, he was there for four years. While in Mashhad, he benefitted from being taught by Ayatollah Haj Sheikh Abdul Nabi Kojori Mazandarani and others.

Sheikh Abdul Nabi Kojori Mazandarani Mirza Ahmad Modarres Mirza Javad Agha Tehrani Seyed Younes Ardabili Sheikh Ali Akbar Nahavandi Sheikh Kazem Damghani Sheikh Gholam Hossein Tabrizi Agha Hossein Faqih Sabzevari Sheikh Abdol Javad Adib Nishabori Seyed Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi Seyed Mohammad Baqer Soltani Sheikh Hossein Ali Montazeri Mirza Abolfazl Zahedi Allama Seyed Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai Sheikh Abdol Hossein Faqihi Gilani (Rashti) Seyed Ruhollah Khomeini Seyed Musa al-Sadr

Political activities

After staying in Qom until 1964, Hadi Rohani went back to his hometown. While he was there, he was very active in his criticism of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Pahlavi regime. This led to him being interrogated and harassed several times by SAVAK, which would lead to his eventual arrest. He was taken by SAVAK and interrogated on 20 August 1978, when they raided his home. He was sent to Tehran the same night. This led to protests around Babol County as the people were very fond of Hadi, with the pressure from the people, the Shah ordered for him to be released on 1 September 1978. He took his Friday prayers very seriously, and would attend even when he was ill. The last Friday Prayer he was the Imam of was on 27 April 1999.

Works Here are some of his many works

Interpretation of Surah Hamd Resurrection in Islam A Look into the Issue of the Province.

Death

Hadi Rohani died on 13 October 1999 in Babol.