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Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi

d. 1924

Iranian Islamic scholar and poet

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About Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi

Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi was an islamic jurist and poet.

Sayyid Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi (, ), honorifically titled as Thiqat al-Islam , also known as Muhammad Thiqat al-Islam (; 1880 – May 1924) was an Iranian-Iraqi Ja'fari jurist, writer and poet. He has been renowned at the end of the Qajar era, i.e. the early twentieth century, as a bilingual poet in Persian and Arabic. He was born in Pahneh Kola, a village of Sari to a Tabari Musawi family. He first started his religious educations with his father then moved to Ottoman Iraq and studied from ulema of Najaf and Samarra, such as Mirza Shirazi. His efforts to promote da'wah in Iran failed. As a Twelver Shia mujtahid, he settled in Najaf from 1901 until his death, left behind two poetry collections and many books on fiqh, most of them are manuscript.

Biography His nasab is Muhammad bin Fadlallah bin Khudadad bin Mir-Rashid bin Hamzah bin Aqa-Beig... ends to Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Kazim, Al-Musawi Al-Tabaristani al-Sarawi al-Gharavi.

Works Fiqh: , five volumes , three volumes

Poetry collections:

, 1913

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Important facts

Born
Pahneh Kola-ye Shomali
Died
1924, Najaf
Occupation
Islamic jurist, poet
Nationality
Qajar Iran
Also known as
Muḥammad bin Faḍlallāh al-Sārawī, Muhammad Thiqat al-Islam, Muhammad Sarawi Najafi

Frequently asked questions

Who was Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi?

Iranian Islamic scholar and poet

When was Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi born?

Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi was born in Pahneh Kola-ye Shomali.

When did Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi die?

Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi died in 1924 in Najaf.

What was Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi's occupation?

Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi was an islamic jurist and poet.

What nationality was Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi?

Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi's recorded nationality: Qajar Iran.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Muhammad bin Fadlallah al-Sarawi

· Wikidata: Q108536008

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