Ismail as-Sadr

Ismail as-Sadr (

mujtahid who asserts authority over peers and followers by virtue of sufficient study and achievement of the level of necessary competency needed to obtain permission (ijāza) to practice ijtihad.^[1]

Life and family

Jabal Amel in Lebanon.^[2]

Ismail As-Sadr was born in

Isfahan, Iran. He is the youngest of five brothers all of whom became scholars of Shia Islam

. He had four sons:

Muqtada as-Sadr

Musa as-Sadr (disappeared/killed 1978) and Rabab al-Sadr

Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr and Amina al-Sadr
(both killed in 1980)

a fourth son.

He resided in Najaf, Iraq, and became the sole marja until his death in 1338 A.H. (c. 1919–1920).

References

^ Moohan Momen, An Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Yale University Press, 1985
^ Sadr - Originally an Arabic honorific; has been used since the 10th century to denote a prominent member of the ulema. The title became hereditary in some Twelver Shii families and is often used as a surname.

[1] Moohan Momen, An Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Yale University Press, 1985

[2] Sadr - Originally an Arabic honorific; has been used since the 10th century to denote a prominent member of the ulema. The title became hereditary in some Twelver Shii families and is often used as a surname.

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Life and family

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