Sheikh Jafar Shooshtari
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Sheikh Jafar ibn Hussein ibn Ali Shooshtari (born 1230 AH, 1814/1815 AD, died 20
Biography
He was born in 1230 AH in Shooshtar. He was a descendant of Ali ibn Hussain Najjar who was a great Shia scholar of 11th century AH. His paternal lineage is as follows: Jafar son of Hussein son of Hassan son of Ali son of Ali AlNajjar Shooshtari. He moved to
Sheikh Jafar was such a gifted speaker and his sermons were so emotional that they attracted thousands. The number of attendees grew so much that Marvi Mosque could not fit the crowd anymore. With the suggestion of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, he moved to Sepahsalar Mosque, and according to one of his students, 40,000 people attended his sermons. His sermons were so emotional, that often even clerics in the audience started weeping. Many have reported that Nasser Al-Din Shah Qajar himself was often coming to his sermons in an anonymous outfit.
After spending some time in Tehran, he made a trip to Mashhad and then returned to Tehran again. Shah suggested that he should stay in Tehran, but he said that he wants to be buried next to his master
Teachers
- Sheikh Mohammad Hassan Saheb Javaher
- Sheikh Morteza Ansari
- Sheikh Ali ibn Jafar Kashef al Ghata
- Sheikh Mohammad Hossein Saheb Fosool[3]
- Sheikh Ismail Kazemi
- Sheikh Hassan ibn Jafar Kashef Al Ghata
- Sheikh Razi Najafi
- Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi
Students
- Mirza Mohammad Hamedani
- Seyyed Abdulsamad Jazayeri
- Agha Mirza Ebrahim
- Molla Ahmad Naraghi
- Sheikh Ali ibn Reza Kashef Al Ghata
Death
Sheikh Jafar became ill on his way to Iraq to visit the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib and died in the Karand area between Iran and Iraq. His students moved his body to Iraq and buried him there. There is a mosque in Najaf in his honor.
Books
- Menhaj ol Ershad, in Persian.
- Al Khasaes Al Hosseinya
- Majales Al Mavaez
- Favaed Al Mashahed va Natayej Al Maghased
- Osol Al Din
- Dame ol Ain
- Lavaeh Allavahein
- Foyouzat Masoudieh
- Aldor Alnazid fi Khasaes Al Hossein Al Shahid
See also
References
- ^ "Shoushtar and the Honorable Clan of Sheikh Shoushtari" (PDF). Ensani.ir. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "شیخ جعفر شوشتری - ویکی فقه". Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ Niroomand, The biography of Ayatollah Haj Sheikh Jafar Shushtari, 44