Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr

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Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr : biography

01 March 1935 – April 9, 1980

Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr (آية الله العظمى السيد محمد باقر الصدر) (March 1, 1935 – April 9, 1980) was an Iraqi Shia cleric, a philosopher, and also ideological founder of Islamic Dawa Party born in al-Kazimiya, Iraq. He is the father-in-law of Muqtada al-Sadr and cousin of both Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Imam Musa as-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi’a cleric. His lineage goes back to Muhammad, through the seventh Shia Imam, Musa al-Kazim. (See Sadr family for more details.) Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr was executed in 1980 during Saddam Hussein regime.

Notable colleagues and students

  • Mohammad Hussein Fadlullah
  • Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim (Late)
  • Mohammad Mohammad Sadiq as-Sadr
  • Mohsen Araki
  • Kazem al-Haeri
  • Abbas al-Musawi
  • Talib Jauhari
  • Sajid Ali Naqvi
  • Ali El-Amine

Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi

List of works

He engaged western philosophical ideas to challenge when it seems fit and incorporate them into his own system when appropriate. His ultimate goal was to show that religious knowledge was not the antithesis of scientific knowledge. Following is the list of his work:

Jurisprudence

  • Buhuth fi Sharh al- ‘Urwah al’ Wuthqa (Discourses on the Commentary of al- ‘Urwah al-Wuthqa), 4 volumes.
  • Al-Ta’liqah ‘ala Minhaj al-Salihin (Annotation of Ayatullah Hakim’s Minhaj al-Salihin), 2 volumes.
  • Al-Fatawa al-Wadhihah (Clear Decrees).
  • Mujaz Ahkam al-Hajj (Summarized Rules of Hajj)
  • Al-Ta’liqah ‘ala Manasik al-Hajj (Annotation of Ayatullah Khui’s Hajj Rites).
  • Al-Ta’liqah ‘ala Salah al-Jumu’ah (Annotation on Friday Prayer)

Fundamentals of the law

  • Durus fi Ilm al-Usul (Lessons in the Science of Jurisprudence), 3 Parts.This has been translated into English twice: by Roy Mottahedeh as "Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence" (2005) ISBN 978-1-85168-393-2 and anonymously as "The Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence according to Shi’i Law" (2003) ISBN 978-1-904063-12-4.
  • Al-Ma’alim al-Jadidah lil-Usul (The New Signposts of Jurisprudence).
  • Ghayat al-Fikr (The Highest Degree of Thought)

Philosophy

  • Falsafatuna ()

Logic

  • Al-Usus al-Mantiqiyyah lil-Istiqra’ ()

Theology

  • Al-Mujaz fi Usul al-Din: al-Mursil, al-Rasul, al-Risalah ().
  • Al-Tashayyu’ wa al-Islam – Bahth Hawl al-Wilayah (Discourse on Divine Authority).
  • Bahth Hawl al-Mahdi (Discourse on Imam Mahdi)

Economics

  • Iqtisaduna ().
  • Al-Bank al-la Ribawi fi al-Islam (Usury-free Banking in Islam).
  • Maqalat Iqtisadiyyah (Essays in Economy).

Qur’anic commentaries

  • Al-Tafair al-Mawzu’i lil-Qur’an al-Karim – al-Madrasah al-Qur’aniyyah (The Thematic exegesis of the Holy Qur’an).
  • 1Buhuth fi ‘Ulum al-Qur’an (Discourses on Qur’anic Sciences).
  • Maqalat Qur’aniyyah (Essays on Qur’an).

History

  • Ahl al-Bayt Tanawwu’ Ahdaf wa Wahdah Hadaf (Ahl al- Bayt, Variety of Objectives Towards a Single Goal).
  • Fadak fi al-Tarikh (Fadak in History).

Islamic Culture

  • Al-Islam Yaqud al-Hayah (Islam Directive to Life).
  • Al-Madrasah al-Islamiyyah (Islamic School)
  • Risalatuna (Our Mission).
  • Nazrah Ammah fi al-Ibadat (General View on Rites of Worship).
  • Maqalat wa Muhazrat (Essays and Lectures)

Articles

  • "Al-‘Amal wa al-Ahdaf" (The Deeds and the Goals): Min Fikr al- Da’wah. no. 13. Islamic Da’wah Party, central propagation, place and date of publication unknown.
  • "Al-‘Amal al-Salih fi al-Quran" (The Proper Deeds According to Qur’an): Ikhtrna Lak. Beirut: Dar al-Zahra’, 1982.
  • Ahl al-Bayt: Tanawu’ Adwar wa-Wihdat Hadaf (The House Hold of the Prophet: Diversity of roles but unified goal). Beirut: Dar al-Ta’ruf, 1985.
  • Bahth Hawla al-Mahdi (Thesis on Messiah). Beirut: Dar al- Ta’ruf, 1983.
  • Bahth Hawla al-Wilayah (Thesis on Rulership). Kuwait: Dar al- Tawhid, 1977.
  • "Da’watana il al-Islam Yajeb an Takun Enqilabiyah," (Our Call for Islam Must be a Revolutionary): Fikr al-Da’wah, no. 13. Islamic Da’wah Party, central propagation, place and date of publication unknown.
  • "Dawr al-A’imah fi al-Hayat al-Islamiyah" (The Role of Imams in Muslims’ Life): Ikhtarna Lak. Beirut: Dar al-Zahra’, 1982.
  • "al-Dawlah al-Islamiyah" (The Islamic State), al-Jihad (14 March 1983): 5.
  • "Hawla al-Marhala al-Ula min ‘Amal al-Da’wah" (On the First Stage of Da’wah Political Program): Min Fikr al-Da’wah. no. 13. Islamic Da’wah Party, central propagation, place and date of publishing unknown.
  • "Hawla al-Ism wa-al-Shakl al-Tanzimi li-Hizb al-Da’wah al- Islamiyah" (On the Name and the Structural Organization of Islamic Da’wah Party): Min Fikr al-Da’wah. no. 13. Islamic Da’wah Party, central propagation, place and date of publication unknown.
  • "al-Huriyah fi al-Quran" (Freedom according to Quran): Ikhtarna Lak. Beirut: Dar al-Zahra’, 1982.
  • "al-Itijahat al-Mustaqbaliyah li-Harakat al-Ijtihad" (The Future Trends of the Process of Ijtihad): Ikhtarna Lak. Beirut: Dar al-Zahra’, 1980.
  • al-Insan al-Mu’asir wa-al-Mushkilah al-Ijtima’yah (The contemporary man and the Social Problem).
  • "al-Janib al-Iqtisadi Min al-Nizam al-Islami" (The Economic Perspective of Islamic System): Ikhtarna Lak. Beirut: Dar al-Zahra’, 1982.
  • Khalafat al-Insan wa-Shahadat al-Anbia’ (Victory role of man, and Witness role of Prophets): al-Islam Yaqwod al-Hayat. Iran: Islamic Ministry of Guidance, n.d.
  • Khatut Tafsiliyah ‘An Iqtisad al-Mujtama’ al-Islami (General Basis of Economics of Islamic Society): al-Islam Yaqud al-Hayah. Iran: Islamic Ministry of Guidance, n.d.
  • Lamha fiqhiyah Hawla Dustur al-Jumhuriyah al-Islamiyah (A preliminary jurisprudence basis of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic): al-Islam Yaqwod al-Hayat Iran: Islamic Ministry of Guidance, n.d.
  • Madha Ta’ruf ‘an al-Iqtisad al-Islami (What do you know about Islamic Economics). al-Islam Yaqwod al-Hayat Iran: Islamic Ministry of Guidance, n.d.
  • Manabi’ al-Qudra fi al-Dawlah al-Islamiyah (The Sources of Power in an Islamic State). al-Islam Yaqwod al-Hayat Iran: Islamic Ministry of Guidance, n.d.
  • "al-Mihna" (The Ordeal). Sawt al-Wihdah, no. 5, 6, 7. (n.d).
  • Minhaj al-Salihin (The Path of the Righteous). Beirut: Dar al- Ta’aruf, 1980.
  • Muqaddimat fi al-Tafsir al-Mawdu’i Lil-Quran (Introductions in Thematic Exegesis of Quran). Kuwait: Dar al- Tawjyyh al-Islami, 1980.
  • "Nazarah ‘Amah fi al-‘Ibadat" (General Outlook on Worship): al-Fatawa al-Wadhiha. Beirut: Dar al-Ta’aruf, 1981.
  • "al-Nazriyah al-Islamiyah li-Tawzi’ al-Masadr al-Tabi’iyah" (Islamic Theory of Distribution of Natural Resources): Ikhtarna Lak. Beirut: Dar al-Zahra’, 1982.
  • "al-Nizam al-Islami Muqaranan bil-Nizam al-Ra’smali wa-al- Markisi" (The Islamic System Compared with The Capitalist and The Marxist Systems). Ikhtarna Lak. Beirut: Dar-al Zahra’, 1982.
  • "Risalatuna wa-al-Da’wah" (Our Message and Our Sermon). Risalatuna. Beirut: al-Dar al-Islamiyah, 1981.
  • "Al-Shakhsiyah al-Islamiyah" (Muslim Personality): Min Fikr al-Da’wah al-Islamiyah (Of the Thoughts of Islamic Da’wah). no. 13. Islamic Da’wah Party, central propagation, place and date of publication unknown.
  • Surah ‘An Iqtisad al-Mujtama’ al-Islami (A Perspective on the Economy of Muslim Society). al-Islam Yaqwod al-Hayat Iran: Islamic Ministry of Guidance, n.d.
  • "al-Usus al-Amah li-al-Bank fi al-Mujtam al-Islami" (The General Basis of Banks in Islamic Society). in al-Islam Yaqwod al-Hayat Iran: Islamic Ministry of Guidance, n.d.
  • "Utruhat al-Marja’iyah al-Salihah" (Thesis on Suitable Marja’iyah). In Kazim al-Ha’iri, Mabahith fi ‘Ilm al-Usul.Qum, Iran: n.p., 1988.
  • "al-Yaqin al-Riyadi wa-al-Mantiq al-Waz’i" (The Mathematic Certainty and the Phenomenal Logic): Ikhtrna Lak. Beirut: Dar al-Zahra’, 1982.
  • "Preface to al-Sahifah al-Sajadiyah" (of Imam Ali ibn Hussein al-Sajad) Tehran: al-Maktabah al-Islamiyah al-Kubra, n.d.