Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia | |
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سید عبدالله فاطمینیا | |
Born | 1946 |
Died | 16 May 2022 (aged 75–76) |
Nationality | Iranian |
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Children | 2 |
Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia ( Persian: سید عبدالله فاطمینیا; 1946 – 16 May 2022) [1] was an Iranian Shiite cleric, professor of Islamic ethics, orator, Islamic historian and bibliographer. He researched Arabic poetry, hadith, ethics and mysticism. [2] [3] His religious sermons were often broadcast on Iranian television, so he was a well-known religious figure in Iran. [4] [5]
Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia was born in 1946 in Tabriz, Iran. As a child, he learned religious and scientific lessons from his father, Ayatollah Seyyed Ismail Shendabadi. Then, for about 30 years, he studied under Allameh Mostafavi, [6] one of Ali Qazi Tabatabai's students, and was educated by him. At the same time, he pursued his Islamic seminary education. After Allameh Mostafavi, he studied under Islamic scholars such as Allameh Tabatabai, Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Elahi Tabatabai (younger brother of Allameh Tabatabai), [7] Muhammad Taqi Amoli, Seyed Reza Bahaadini, [8] Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari, and…. Most of his masters were students of Ali Qazi Tabatabai in Islamic sciences and mysticism. Hence, Fateminia was one of the students of Ali Qazi Tabatabai through an intermediary. [2] [3] [9]
Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia was one of the experts in Islamic sciences who was also engaged in research in this field; His other activities included teaching in the Islamic seminaries, attending religious programs on Iran's radio and television as an expert, and lecturing in seminaries and universities. [10] Fateminia had a wide knowledge about the science of rijal and theoretical mysticism, but he was mostly engaged in sermons in public forums. He was considered one of the famous commentators of Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya and Nahj al-Balagha and gave many lectures in these cases. [11] [12]
Fateminia's books are in Persian and in the field of Islamic awareness and Shiite concepts: [2]
His articles have also been published in various journals of Iran. [29]