Mohammad Salih al-Mazandarani

Muḥammad Sāliḥ al-Māzandarānī (, d. 1675 CE, 1086 AH; Persian: محمد صالح المازندراني), He was Shia Islamic scholar and jurist, He was the author of a ten-volume commentary, Sharḥ Uṣūl al-Kāfī, on the first of the Four Books (hadiths) of Shi'a Islam (al-Kafi, written by Kulayni, d. 941 CE / 329 AH).

Mohammad Sa'id Ashraf Mazandarani, Persian poet and calligrapher and Mohammad Hadi Mazandarani, Persian author were his sons.

Early life and education

He lived in city of Isfahan, He received a religious education from Mulla Mohammad Taqi Majlesi (The First Majlesi, 1594–1660 AD, 1002–1070 AH) father of Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, He married scholar Amena Begum (daughter of Mohammad Taqi Majlesi),^[1] He also was student of Mulla Hassan Ali bin Abdullah Al-Tusturi and his Father Mulla Abdullah Al-Tusturi and Sheikh Baha'i,^[2] He gained a high position in religious science and jurisprudence, and he was one of the famous scholars, And praised by many scholars such as Ardebili in ''Jami' al-Ruwah'', Al-Hurr al-Amili in ''Amal al-āmil''.^[3][4][5][6]

Works

• Sharḥ Uṣūl al-Kāfī and Rawdah al-Kafi (Explanation of “Usul al-Kafi” and Rawdah al-Kafi by Al-Kulayni), and his son sheikh Mohammad Hadi completed his father's work in Explanation of “Kitab al-Kafi” by writing explanation of ''Furu' al-Kafi''^[7]
• Explanation of “Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih” by Saduq
• Explanation of “Ma'alem al-Usul” in Principles of jurisprudence by Al-Hassan Bin Al-Shahid II
• Explanation of “Zubdat al-Usul” in Principles of jurisprudence by Baha' al-din al-'Amili
• Commentary of ''Ar-Rawda-l-Bahiyah fi Sharh allam'a-d-Dimashqiya'' in jurisprudence by Al-Shahid II
• Explanation of ''Al-Daridia poem''

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Died

He died 1086 AH (1675/1676 CE), Buried next to Mulla Mohammad Taqi Majlesi in Isfahan, Iran.

See also

• Kitab al-Kafi
• List of hadith authors and commentators
• Sources of sharia