Preface1
First: About the author of Al-Ghadeer
- First: About the author of Al-Ghadeer.
- Second: About the book of Al-Ghadeer.
- This preface consists of three parts:
- Third: About the present book; that is Selections from Al-Ghadeer.
Lineage
Ayatullah Shaykh Abdul Husain, son of Shaykh Ahmad Amini Tabrizi Najafi, was a prominent Imamiyah scholar of the fourteenth century and the author of the most valuable book of Al-Ghadeer fil Kitab was Sunnah wal Adab (Ghadeer in Quran, traditions and literature).
Birth
Shaykh Abdul Husain, son of Shaykh Ahmad Amini was born in Tabriz in the year 1320 A.H. and he was brought up in an intellectual and a scholarly family.
The academic history of this family begins with the grandfather, Shaykh Najafqali Amin, who was born in Sardha, a suburb of Tabriz (Iran), in the year 1275 A.H. and basically this family is known as Amini, because their grandfather was known as the Amin (Trustee) of Shariah. Amin of Shariah was a very intelligent littérateur, who was well known for his piety and religion; and the scholarly and literary environment of this family was shaped by him and this environment left an imprint on his sons and grandsons from the aspects of ethics, ideals, behavior and manners. And his father also was the jurisprudent of his time and well known for his knowledge, cognition and conduct.
Education
His elementary education commenced under his father, Shaykh Ahmad Amini. After that he attended Madressa Talibiya Tabriz, which at that time was an important center of knowledge in that city. He continued his elementary education there. Then he studied law and principles under well known teachers of his time. The following were his main teachers:
1. Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Abdul Karim Musawi, A Maraja Taqleed (Supreme jurist) in Tabriz.
2. Ayatullah Sayyid Murtada bin Ahmad bin Muhammad Husaini Khosroshahi. He was an expert of knowledge and jurisprudence. He is considered as the most accomplished scholar of Tabriz.
3. Ayatullah Shaykh Husain bin Abde Ali Tutunchi, a prominent scholar of jurisprudence, principles and Ilme Kalam (scholastics). He held a high status among scholars of jurisprudence.
4. Allamah Shaykh Mirza Ali Asghar Malaki; he was a senior scholar of jurisprudence and literature.