Allamah Amini was not content only with guiding friends and writing books, he also felt the absence and dire need of a library in the cradle of the Islamic world – that is Najaf Ashraf; therefore he decided to take up the establishment of this library, which would one day, be a kind of second Ghadeer, so that seekers of truth may gather over there, and as far as possible, it should be filled with books, sources and manuscripts.
He initiated the project by purchasing two adjacent houses in the Huwaish locality in Najaf Ashraf and bought up as many houses around them as was possible; so that it may be a preface to the foundation of a grand library worthy of Najaf Ashraf and its fame in the Islamic world, and that an academic center for debate, compilation and research may come into being.
When the first phase of construction was over, he traveled to many countries, especially to Iran to collect important books for the library and equipped it in the best way.
This project was completed after seven years and it was inaugurated on Eid Ghadeer.
Then Allamah Amini accompanied by his son, Shaykh Reza travelled to India to visit the libraries over there, which contained tens of thousands of books. He visited the Aligarh Muslim University library and obtained microfilms of invaluable books. After that he returned.
Then he traveled to Iran and Damascus with the same aim.
Late Allamah Amini had microfilms prepared from the books present there as well.