Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Ayatollah Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr (Arabic: آیت الله السید محمد باقر الصدر, b. 1935 in Kadhimiya, Iraq d. 1980) was a Marja' (high-ranking religious authority), thinker and political activist who pursued his hawza studies by attending classes of scholars like Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, Muhammad Rida Al Yasin and Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. He advanced to become a theology teacher at Najaf Seminary. Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr wrote several books and articles including: Inqilab-e Mahdi wa Pindarha, al-Imam al-Mahdi Haqiqah Wujudih Mi'alim Dawlatih wa Kayfiyah Intizarih, Pazhuhishi Darbaray-e Wilyat, Falsafatuna, Iqtisaduna, Fadak fi al-Tarikh, Bahth Hawl al-Wilayah, Dawr al-A'immah fi al-Hayat al-Islamiyyah, Naqsh-e Imaman dar Islam, A'immah Ahl al-Bayt wa Dawrihim fi Tahsin al-Risalah al-Islamiyyah, Imaman-e Ahl-e Bayt Marzbanan-e Harim-e Islam, Bahth Hawl al-Mahdi, (translated to Persian as Rahbari bar Faraz-e Qurun, Pazhuhishi Darbara-ye Imam Mahdi and Imam Mahdi Hamasa'i az Nur). Proposing theories in areas such as Jurisprudence, Principles of Jurisprudence , Philosophy of Science and Epistemology, co-establishing Islamic Dawa Party, cooperating with Jama'at al-'Ulama (in Najaf), writing editorials for a nascent journal titled al-Adwa' (in 1961), issuing fatwa forbidding any involvement of Muslims in the Ba'ath Party of Iraq and staging massive protests in predominantly Shi'a districts of Iraq against Saddam's regime are among his accomplishments. As his actions became more decisive and gained collective support, the then government of Iraq, out of fear, decided to arrest him and his sister Aminah Bint al-Huda al-Sadr, who were later martyred.

See Also

• List of works by Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

External Links

• "The Martyr of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr". Tebyan.net: Tebyan Digital Library. (Persian)