Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid
Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari
السيد عبد الأعلى الموسوي السبزواري
Personal
Born	December 21, 1910; Sabzevar, Sublime State of Persia; (present-day Sabzevar, Iran)
Died	August 16, 1993 (aged 82); Najaf, Ba'athist Iraq
Resting place	al-Sabziwari Mosque
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Iranian ; Iraqi
Children	Muhammad; Ali; Hussain;
Jurisprudence	Twelver Shia Islam
Relatives	Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (brother-in-law)
Muslim leader
Based in	Najaf, Iraq
Period in office	1992–1993
Predecessor	Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Ruhollah Khomeini
Successor	Ali al-Sistani, Mohammad Fazel Lankarani

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Musawi al-Sabziwari (Persian: عبدالأعلى موسوى سبزواراى; Arabic: عبد الأعلى الموسوي السبزواري; December 21, 1910 – August 16, 1993) was an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja'.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He is regarded as one of the most influential grand religious authorities and he was a contemporary of Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.

He was briefly the head of the Najaf seminary after the death of al-Khoei in 1992. After al-Sabzawari's death in 1993, there was competition between Ali al-Sistani and a few other senior jurists, to lead the seminary. It was after the fall of the Ba'athist regime, that al-Sistani took exclusive control of the marja'iya.^[6]^[7]

He is dubbed a renewer in Quranic exegesis, and this is seen in his notable book Mawahib al-Rahman.^[4]

^ Najib, Muhammad (2002). Jamal al-Salikeen al-Alim al-Rabani al-Sayyid Abdul A'la al-Sabzewari [The Beauty of the Path, The Divine Scholar Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Beydha.
^ "al-Sira al-Thatiya Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sayyid Abdul Ala al-Musawi al-Sabzawari (qudis siruh) (1328 AH-1414 AH)" [Biography of Ayatollah Sabziwari (1911-1993)]. Buratha News Outlet (in Arabic). 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
^ Abu S'eeda al-Musawi, Husayn (2004). al-Mashjar al-Waafi [The Loyal Tree]. Vol. 1. Beirut, Lebanon: Mu'asasat al-Balagh. pp. 637–38.
^ ^a ^b al-Ansari, Muhammad-Hussain. Jathwa Muqtabisa Min Hayat al-Marja al-Sabziwari [A Lead Flame from the Life of al-Marja al-Sabziwari]. Najaf, Iraq.
^ al-Najaf al-Ashraf: Ishamat Fi al-Hadhara al-Insaniya [Holy Najaf: A Contributor to Human Civilisation] (in Arabic). Karbala, Iraq: Markaz Karbala Lil Buhuth Wal Dirasa. 2000.
^ "The Post Sistani and Khamenei Period". International Institute for Iranian Studies (in Arabic). 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
^ al-Qazwini, Jawdat K. (1997). The religious establishment in Ithna'ashari Shi'ism: A study in scholarly and political development (PDF) (Thesis). SOAS University of London. p. 220.

[1] Najib, Muhammad (2002). Jamal al-Salikeen al-Alim al-Rabani al-Sayyid Abdul A'la al-Sabzewari [The Beauty of the Path, The Divine Scholar Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Beydha.

[2] "al-Sira al-Thatiya Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sayyid Abdul Ala al-Musawi al-Sabzawari (qudis siruh) (1328 AH-1414 AH)" [Biography of Ayatollah Sabziwari (1911-1993)]. Buratha News Outlet (in Arabic). 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

[:1-3] Abu S'eeda al-Musawi, Husayn (2004). al-Mashjar al-Waafi [The Loyal Tree]. Vol. 1. Beirut, Lebanon: Mu'asasat al-Balagh. pp. 637–38.

[:2-4] -Ansari, Muhammad-Hussain. Jathwa Muqtabisa Min Hayat al-Marja al-Sabziwari [A Lead Flame from the Life of al-Marja al-Sabziwari]. Najaf, Iraq.

[5] al-Najaf al-Ashraf: Ishamat Fi al-Hadhara al-Insaniya [Holy Najaf: A Contributor to Human Civilisation] (in Arabic). Karbala, Iraq: Markaz Karbala Lil Buhuth Wal Dirasa. 2000.

[6] "The Post Sistani and Khamenei Period". International Institute for Iranian Studies (in Arabic). 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

[7] -Qazwini, Jawdat K. (1997). The religious establishment in Ithna'ashari Shi'ism: A study in scholarly and political development (PDF) (Thesis). SOAS University of London. p. 220.

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