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About the Author
Shaykh Tusi
From time to time there
appeared in the horizon of Islamic world, certain outstanding
personalities, whose names have shone in the pages of history like
brilliant stars. People benefited from their light according to their
merits and capabilities. Among those few eminent personalities the name of
Shaykh Tusi tops the list. In fact he has become immortal by sincerely
sacrificing his whole life in search of knowledge and spreading Islamic
teachings.
Shaykh Abu Ja''''far, Muhammad
bin Hasan was born at Tus, one of the cities of Khurasan (Iran), in the
month of Ramadan 385 A.H. At the age of 23 he left for Baghdad (Iraq) and
acquired knowledge from the eminent scholars like Shaykh Mufid and Sayyid
Murtaza.
After completing his studies
he started delivering lectures on Islamic Jurisprudence and its
principles. A large number of great scholars used to attend his lectures
and the number of his students reached up to 300.
After the demise of his
teacher, Sayyid Murtaza, in 436 A.H., Shaykh Tusi became the central
figure of the Shi''''ah world. The Shi''''ah as well as the Sunni scholars
acknowledged his supremacy in Islamic studies.
When the first Saljuqi King
Tugril Beg invaded Baghdad in 448 he destroyed the Shi''''ah Public Library
and burnt the books of Shaykh Tusi and plundered his house. On this
critical and dangerous situation he left Baghdad and turned to Najaf
Ashraf. There he laid the foundation stone of religious centre which is
still a centre of Shi''''ah religious studies.
It is evident that the high
status of Shaykh Tusi does not need any explanation and no one can
overestimate it. If someone wants to know his towering personality he
should go through his books. He has written many books on different
subjects. Out of the four famous and outstanding books of Shi''''ah: Usulul
Kafi, Man La Yahdhuruhul Faqih, at- Tahzib and al-Istibsar, the last two
of them were compiled by Shaykh Tusi; on them the edifice of Shi''''aism
depends.
He passed away on 22nd
Muharram 460 A.H. at the age of 75; and according to his will he was
buried in his own house. Later on his house was turned into a masjid
(mosque) and now it is one of the most famous masajid of Najaf Ashraf
(Iraq) where Islamic scholars discuss and deliver lectures on Islamic
knowledge.
