Ayatullah Sayyid
Muhsin Al-Hakeem
Ayatullah Seyyid
Muhsin AlHakim was
born in 1306 AH.
in a family renowned
for its
scholarship. He studied under the
tutelage of great
FUQAHA, like
Ayatullah Seyyid
Muhammad Kadhim
Yazdi, Ayatullah
Mirza Husain Naeeni,
Ayatullah Zia
Iraqi and others.
He was always in
the fore-front to
defend Islam and
Muslims. After World
War I, when the
British wanted to
colonize Iraq,
the Shi'a ulama, under
Sayyid Muhammad
Taqi Shirazi, took
arms to defend
the Muslim land.
Ayatullah Hububi
too raised a militia and
made Sayyid
Muhsin Al-Hakeem, aged
26, his right
hand man.
The communists
dominated Abdul-Karim Qasim's government, and
began a reign of
terror against Islam. Sayyid Muhsin Al-Hakeem's
historic fatewa,
branding communism as kufr and atheism, proved
the beginning of
the end for communists. He stood firm against the
Ba'thists
onslaught against Islam and Muslims.
The regime
continuously harassed him in one way or the other; his
son Mahdi, was
sentenced to death in absentia, and was eventually
killed in
Khartoum in 1988. His family is still paying the price for their
adherence to
justice and truth.
He became a sole
Marja after the death of Ayatullah Seyyid Husain
Burujardi, with
whom his family tree shared a common lineage finally
reaching Ameerul
Mumineen Imam Ali b. Abu Talib (AS). The Hawza
of Najaf grew
immensely under his Marjaiyya, boasting nearly an
unprecedented
figure of 8000 students. He also instituted several
changes in the
curriculum of the Hawzas, which have had far
reaching effects.
His famous work in FIQH is 'MUSTAMSAK' which is
acknowledged as
the most exhaustive and enlightening commentary
on the first part
of alUrwatul Wuthqa. The style and skill of his
reasoning
established him among the FUQAHA of the first rank. He is
also well known
for his clear fatwa against Communism, declaring it
an ideology of
KUFR and ATHEISM.
He died on 27the
RabiulAwwal 1390 AH. in Najaf and was buried in
the great and
modern library he had established.
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