Hujjatul Islam Sayyid Musa Sadr

The Shia's constitute nearly 50% of the

Lebanese population. Backward in

education and economy, thay had no

identity of their own, until Sayyid Musa

Sadr came to Surcir in 1379.

Respected scholar, Sayyid 'Abdul

Husayn Sharafudden (died 1379) had

nominated him as his sucessor, and

Ayatullah Sayyid Husain Burojirdi

encouraged him to go there.

Sayyid Musa Sadr organised them

properly and established numerous

educational and vocational institutions

for males and females for all age group.

In 1967, he toured seven West African countries to see the

conditions of Lebanese Shia's who had settled there. In 1969, with

full support of the country's President and the Parliament, he

established the Supreme Council of the Shi'ite Muslims of Lebanon.

This Supreme Council gave them confidence and earned for them

honour and respect. in 1978, he went to Libya to discuss the

Palestinian issue. The moment he set foot on the Libyan soil,

He disappeared.

May Allah grant him his freedom.

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