Biography
Shaykh Khaansari
was born in Bid Aabaad, Isfahan, in 1917. His father was an eminent scholar in Isfahan.
Khaansari began his preliminary studies in Isfahan until the age of eighteen, when he
migrated to Najaf. In Najaf, he attended the lectures of Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Qaasim
Al-Khou'i, Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Baqir Zanjaani, and the late Shaykh Sadraa
Al-Baadkoube'i. He also attended the lectures of Ayatollah Al-`Uzma Shaykh Muhammad Husayn
Gharawi Isfahani, and the late Sayyid Abul Hasan Isfahani. After the demise of Ayatollah
Shaykh Gharawi Isfahani, Khaansari began attending the lectures of Ayatollah Shaykh
Muhammad Ali Kaazimayni, Sayyid Abul Qaasim Al-Khou'i, Sayyid Abdul Haadi Shiraazi, Shaykh
Muhammad Kaazim Shiraazi, Sayyid Jamal Al-Din Gulpaaygaani, Shaykh Mousaa Khaansari, and
Sayyid Muhsin Al-Hakeem.
In 1951, Khaansari returned to Iran and began attending Ayatollah
Boroujerdi's lectures. Later, he started teaching Fiqh (jurisprudence) and Usool
(principles) in the seminary. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Abul
Fazl Khaansari was appointed as Imam Khumayni's representative to Ustaan Markazi (the
province of Arak, Iran) and as congregational prayer leader.
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