| Biography
Shaykh
Ma`rifat was born in Karbala, Iraq in 1930 into a family known for its religious and pious
background. His father, Shaykh Ali Ma`rifat Isfahani, was a famous preacher and orator in
Karbala.
Having finished his primary school, Ma`rifat entered the Islamic Seminary of
Karbala, where he studied the preliminary lessons from his father, Sayyid Sa`id Tankabun,
and Shaykh Muhammad Kalbasi. He also learned higher level studies till the level of Kharij
from his teacher Shaykh Yusif Khurasani Biyarjemandi (a student of the late Ayatollah
Na’ini) and Sayyid Hasan Qazwini (the late Ayatollah Aakhound Khurasani's student).
After that, Ma`rifat traveled to Najaf and entered the seminary there. In
Najaf, he benefited from the knowledge of many famous religious scholars such as Sayyid
Muhsin Al-Hakeem, Sayyid Ali Faani, Shaykh Husayn Hilli, and Mirza Baqir Zanjani. However,
Ayatollah Khou'i was Ma`rifat's main teacher from whom he learned the most. Shaykh
Ma`rifat also attended Imam Khumayni's lectures, during his residence in Najaf.
In 1970, Shaykh Muhammad Hadi Ma`rifat migrated to Qom and entered the
Islamic Seminary there. For some time he attended the lectures of Ayatollah Mirza Hashim
Aamuli.
When he first began his studies, Ma`rifat took paid special attention to his
studies and research on Islamic. The same special attention went carried over into his
teaching, for example he taught the book Kifayatul Usool twice.
Many of Shaykh Ma`rifat's articles on Fiqh have been published in various
magazines and distributed in many conferences. Ma`rifat also has edited and compiled many
books that partakes a large role in spreading the Shi`ite ideology. A majority of his
article focuses upon the Aalul Bayt's (AS) role in the religious doctrine of beliefs. At
present, Shaykh Muhammad Hadi Ma`rifat teaches the Kharij stage of Fiqh, Usool, commentary
of Qur’an, and other Qur'anic sciences in the Islamic Seminary of Qom.
* His works:
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