His Eminence Ayatullah Uzma haj Shaykh Husayn Wahid Khurasani

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Biography

He was born in 1921 in Mashhad.

Having finished the literature lessons, he learned the Sotouh stage from the late

Ayatullah Haj Shaykh Muhammad Nahawandi, then he attended the lectures of the Kharij

stage of the late Ayatullah Mirza Mehdi Isfahani and Ayatullah Ashtiyani.

He also learned rational sciences, philosophy, and theology from the late Mirza Abul

Qasim Ilahi and Agha Mirza Mehdi Ashtiyani. Then he migrated to Najaf Ashraf to

complete his studies; that took place when he was 27 years old. There he attended the

lectures of the late Ayatullah Uzma Agha Mirza Abdul Hadi Shirazi, and Ayatullah Uzma

Hakim, but the main of his knowledge he has took from Ayatullah Uzma Haj Sayyid Abul

Qasim Khou'i, and he later became one of his prominent students.

In 1378 A.H. (1958 A.D.), and after teaching the Sotouh stage for many years, Ayatullah

Khurasani began teaching Fiqh and Usoul of the Kharij stage in Najaf which lasted for

about twelve years. When he returned to Iran, in 1936, he took up residence in Mashhad

and worked in teaching. After a year from that he migrated to the holy city of Qom. He is

now teaching Fiqh and Usoul of the Kharij stage in the Hawzah.