Seyed Abolhassan Ale Rasoul known as Shams Abadi Mazandarani (born 1907 - died April 7, 1976) was an Iranian cleric and lawyer.[1]
Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi | |
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سید ابوالحسن شمس‌آبادی | |
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| Born | Seyed Abolhassan Ale Rasoul 1907 |
| Died | April 7, 1976 |
| Resting place | Takht-e Foulad cemetery |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Sect | Shia Twelver |
| Education | Ayatollah, Ijtihad |
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Life
editSeyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi was the son of Mohammad Ebrahim Mousavi Shams Abadi Mazandarani, one of the clerics of Isfahan, and a lawyer of Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. His grandfather, Seyed Mohammad Larijani, the son of Seyed Abdollah Mazandarani, had forty children, all of whom were nobles and owners of Larijan farms, and had left Amol for Isfahan. Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi was the son-in-law of Ali Meshkat Sedei, master of Ruhollah Khomeini. Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi was one of the mujtahids of Isfahan, who performed congregational prayers in the Sarpol Mosque of Khozan neighborhood in the Khomeyni Shahr city.[2][3]
Social and cultural activities
editAfter returning from Najaf, Shams Abadi participated in activities such as helping orphans and the poor, and in the establishment and expansion of charitable institutions, such as the Imam Zaman Helping Association, the establishment of Esfahani Pilgrimage Building in Mashhad and Karbala, and the Aba Basir School for the Blind.[4][5]
Clergies conflict
editThe conflict between religious groups in Isfahan had very long roots, but at the same time with the politicization of the society and seminaries, this conflict became more visible. One of the important issues of the Isfahan clergy society in contemporary history was the conflict between the scholars who were in two factions; Some were supporters of Rahim Arbab and others were supporters of Morteza Shams Ardakani, Mohammad Ali Movahed Abtahi and Shams Abadi. This contradiction became more visible especially after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.[6][7][8]
The scholars of Isfahan seminary were more inclined to Najaf seminary and under the influence of Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, they interfered less in political issues. But the scholars of Najafabad seminary were inclined towards Qom seminary and were influenced by the thoughts of Ruhollah Khomeini and Hussein-Ali Montazeri. Some of the elders of Isfahan, such as Shams Abadi, Hossein Khademi, Ali Qadiri Kafrani, Abdol Javad Sedehi, Fayazi and Abbas Ali Adib, believed that Khoei's opinions had priority over Khomeini's opinions and ordered to imitate him.[6][7][8]
Kidnapping and killing him
editShams Abadi was abducted and killed by a group attributed to Mehdi Hashemi on his way to the mosque to perform congregational prayers at dawn on April 7, 1976, one day after he returning from Hajj pilgrimage.[9] His body was later discovered near Isfahan in the city of Dorcheh Piaz. A mosque named after him was built in the place where his body was found. He was buried in Takht-e Foulad cemetery in Isfahan.[10][11][12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "سید ابوالحسن شمس آبادی" [Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "مزار شهید آیت الله شمس‌آبادی" [Tomb of martyr Ayatollah Shams Abadi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "سید ابوالحسن شمس‌آبادی" [Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "سید ابوالحسن شمس‌آبادی" [Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "مجلس ختم آیت‌اله حاج سیدابوالحسن شمس‌آبادی" [Burial meeting of Ayatollah Haj Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b نظری, حیدر. خاطرات حجت‌الاسلام دری نجف آبادی [Memories of Hojjat-ul-Islam Dorri Najaf Abadi] (in Persian). مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی، تهران ۱۳۸۴، صص ۱۳۰–۱۳۱.
- ^ a b "بازخوانی جریان قتل مرحوم شمس آبادی به دست مهدی هاشمی" [Retelling of the murder of the late Shams Abadi by Mehdi Hashemi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b "خوانشی از چگونگی شهادت آیت‌الله سیدابوالحسن شمس‌آبادی به دست باند مهدی هاشمی" [A reviewing of how Ayatollah Seyed Abolhassan Shams Abadi was martyred by Mehdi Hashemi's gang] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "اسناد همکاری مهدی هاشمی با ساواک منتشر شد" [Mehdi Hashemi's cooperation documents with SAVAK were published] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "ایران بعد از درگذشت آیت‌الله طالقانی" [Iran after the death of Ayatollah Taleghani]. پیام اسلام، بهمن ۱۳۵۸، شماره ۸، صص ۱۷۶ تا ۱۸۳ (in Persian).
- ^ "ماجرای قتل آیت‌الله شمس‌آبادی" [The story of the murder of Ayatollah Shams Abadi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "بازخوانی جریان قتل مرحوم شمس آبادی به دست مهدی هاشمی" [Retelling of the murder of the late Shams Abadi by Mehdi Hashemi] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.