He grew up in a house for which the avenues of scholarly...

He grew up in a house for which the avenues of scholarly mastership had been paved, whose pillars were erected upon renown dignitaries of good reputation, whose favour and services are acclaimed and appreciated throughout the Islamic world. He grew up in that lofty house, nurtured in the gardens of knowledge and ethics, ascending the heights of dignity.

When he reached tender adolescence, he became fully acquainted with the causes of goodness, the following of which made him the embodiment of virtue. Upon making his first stride in the scholarly life, he was distinguished by notable accomplishments and achievements. His students and admirers kept him company. He had a reverberating voice in the learning centers of Samarra and al-Najaf al­Ashraf where he achieved distinction.

Ever since that day, his star had always been shining amidst the circles of knowledge, its light extending far and wide as his knowledge expanded. He advanced his stages until the scholarly life was cultivated for him at the hands of many a genius among the pillars of knowledge in al-Najaf al­Ashraf and Samarra such as Tabataba'i, Khurasani, Fath­Allah al­Asfahani, Shaykh Hasan al­Karbala'i, and many other renown pillars of religion and imams of knowledge.

At ‘Amila When his maturity received recognition, his star in the circles of research and meetings of debate and learning started shining, he, at thirty­two, went back to the mountain of ‘Amil, south Lebanon, dignified, renown, self­satisfied, promising, articulate, glowing in brilliance. The day of his arrival was memorable.

‘Amila sent her sons to welcome his arrival, so luminous in lands and skies, welcoming him in demonstrations containing men of scholarship and public leadership, up to the borders of the mountain from Syria's highway, celebrating as though it was ‘Id.

His Reforms A new life started in ‘Amila aiming at strict implementation of religion, improvement of manners, the strengthening of right with might, kindness to the weak, the enjoining of right and the forbidding of wrong, comfort with the masters of religion and humbleness towards the men of knowledge. His Eloquence His eloquent lectures and terse methods of directives had the largest share in producing the much desired reform.

This comes as no surprise when we know that the Sayyid possessed such an eloquence of speech which made him the envy of Arabia's orators. Religion, scholarship and ethics are all proud of him.