And now his name is praised by every tongue and his eternal...

And now his name is praised by every tongue and his eternal books are in every house and are read by all people, who compete to have them and to present them to anyone looking forward to the high Islamic culture. Libraries and presses here and there make reading these books easy and offer them to the readers in the best way that fits their importance. May Allah make the all succeed in the way of goodness and righteousness.

Here we show in summary the biography of this great man, whose life has been filled with glory, lessons and examples, so that to make this bright page as lessons teaching the Ummah jihad , unity, sincerity, cordiality and devoutness for the sake of the general Islamic welfare, to which Sayyid Sharafuddeen has devoted his long life. We pray Allah to help us in serving Him and achieving His rights. What we mention here is a drop from an ocean of what we have known about this man.

May Allah benefit His people with this man’s knowledge and pen and make the Ummah walk in his guidance and act according to his sayings, maxims and instructions. His birth and upbringing Sayyid Sharafuddeen was born in Kadhimiyya[^5] in 1290 A.H. from Alawite parents.

His father was the great Allama Sayyid Yousuf Sharafuddeen and his mother was Az-Zahra’ the daughter of Ayatollah Sayyid Al-Hadi As-Sadr the father of the great religious authority Sayyid al-Hasan as-Sadr (may Allah have mercy upon them all). The lineage of Sayyid Sharafuddeen[^6] from his two parents reaches to Imam Musa al-Kadhim[^7] (S).

Muhammad al-Awwal (the first) is the son of the great mujtahid Sayyid Ibraheem (surnamed as Sharafuddeen), who is the common grandfather of the two families; Aal[^8] as-Sadr and Aal Sharafuddeen. These two families were together in Baghdad known at that time as Aal al-Husayn al-Qat’iy, from which was the family of the two great scholars Sharif al-Murtadha and Sharif ar-Radhiy. In his honorable grandfather Sayyid al-Hadi’s house, Sayyid Sharafuddeen was born under the care of his grandfather.

He was beloved and preferred by his grandfather and by all. His uncle (my father) Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayn as-Sadr[^9] was his mate and friend. They learned together because they were near in age, aim and thinking. Besides them (in the school of the house) was his (Sayyid Sharafuddeen’s) youngest aunt[^10] participating them their learning, studying and discussing. Sayyid Sharafuddeen often mention that with too much pride.