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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Simplified Islamic Laws for Young Adults A Summary of the Life of Hadhrat Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani Hadhrat Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Lutfullah as-Safi, a renowned Faqhi, Scholar of Islam and one of the greatest thinkers of our time, was born in the year 1337 Hijri (1917) in the city of Gulpaygan, Iran.
His Parents His father, the late Ayatullah Akhund Mulla Muhammad al-Jawad as-Safi (b.1867) was a wellknown ‘Alim and an ‘Arif . He, along with being a specialist in Islamic studies, was also a researcher, writer and a teacher in various fields of Islamic sciences such as: Fiqh , ¬sul , Kalam , Akhlaq , Hadith , and other areas. He was also well versed in Poetry, and Calligraphy.
His deep level of piety, love for the Wilayat of the Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon all of them), the excellence in Akhlaq of this great man and his firm position of upholding the concept of “Amr bil Ma’ruf wa Nahi anil Munkar” (Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil) and taking a stand against those who had deviant thoughts and the oppressors and despotic rulers of his time had a tremendous effect on his son.
The setting of the sun on the life of this great scholar was on the 25th of Rajab, in the year 1958, which corresponded to the night of the Shahadat of the 7th Imam, Musa al-Kazim (‘a). His mother was Fatima, a noble woman, poet, and a lover of the Ahlul-Bayt (peace be upon all of them) and the daughter of Ayatullah Akhund Mullah Muhammad ‘Ali – the roommate and study partner of the late Ayatullah al-Uzma Mirza Shirazi (May Allah raise his status).
Sincerity, piety, bravery, frankness and outspokenness, patience in the upbringing of her children, the remembrance of Allah, recitation of various Dua’ , and Salatul Lail are some of the particular spiritual and ethical traits of this now deceased woman. In reality, Agha Safi Gulpaygani, inherited his love and sincerity for the Ahlul Bait (peace be upon all of them) from parents like this. His Studies Ayatullah al-'Uzma as-Safi stepped into the garden of knowledge while in his youth.
He started his primary Arabic studies in the city of Gulpaygan (Iran) under the tutelage of the great Scholar, Marhum Akhund Mullah Abul Qasim, better known as “Qutb”. He continued his studies in the fields of Arabic , Kalam , Tafsir of the Quran , Hadith , Fiqh , and Usul until the end of Suth (the second major level of Islamic studies) in this city.