Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim

Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Grand Ayatollah (1936-2021)

Grand Ayatollah

Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim

السيد محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم

Title| Grand Ayatollah
Personal
Born| (1936-02-01)February 1, 1936

Najaf, Iraq

Died| September 3, 2021(2021-09-03) (aged 85)

Najaf, Iraq

Religion| Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
Senior posting
Based in| Najaf, Iraq
Website| www.alhakeem.com

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Saeed al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (Arabic: محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم; February 1, 1936[1][2] – September 3, 2021) was an Iraqi senior Shi'a marja, one of the Big Four Grand Ayatollahs of the Hawza of Najaf and one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.[3]

## Biography[edit]

### Birth[edit]

Grand Ayatollah Saeed al Hakim was born in the holy city of Najaf on 1 February 1936.

### Family[edit]

Sayyid Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim was a member of the well known and highly respected Hakim Family of Shiite scholars. He was the son of Ayatollah Muhammad Ali al-Hakim, grandson of Sayyid Ahmad al-Hakim, and grand nephew of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim.[4] His second cousin, Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, one of the largest Shia political parties in Iraq.

### Education[edit]

He started his earlier education at the age of 5. His great father, Ayatollah Mohamed Ali al-Hakim started teaching him from the introductory subjects like Arabic language, grammar, logic, eloquence, jurisprudence and its fundamentals till he finished most of his intermediate studies. Further he also studied from his grandfather Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohsin al-hakeem where he attended a great deal of his Jurisprudence teachings. Ayatollah Hussein Al-Hilli and Sayyid Abu al Qasim al Khoei were also among his teachers.[5]

### Residence[edit]

Ayatollah Saeed al Hakim resided in Najaf, Iraq and taught many of the students in Hawza of Najaf.

### Death[edit]

Ayatollah Saeed al Hakim died on 3 September 2021 aged 85 from a heart attack.[6][7]

## Assassination attempt[edit]

In 2003, he was targeted in an attempted assassination, when his house in Najaf was bombed. Three people were killed but al-Hakim suffered only minor injuries. He had previously been threatened that he would be killed if he didn't leave Najaf. Originally the Sunni fundamentalist Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (who later became al-Qaeda in Iraq) was blamed.[8] However, the bombing has also been attributed to followers of rival Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.[9]

## Amman Message[edit]

Al-Hakim was one of the Ulama signatories of the Amman Message, which gives a broad foundation for defining Muslim orthodoxy.[10]

## Works[edit]

He wrote many books, some of which have been translated into Persian, Urdu, and English.[11]

* Almohkem in the fundamentals of the jurisprudence \- it is a detailed full course in the fundamentals of the jurisprudence in six volumes.
* Misbahul minhag in the jurisprudence laws derivation \- based in details on the book of Minhag al saliheen. So far he finished 15 volumes.
* Minhag al saliheen \- his Risala - practical laws of his verdicts in three volumes.
* Menasik – Pilgrimage and Omra Rituals.
* A message to the people in the west
* A message to the religions promoters and the hawza students \- translated into Persian and Urdu.
* A dialogue with his eminence about the religious authority
* Morshid al Moghtarib \- instructions and verdicts related to the people in the west.
* Fi rihab al aqeeda \- detailed dialogue with a Jordanian personality in the issues of beliefs, in 3 volumes
* Religious laws of computer and internet \- translated into English.
* Human cloning - Translated into English
* Religious dialogues
* A message to the devotees in Azerbaijan \- translated into the Azeri language.
* A message to the pilgrims of the holy house of God

## References[edit]

1. ^ "وفاة المرجع الدینی السید محمد سعید الطباطبائی الحکیم- الأخبار الشرق الأوسط - وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء".
2. ^ "Biography". Office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid M.S. Alhakeem. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
3. ^ Ayatollah Sistani is Iraq’s Bulwark against Iran: Wikileaks, Informed Comment, February 12, 2010
4. ^ Ayatollah Muhammad Ali al-Hakim Returns to His Lord, Islamic Insights, 2011-03-06
5. ^ Biography in Persian
6. ^ "Shia leader Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Saeed al-Hakeem dies in Iraq". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2021-09-04.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. ^ "One of Iraq's most influential Shiite clerics dies at 85". Associated Press. 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-09-04.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. ^ Bomb kills 3 at cleric's home, CNN, 2003-08-24
9. ^ IRAQ’S SHIITES UNDER OCCUPATION Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, International Crisis Group, 2003-09-09
10. ^ Al-Hakim's official reply to Amman Message
11. ^ Biography in English

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