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A Glimpse at the Major Shi‘a Seminaries and Qum Seminary

Authors(s): Rasoul Imani Khoshkhu

Publisher(s): Ahlul Bayt World Assembly (Tawhid Jounal)

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Table of Contents

A Glimpse at the Major Shi‘a Seminaries 6

A Glimpse at the Major Shi‘a Seminaries, Part 1 7

Abstract 7

Introduction 7

1. Islamic Seminary of Basra 9

2. The Islamic Seminary of Baghdad 10

The Islamic Seminary of Baghdad and The Four Books of the Shi‘a 12

3. Islamic Seminary of Najaf 13

The Time of Recession 14

Flourishing Once Again 14

Graduates of the Islamic Seminary of Najaf 15

Jurisprudence in the Najaf Seminary 16

Philosophy in the Seminary of Najaf 17

Notes 17

A Glimpse at the Major Shi'a Seminaries, Part 2 20

Abstract 20

The Islamic Seminary of Hillah 20

The revival of ijtihad in the Islamic Seminary of Hillah 20

The great scholars of the Hillah Seminary 21

The Islamic Seminary of Kazemayn 22

The Islamic Seminary of Samarra 24

The Islamic seminary of Karbala 25

Notes 28

A Glimpse at the Major Shi'a Seminaries, Part 3 32

Abstract 32

5. The Islamic Seminary of Jabal Aamel 32

6. The Islamic Seminary of Isfahan 36

7. The Islamic Seminary of Mashhad 39

Notes 41

The History of the Islamic Seminaries of Qum 44

The History of the Islamic Seminaries of Qum, Part 1 45

Abstract 45

History of Qum 45

Qum in the hadiths 46

The arrival of Lady Ma‘sumah to Qum 47

The history of the Islamic seminaries of Qum 48

The First Era 48

The Second Era 49

The Third Era 50

The Fourth Era 51

The Fifth Era 53

Notes 56

The History of the Islamic Seminaries of Qum, Part 2 58

Abstract 58

The Islamic seminaries of Qum after the Islamic Revolution 58

3.Core Courses in the Qum seminaries 59

3.1. Philosophy 59

3.2. Islamic Theology (Kalam) 61

3.3 Exegesis of the Qur’an (Tafseer) 61

3.4. Jurisprudence (fiqh) 62

Propagation and Society 63

Notes 64

A Glimpse at the Major Shi‘a Seminaries