Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn in “Masfā al-Maqāl”

He is al-Sayyid al-Mir Hamid Husayn, son of al-Sayyid Muhammad Quli, son of al-Sayyid Muhammad, son of al-Mir Hamid al-Nishapuri al-Kunturi. To this day, more than twelve volumes of his book, «عبقات الانوار فی مناقب ائمه الاطهار», have been published. Although the book is not specifically a subject of Ilm al-Rijal (the science of biographical evaluation), most of its pages contain biographies of individuals, whether common or elite, mentioning their dates, their works, and their *Jarh wa Ta’dil* (evaluation of reliability). Thus, it is one of those theological, historical, and biographical (Rijali) books that has achieved unparalleled depth.

Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn held an exalted status. It is narrated that after his passing, a righteous man dreamed that the Day of Judgment had arrived, the Prophet (PBUH) was on a pulpit, and the Allamah was seated one step below, interceding for the sinners, and the Prophet (PBUH) accepted his intercession.