Members of the Secretariat of the International Congress Commemorating Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn Lakhnavi (may Allah have mercy on him) met with Ayatollah Ashrafi Shahroudi
Revival of the enduring work of Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn after 120 years
At the beginning of this meeting, which was held with the presence of the officials of the International Foundation of Imamate, the president of the foundation, Hujjat-ul-Islam wal-Muslimeen Dr. Sobhani, presented a report on the process of reviving the book “Abaqat al-Anwar.” This valuable work, which was written in critique of the book “Tuhfa Ithna Ashari” by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi, has been published in 37 volumes after about 120 years through the efforts of the researchers of the International Foundation of Imamate.
He considered one of the important achievements of this scientific project to be the training of dozens of young and specialized researchers in the field of Imamate studies (Imamat-pazhuhi), in which about 40 to 50 young seminary student researchers have been trained in this collection and have become familiar with the methodology of Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn (may he rest in peace).
The Research Institute of Imamate is also currently compiling a five-to-six-volume series on the methodology of Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn in hadith validation, jurisprudence of hadith (fiqh al-hadith), critique and fabrication of hadith, exegesis (tafsir), history, and responding to doubts.
Lucknow School; the precious heritage of Shiism in India
In this meeting, the role of the Lucknow scientific school in northern India, led by Syed Dildar Ali Hindi (Ghufran-Ma’ab) and his children and students, was mentioned. This scientific school for 150 years trained great Mujtahids and theologians (mutakallimin) and left behind valuable works in the fields of jurisprudence (fiqh), principles (usul), and theology (kalam).
Appreciation for the efforts made
After the presentation of the detailed report by Hujjat-ul-Islam wal-Muslimeen Dr. Sobhani regarding the revival of the precious book “Abaqat al-Anwar” and the training of a new generation of Imamate researchers, Ayatollah Ashrafi Shahroudi, while listening to this report, expressed his thanks and appreciation for the valuable efforts of the International Foundation of Imamate and the Research Institute of Imamate.
He considered these efforts an enduring and effective action in safeguarding the precious heritage of Shiism and promoting the pure thought of Imamate at the global level, and emphasized the continuation of this scientific path.
