By divine grace and under the auspices of the Imam of the Age (may Allah hasten his reappearance), this preparatory session will be held on Thursday, 29th of Shahrivar (corresponding to 15th Rabi al-Awwal) at the Al-Murtada Intellectual Complex in Najaf al-Ashraf. Scholars from the Islamic seminaries of Iran and Iraq will present their research papers.
From the Qom Seminary:
- Ayatullah Najmuddin Tabarsi will speak on “The Status of Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Ijtihad in the Theological Thought of Allamah Mir Hamid Hussain”
- Hujjat al-Islam Dr. Muhammad Taqi Subhani will present “The Position of the Lucknow Theological School and Allamah Mir Hamid Hussain’s Role in Reviving the Doctrine of Imamate”
From the Najaf Seminary:
- Hujjat al-Islam Ali al-Ghuzzi will discuss “A Window into the Hadith Methodology (Dirayat al-Hadith) of the Author of ‘Abaqat al-Anwar'”
- Hujjat al-Islam Hussam al-Ubaydi will present “Quranic Foundations of Imamate in Light of the Book ‘Nafahat al-Azhar'”
- Hujjat al-Islam Hussain al-Asadi will speak on “The Principle of Divine Grace (Qa’idat al-Lutf) and Its Applications in Imamate”
Additionally, the conference secretariat has arranged meetings with senior religious authorities (Maraji’) and prominent scholars of Iraq’s seminaries during this visit.
(Note: Dates follow the Iranian calendar [29 Shahrivar ≈ mid-September] and Islamic lunar calendar [15 Rabi al-Awwal])