Abul Sayyed

Background

His father Abul Hasan Ibn Khalil First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hosseini was also a jurist.

Education

He studied at the school of Salehiyyah of Qazvin. Qazvini studied under many grand teachers, including Hajj Molla Ali Taromi.

Career

Sayyed Abul Hasan Rafiee Qazvini was an Iranian philosopher and jurist. His family were the relatives of Molla Khalil Qazvini. As a child, Qazvini learned literature and Arabic.

Later, he taught at the school of Sadr.

He was the imam of the Sultani Mosque for some years. Teachers Ayatllah Molla Ali Akbar Takestani, Sheykh Abdun Nabi Nouri, Mirza Masih Taleqani, Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammed Tonekaboni, Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Reza Nouri, Mirza Hasan Kermanshahi, Hajj Fazel Tehrani Shemirani, Mirza Mahmoud Qommi, Aqa Mirza Ebrahim Zanjani, Aqa Sheikh Ali Rashti, and Sheykh Abul Karim Haeri Yazdi.

During his career, Qazvini studied exact sciences and philosophy. He strove for simplicity and taught subjects such as the Asfar simply.

He was concerned with philosophical and theological subjects for 60 years.

Both the Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Abul Hasan Esfahani and Sheykh Muhammad reza Masjed Shahi Esfahani gave Qazvini permission regarding the Ijtihad and narrations. Pupils Qazvini"s pupils included Ayatollah Sayyed Razi Shirazi, Sheykh Muhyy Addin Anvari, Shahcherghi, Hajj Mostafa Masjed Jameei, Sheykh Muhammad Ali Zahabi Shirazi Hakim, and Ayatollah Hasan Zadeh Amoli. Works Qazvini died in 1975 at the age of 85.

He is buried in the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom.

Interests

• Islamic philosophy, jurisprudence.