Background
Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim was born in Najaf, the son of Ayatollah Sayyid Abdul al-Sahib, and the grandson of the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, the latter is considered one of the greatest Shi'ite scholars of the 20th century.
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Besides his studies in secular schools, he joined the Islamic Seminary at an early age in 1977. Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim is brother to Sayyid Ali al-Hakim. Ba'ath Party
He continued his studies while imprisoned by Saddam Ba'ath party for more than nine years.
On February 13, 1991 through a daring attempt, he managed to escape from the prison of Saddam, following the Gulf War air strikes on Iraq, and joined the Islamic seminary in another country. Role in Contemporary Iraq
After the fall of Saddam in 2003, he returned to Iraq to continue his religious academic career, teaching at the Advanced Intermediate Studies (Sutooh Olya) level, and he now supervises research sessions of Advanced Seminars (Bahth Kharij) level in jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence. For three years, he had held a seminar for intellectuals, where he addressed many educational, social, and political theories.
He is a lecturer, speaking on issues of religion and contemporary thought. He has participated in many seminars and conferences, both on the local and international level, and has supervised weekly symposia for long periods outside of Iraq, and in Baghdad and Najaf. He has visited the United States previously and delivered lectures on a variety of topics.
He has visited the Hakim Foundation in the United States, which is run by family member Ammar al-Hakim.
