Background
He was born in the city of Sarab near the Tabrīz, both his father Mirza Ahmad Amini and his grandfather Najaf Ali, were jurists of the city.
He was born in the city of Sarab near the Tabrīz, both his father Mirza Ahmad Amini and his grandfather Najaf Ali, were jurists of the city.
His teachers included Abul Hasan Esfahani, Muhammad Hosein Na"ini and Muhammad Hossein Esfahani.
His magnum opus is First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ḡadīr fi’l-Ketāb wa’l-Sonna wa’l-Adab. He fell ill in 1968 and travelled to Tehran for medical treatment where he died on 3 July 1970. His body was returned to Najaf for burial next to Amīr-al-moʾmenīn library that he had founded.
