Draft:Fadhil Abd al-Husayn al-Marsoumi
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| Name | Fadhil Abd al-Husayn al-Marsoumi |
| Other Names | Imam Rabbani
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| Death Date | 7 December 2023 |
| Religion | Islam |
Fadhil Abd al-Husayn al-Marsoumi was one of the controversial figures in the Shia community, ranking among individuals such as: Mahmoud al-Sarkhi, Ahmed Ismail al-Salmi, and Haydar al-Munshidawi. His pseudonym was: Imam Rabbani and the reason for his fame was his claim of a special connection with God and the Twelfth Imam of the Shia.
Biography
Fadhil al-Marsoumi was born in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, which is predominantly Sunni, but he was born into a Shia family and both his parents were Sayyids and from the lineage of Imam Hadi. He had a farming family and spent a significant part of his life in the marginal areas of al-Khalis, Diyala. He attended elementary school in the 1960s CE and continued his education until high school; subsequently, he graduated from the College of Arts at the University of Baghdad and after obtaining a university degree in Arabic language, he began teaching this subject.
Family
Al-Marsoumi considers himself from the lineage of Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi, known as: Ja'far the Liar; just as on his promotional website he arranged his lineage as follows: Imam Sayyid Fadhil Abd al-Husayn ibn Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Yunus… son of Sayyid Ja'far al-Zaki ibn Ali al-Hadi son of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (peace be upon him). Interestingly, he described Ja'far the Liar as: "Ja'far al-Zaki" meaning pure.
al-Marsoumi's Rivals
There are significant similarities between Fadhil al-Marsoumi and other religious self-claimants in Iraq. They all showed a tendency to express a religious aspect and wear clerical clothing in a specific period, and then in almost the same period, they all made specific claims about themselves. Among the claimants who almost simultaneously with al-Marsoumi called to themselves and continuously attributed themselves to the kingdom and claimed a special connection with the God of Muslims, and named themselves the messenger and special representative of the Twelfth Imam of the Shia among the people of Iraq, is Ahmed al-Hassan, the founder of the Yamaniyya sect. Among these individuals with similar claims are:
- Haydar al-Munshidawi, founder of the Qahtaniyya sect;
- Ahmed al-Hassan, who founded the Yamaniyya sect with Fadhil al-Marsoumi;
- Mahmoud al-Sarkhi, founder of the Sarkhiyya movement;
- Dia Abdulzahra al-Qurawi, founder of the Jund al-Sama sect.
All these individuals, like beads of a rosary, one after another in a compressed period of several months to several years, raised similar claims with slight variations. The common keyword of all these claimants was: "Struggle with the Shia Marja'iyya in Iraq".
Shia Marja'iyya
Fadhil al-Marsoumi, like other parallel claimants, had a significant angle with the Marja'iyya. The criticisms he has towards the Marja'iyya are based on his claim of a special connection with God. He believes that the fatwas of the Marja'iyya are inferential and based on texts from one thousand and several hundred years ago; but he claims that he, by virtue of holding the title Imam Rabbani, always provides the real command of God from God. This approach is the basis of criticism by all claimants of special positions. Al-Marsoumi's counterparts, by claiming their special access to God or the Twelfth Imam of the Shia, consider their opinions as the commands of God and instructions of Imam Mahdi, and due to the lack of special connection between the Shia Marja'Iyya and Imam Mahdi, they consider their fatwas invalid, and with this trick, they proceed to analyze the followers of the Marjas of Iraq and attract them to their organized sects.
Party of al-Da'i
Party of al-Da'i is an institution arising from the thoughts and claims of Fadhil al-Marsoumi. Basically, the term: "al-Da'i", is a branch of the thought of Imam Rabbani of al-Marsoumi. This institution was founded in 2008 CE and does not possess the characteristics and framework to be recognized as an active political or religious party. Ten goals were determined for this party, all of which are general goals without any distinguishing indicators.
Goals such as:
- Support for the economy;
- Prevention of violence;
- Accepting the right to vote of the opposition and similar cases.
Members of Fadhil al-Marsoumi's organization have repeatedly been pursued and arrested by the Iraq police due to the dissemination of fundamentalist or norm-breaking or radical ideas.
Death
He was shot and killed on 15 Azar 1402 SH corresponding to 7 December 2023 CE by an unknown group riding motorcycles on the streets of Baghdad.
See also