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Sayyid Abulhasan Navvab
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NameSayyid Abulhasan Navvab
Other Names
Hojjat al-Islam wal-Muslimin Navvab
Personal Details
Birth PlaceIsfahan
ReligionIslam

Sayyid Abulhasan Navvab, Head of the University of Religions and Denominations, was born in 1337 SH in Shahreza. In the 1970s, he entered the Haqqani School in Qom to study Islamic sciences. He was close to Ali Qoddusi and Sayyid Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, and began his activities at the beginning of the Revolution. His brother, Martyr Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Navvab, was killed in the city of Mostar during the Bosnia and Herzegovina war. He is currently a member of the Supreme Council of the Assembly of Ahlulbayt.

He stated in a remark: "I wish to be a martyr on the path of unity"[1].


Biography

He describes his biography as follows:

Birth

In the winter of 1337 SH, in a city known as the Greece of Iran, Shahreza, Shahreza of Isfahan, I was born.

Family

The prominent families of Shahreza were the Hedayat family, the Kian family, and our family (the Navvab family). Our family were clerics; rather, it is better to say that our dynasty was a clerical dynasty. The late Sultan al-Ulama, Sahib al-Ma'alim, is our ancestor. When the Safavid kings went on journeys, our ancestors would sit in their place; thus, we became known as Navvab Safavi. With such a dynasty, love for the pulpit and sitting at the foot of the pulpit took root in my soul. Therefore, from childhood, from the age of seven or eight, I would sit at the foot of the pulpit and benefit. One of the preachers of Shahreza was Sheikh Abdolrahim Malekian; a high-ranking and knowledgeable philosopher. In those days, I did not know that such a man was responsible for the leadership of our mosque. I learned many things from sitting at the foot of the pulpit; poetry, the Quran, and narrations. I also memorized most of the poems, verses, and narrations, which later came in handy. Love for poetry was the result of living in my birthplace.

That I was raised this way was not due to books, diwans, or lessons; the atmosphere of the city was such that it raised me this way. Others were also raised this way. For example, my mother did not know how to write, but she could read well. She also had good information. She had many poems memorized; poems that later came in handy for me. She would read poetry to me, and I would learn and memorize them. Until the day the Shah was in power, our city was divided into two groups: one group supported the Khans, and the other group supported the mosque. There was always conflict and struggle between these groups, and sometimes killing and slaughter would occur, and matters would become critical, and police would depart from Isfahan to the city to put an end to the differences. I remember once Ayatollah Falsafi came to Shahreza and preached for three days. Now, for what reason did he come to our city? So that the conflict between the Khans and the Mosque would end, peace would return to the city, and we would again meet comfort and tranquility.

Maktab-e Islam Magazine

I recognized Imam Musa Sadr in Maktab-e Islam magazine. Regarding Mr. Khamenei, we only knew this much: that he was different. Of course, we realized this point through his writings. At that time, it was the dawn of the emergence of Mr. Makarem. In those days, he was 37 years old. Regarding Mr. Beheshti, I must say that he was from Isfahan. Once Mr. Beheshti came to Shahreza to give a speech. Mr. Beheshti was the first cleric who came to the city and did not go to the pulpit to preach; rather, he went behind the podium, he did not have an aba on his shoulders, he had a cloak. He stood behind the podium and spoke. I, who was standing by the window, could see him well. At that same time, when I heard his words about Germany, I understood that the extension of Islam reaches Germany. For us, this feature was very important.

Migration to Qom

My meeting with Martyr Beheshti counted as a launching pad. This very meeting caused me to insist that I wanted to go to Qom and study at the Haqqani School where Mr. Beheshti was. What I remember from that day is that I had a brief face-to-face encounter with him and introduced myself to him. I was a smart and studious child. He also greeted me. Even at that time, I did not want to be a village cleric. This was the effect of meeting Martyr Beheshti; I realized that clerics have a different status. The appearance of Martyr Beheshti was also different from the clerics I had seen until that day.

International Section of the Organization for Islamic Propagation

After Mr. Mo'ezzi and Mohammad Ali Taskhiri established the International Section of the Organization for Islamic Propagation, I went to Qom to find seminary students. At that time, I was considered the right-hand man of Mr. Mo'ezzi and Ayatollah Taskhiri, and due to my presence in the Propagation Organization, I went to Argentina and Brazil to deliver speeches for Arabs. We had about five hundred thousand Syrian and Lebanese Arabs in these countries. I really wanted to go to America as well. I remember going to Syria several times. At that time, Mohtashami was the Iranian ambassador to Syria. I stayed there for a few days to get an American visa to go to America, but it did not happen. Naturally, for a seminary student who travels to London at the age of nineteen, it is natural to want to go to America at 24. The reason for these trips and the desire to go to other countries was the export of the Revolution. I was so active during and after the Revolution that Mr. Khamenei said about me that so-and-so is like a volcano. No matter how much water we pour, it does not cool down. I benefited greatly from the trips I made to other countries as well. I believe that every human being encounters incidents during travel, each of which opens one's eyes and opens a new angle before them, as if we have entered a new world. One of the reasons for founding the University of Religions was this same experience of various trips. Basically, in all these matters, I was present behind the scenes. I usually have no interest in being in the spotlight. In the matter of the Selected Committee and Principlists, I initiated the move to go to Qom and cooperate with the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom[2].

Activities

  1. Representative of the Supreme Leader in Logistics of the IRGC for 3 years (1361–1364 SH).
  2. Head of the Ideological-Political Faculty of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Qom for 4 years (1364–1368 SH).
  3. Head of Clergy Affairs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by order of the Supreme Leader for 4 years (1368–1371 SH).
  4. Deputy for International Affairs of the Organization for Islamic Propagation for 2 years (1372–1373 SH).
  5. Deputy for Communications of the Organization for Culture and Islamic Relations for 3 years (1374–1376 SH).
  6. Deputy Chairman of the World Assembly of Ahl al-Bayt (from 1377–1382 SH).
  7. Head of the Hawza Services Center from 1376 until the end of 1389 SH, for 14 years[3].
  8. Head of the Center for Studies and Research on Religions and Denominations (from 1373 to 1382 SH).
  9. Deputy Chairman of the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute (from 1372–1380 SH).
  10. Managing Director of Haft Aseman Magazine (from 1378 to present).
  11. Political Deputy of the Combatant Clergy Association from 1384 to present.
  12. Founder and Supervisor of the University of Religions and Denominations[4].


See also


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Speech on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Major General Haj Qasem Soleimani.
  2. ↑ Adapted from a writing by Seyyed Abolhasan Navvab; published on the Navvab website, with slight edits.
  3. ↑ Most of the center's activity is providing services to clerics and seminary students across the country.
  4. ↑ This international university, which has more than 15,000 foreign students, although it is a private university, has been able to expand well in less than fifteen years.


References

  • See: Seyyed Abolhasan Navvab website.
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