Kamal al haydari biography sample

Shia marja' from Iraq

Grand AyatollahSayyidKamal al-Haydari (Arabic: كمال الحسيني الحيدري; born 1956) is a Philosopher and Shiamarja' from Iraq, who resides in Qom, Iran.^[1][2]

Al-Haydari's intellectual output can be loosely grouped with a critical school within Islamic studies sometimes known as madrasat naqd al-turath (school of criticising [religious] heritage).

This school is generally known for being critical of "accepted" or purportedly "orthodox" truths, and calls for a renewed examination of previously thought of "unassailable" texts or opinions.^[3]

He has argued that Twelver Shi'i thought has by large evolved from a rational/theologically centered school of thought into a jurisprudentially centered school.

Family

Al-Haydari was born into a renowned Karbalaei family, that goes back to their patriarch Mir Haidar al-Husayni, a descendant of the fourth Shi'ite Imam, Ali Zayn al-Abideen.^[4] His great grandfa