This book has dealt with the issues of the role of Salaat in connecting people to God the Creator and how this connection can become better qualitatively. Also in this book the answer of this question is provided: “why is this action regarded as the first and foremost action in Islam?”This text highlights the esoteric reality and importance of the daily prayers.
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Salaat the Mode of Divine Proximity and Recognition

Role of religion, its need and impact on human life. A short history of the lives of the leaders of Islam and a basic guide to administration according to principles of Islam.

Rationality of Islam

Islamic Laws according to the Fatawa of Late Ayatullah al Uzama Syed Abul-Qasim Khoei. This is the English Version of Taudhihul Masae'l.

Tawzih-ul-Masail / Islamic Laws

Al-Sayyid Abu al-Qāsim Mūsawī al-Khoeī  (b. Rajab 15, 1317/November 19, 1899 d. Safar 8, 1413/August 8, 1992) was an influential religious authority of Shi'a, scholar of rijal and the author of 23-volume set of Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith and also the author of the exegetical work, al-Bayan fi tafsir al-Qur'an. Mirza Na'ini and Muhaqqiq Isfahani were two of his greatest teachers in jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence.

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The official beginning of al-Khoei's authority is considered after the demise of Ayatullah Burujirdi and the demise of Ayatullah al-Hakim is considered the beginning of his supreme authority especially in Iraq. During fifty years of teaching, al-Khoei taught a complete course of advanced level in jurisprudence, six advanced courses of principles of jurisprudence and one short course of exegesis of the Qur'an. Scholars including Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Mirza Jawad Tabrizi, Sayyid Ali Sistani, Husayn Wahid Khorasani, Sayyid Musa Sadr and Sayyid 'Abd al-Karim Musawi Ardabili are mentioned as Ayatullah al-Khoei's students.

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Al-Khoei had important opinions and views in jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence, some of which were different with those of famous Shi'a jurists. During his authority, he took measures regarding preaching of religion, Shi'a and assisting the needy, including building library, school, Husayniyya and hospital in Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, England, United States of America, India and elsewhere.

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Ayatullah al-Khoei was among active figures in political issues between 1962 and 1972 and took positions and sent out statements against Pahlavi regime, including his objection to the event in Faydiyya seminary of Qom in 1962. Ayatullah al-Khoei withdrew from politics for ten years, but after the Islamic revolution in 1979 in Iran, and meeting of Farah Diba, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's wife, with him and questions raised about his meeting, he supported the revolution and the Islamic republic of Iran in cases including Iranian Islamic Republic referendum and also the war of Iraq imposed on Iran. During 1991 uprisings in Iraq and appointment of a leadership council for government of regions under control of Shi'a, he was pressured by the government of Saddam Hussein and was under house arrest until the end of his life.

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His father, Sayyid Ali Akbar Khoei was among the students of Abd Allah Mamaqani who immigrated to Najaf, Iraq in 1950 due to his disagreement with the illegitimate Persian Constitutional Revolution.

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<h1>Scientific Life</h1>
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He studied preliminaries and higher levels of seminary in six years and then participated in the classes of teachers of different sciences including jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence for fourteen years. As he wrote in his autobiography, he benefitted the most from Muhammad Husayn Na'ini and Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani.
<h1>Teachers and Permission for Ijtihad</h1>
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As well as Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei said that he mostly benefitted from Mirza Muhammad Husayn Na'ini and Mirza Muhammad Husayn Isfahani and studied some of their books in fiqh with them, he mentioned some other teachers of his including Shaykh al-Shari'a Isfahani (d. 1338/1919), Shaykh Mahdi Mazandarani (d. 1342/1923) and Aqa Diya' 'Iraqi. Some other teachers of Ayatullah al-Khoei were Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Balaghi in theology, beliefs and tafsir, Sayyid Abu Turab Khwansari in rijal and Diraya, Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Khwansari in mathematics, Sayyid Husayn Badkubih'i in philosophy and Islamic mysticism and also Sayyid Ali Qadi.

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During his education in the seminary of Najaf, Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei had discussions with Sayyid Muhammad Hadi Milani (d. 1395/1975), Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (d. 1402/1981), Sayyid Sadr al-Din Jaza'iri, Ali Muhammad Burujirdi (d. 1395/1975), Sayyid Husayn Khadimi and Sayyid Muhammad Husayni Hamadani. Khoei received permissions for ijtihad from many great personalities of the seminary of Najaf in 1352/1933 including Muhammad Husayn Na'ini, Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani, Aqa Diya' Iraqi, Muhammad Husayn Balaghi, Mirza Ali Aqa Shirazi and Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani.
<h1>Religious Authority</h1>
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His religious authority is reported very significant among Iranian Shi'a as well. Ayatullah al-Khoei is considered among those religious authorities who was influential among most Shi'a, including Arabs and non-Arabs. Fourteen of Mujtahids in Najaf including Sadra Badkubih'i, Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Sadr, Sayyid Muhammad Rawhani, Mujtaba Lankarani, Shaykh Musa Zanjani, Yusuf Karbala'i, Sayyid Yusuf Hakim and Sayyid Ja'far Mar'ashi announced al-Khoei as the most-learned religious authority. Sayyid Musa Sadr, on behalf of the Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council of Lebanon, announced al-Khoei as the most-learned religious authority.
<h1>Teaching</h1>
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During his studies in the seminary of Najaf, Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei used to teach as well and according to reports of different sources, he taught every book he studied.

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After the demise of Muhammad Husayn Na'ini and Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani, the classes of Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei and Mirza Muhammad Ali Kazimi Khurasani were reported among important classes in Najaf; and thus, after the demise of Kazimi Khurasani, the classes of Ayatullah al-Khoei were the best and most crowded classes in Najaf. As al-Khoei himself wrote in his autobiography, during the many years of teaching, he never stopped teaching his students except in the days of illness or in journey. He taught intermediate level and advanced level of lessons in the seminary of Najaf for seventy years and according to reports, he held the most important class of Najaf seminary for about fifty years and students from Iran, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon and some other countries participated in his class.

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Ayatullah al-Khoei taught a complete course of advanced level of jurisprudence and six courses of advanced level of principles of jurisprudence. He also taught a short course on exegesis of the Qur'an.

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Ayatullah al-Khoei was considered powerful in teaching scientific discussions. It is said that he presented discussions clearly, eloquently, orderly, without unnecessary side discussions or philosophical discussions, benefitted from hadiths and especially focused on the chains of transmissions for hadiths. His class contained a brief account of the scientific views and principles mentioned in the classes of Aqa Diya' Iraqi, Muhammad Husayn Na'ini and Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani and his own views.
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Different works including his books, scientific and practical treatises and scripts of teachers' classes are among Ayatullah al-Khoei's writings. Many of the works of Ayatullah al-Khoei are compiled in a fifty-volume set titled Mawsu'at al-Imam al-Khoei, forty two volumes of which is a complete course in demonstrative jurisprudence, volumes forty three to forty eight comprise a complete course of principles of jurisprudence. Volume forty nine of this collection includes some treatises in rijal, three treatises of the scripts of al-Khoei's classes and other topics; and volume fifty is al-Bayan fi tafsir al-Qur'an.

Some of His Students:

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It is no exaggeration to indicate here that 70% of Shi'a scholars worldwide are either graduates of al-Khu’i's hawza or students of such graduates, and each one of them is like a bright star. Only Allah knows the exact numbers of those taught directly by al-Khu’i or by his students, but we would like hereto indicate some of the most renown scholars who were students of Imam al-Khu’i and who are very well known throughout the Islamic world:1) the great Islamic philosopher, theologian and economist Martyr Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Baqiral-Sadr, 2) Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Beheshti, 3)the authority-referee, scholar and philosopher Hujjatul-Islam Shaikh Muhammad Taqi al-Ja'fari, 4) the scholar Hujjatul-Islam Shaikh Muhammad Mahdi Shamsud-Deen, 5) Ayatullah Sayyid Taqi al-Qummi, 6) Ayatullah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani,7) Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad al-Roohani, 8) the scholar Hujjatul-Islam Shaikh Muhammad Asif al-Muhsini, 9) the scholar Hujjatul-Islam Sayyid Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, 10) Ayatullah Shaikh Hussein al-Waheed, 11) the scholar Hujjatul-Islam Sayyid Muhyi al-Deen al-Ghuraifi, 12) the scholar Hujjatul-Islam Shaikh Muhammad Ishaq al-Fayyad, 13) the scholar Hujjatul-Islam Sayyid Ali Mekki, 14) the scholar, authority-referee, Martyr Sayyid Abdel-Sahib al-Hakim.

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