Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri

Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri (Persian: سیدمحمدعلی موسوی جزایری) (born 1941) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric,[1] who has been appointed as the representative of Wali-Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) in Khuzestan province by the order of Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini who was the previous supreme leader of Iran.[2]

Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Leadership
Assumed office
15 August 1983
ConstituencyKhuzestan Province
Majority783,004 (39.28%)
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office
15 August 1979  15 November 1979
ConstituencyKhuzestan Province
Majority313,118 (17.8%)
Personal details
Born1941 (age 7879)
Shooshtar, Iran
NationalityIranian
Political partySociety of Seminary Teachers of Qom

He was born in Shushtar (Khuzestan province).[3] He descends from Seyyed Nematollah Jazayeri as a prominent Shia scholar.[4] Muhammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri has studied in seminaries of Qum, Iran under Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Mohammad Ali Araki; and also in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.[5][6][7]

Meanwhile, Ayatollah Mousavi Jazayeri is considered as (the permanent) Imam al-Jom'ah of Ahwaz beside other (temporary) Imams of Jom'ah of Ahwaz, including:

  • Ayatollah Heidari,
  • Ayatollah Hassan zadeh,
  • Ayatollah Hajati.[8][9]

Works

Among his (most important) scholarly works are as follows:

  • Theses on justice
  • Al-Sawm (fast)[10]

See also

References

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