- Haydar al-Sadr
Ayatollah Haydar al-Sadr ( _ar. أية الله حيدر الصدر) (born 1891 - died 1937) was born inSamarra ,Iraq . His father,Ismail as-Sadr (d. 1920) was a Grand Ayatollah and the first to be use the as-Sadr surname, which came to be associated with a long line of religious scholarship withinShia Islam . Haydar and the as-Sadr family are also considered asSayyid , or those who can trace their lineage back toMuhammad (d.632). The family's lineage is traced throughImam Jafar al-Sadiq and his son ImamMusa al-Kazim the sixth and seventh Shia Imams respectively. This direct and meticulously documented lineage is unprecedented even among the illustrious families in the Islamic world who claim such lineage. The Shia Muslims consider themselves the followers of Muhammad's bloodline, thus a great deal of respect and reverence is paid to the "Sayyids" throughout society. Some of the well known relatives of Haydar al-Sadr include his brother,Sadr al-Din Sadr (d.1954), his nephewMoussa as-Sadr and another nephewMohammad Sadeq al-Sadr .Haydar was considered a grand
marja "at-taqlid" (supreme religious authority) of his time. A "marja' at-taqlīd", literally, means "reference point for emulation", or one who through his learning and probity is qualified to be followed in all points of religious practice andIslamic law by the generality of Shi'is. He died inKazimain , Iraq in 1937 leaving three children: Isma'il,Mohammad Baqir as-Sadr (d.1980) and Aminah (known asBint al-Hoda ).External links
* [http://www.imam-moussa.com/ Imam Moussa as-Sadr Website]
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