A very large commentary by Shaykh Muhammad Sultanabadi known as Sultan al-‘ulama (d. 1382/1963) on the main modern #ShiiSchooltext on Shii #UsulalFiqh by his teacher Akhund Khurasani (d. 1329/1911) #ShiiLegalTheory completed in 1958 1/
He also wrote a gloss on his teacher’s #Hashiya on the earlier #UsulalFiqh text of Shaykh Murtada Ansari (d. 1281/1864) Fara’id al-usul #ShiiLegalTheory 2/
Sultan al-‘ulama had also studied with Mirza Taqi Shirazi (d. 1312/1895) in #Samarra #ShiiLegalTheory and philosophy in #Isfahan 3/
As with his teacher Khurasani who studied philosophy with Mulla Hadi Sabzavari (d. 1289/1873) Sultan al-‘ulama’s work represents the #philosophicalturn in #ShiiLegalTheroy 4/
He probably studied philosophy in #Isfahan with one of the students of #Sabzavari and wrote a gloss on #SharhalManzuma 5/
It was his presence in #Arak between #Isfahan and #Qum which led ‘Abd al-Karim Haeri (d. 1355/1937) his fellow student in #Najaf and #Samarra to establish that as his centre before moving to Qum in 1341/1923 6/
Other important commentaries on #KifayatalUsul are by Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Isfahani (Kompany) (d. 1361/1942) in 5 lithograph type volumes and Shaykh Diya’ al-Din ‘Iraqi (d. 1361/1942) in 2 volumes both known for their expertise in #ShiiLegalTheory and philosophy 7/
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