(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "Descendants of the family of the Prophet in contemporary history: a case study, the Si'i religious establishment of al-Nagaf (Iraq)", released in 2011 in Rome, examines Alids' role in contemporary history and the multiple uses of genealogy and family history in the Islamic civilization.
The book received the 20th World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Its author Raffaele Mauriello, who had travelled to Iran to attend the Book of the Year Award, will deliver a speech in the Cultural Institute of Imam Musa Sadr about his book and the researches he made about the Prophet’s descendants.
It analyses the history of four major branches of the Alid family: Bahr al-Ulums, al-Hakims, al-Khoeis, and al-Sadrs.
The Alids believe to descent from the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) through his daughter Fatima and his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib. They are the elite family of Islam and have played major roles in Islamic history. In the last decades, Alid members of the religious establishment have emerged as the main representatives and leaders of the Shi'i communities worldwide: Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei(RA), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr(RA), Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim(RA), Ali al-Sistani, Ammar al-Hakim, and Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq; Imam Khomeini(RA), Ali Khamenei in Iran; Musa al-Sadr, Muhammad Hussin Fadlallah, and Hasan Nasrallah in Lebanon; Muhammad al-Shirazi, Sadiq al-Shirazi, Muhammad Taqi al-Mudarrisi, and Hadi al-Mudarrisi in the Persian Gulf; Muhammad Bahr al-Ulum, Majid al-Khoei, and Fadil al-Milani in the West.
Based on an extensive use of written primary sources in Arabic and Persian and interviews conducted between 2005 and 2011 in London, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran with members of the Bahr al-Ulum, al-Hakim, al-Khoei, and al-Sadr families and of their circles, the book covers in particular the period followed to the Islamic revolution in Iran (1979) up to present days, Libra Web says.
The book is released by Fabrizio Serra in Rome in 196 pages.
Descendants of the family of the Prophet in contemporary history: a case study, the Si'i religious establishment of al-Nagaf (Iraq) will be introduced during a session to be held on Wednesday in the Cultural Institute of Imam Musa Sadr at 4pm.
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