Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi


Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi popularly known as Muhaddis Noori / Al-Mohaddith Al-Noori, was a Shi'a Islamic cleric and Shi'a Renaissance.
He came from the town of Noor, Northern Iran in province Tabarestan. He died at the age of 66 years in Najaf and was laid to rest on the right side of the entrance to the Mausoleum of Imam Ali.

Life

Noori was born on 18 Shawwal 1254 AH at the northern Iranian city of Nour in Mazandaran. Following the completion of his preliminary studies, he strove to scrutinize the vast hadith literature and became an authority in this regard.

Education

Noori studied in Iraq under Morteza Ansari and Mirza Mohammed Hassan Husseini Shirazi. He was an authority on Islamic sciences, including hadith, exegesis of the Holy Qur'an, theology, and biography of ulema.
Noori’s masters were:
Noori was an authority on Islamic sciences, including hadith, exegesis of the Holy Qur'an, theology, and biography of ulema. He had numerous students, including Shaikh Abbas Qomi, the author of the famous prayer and supplication manual, "Mafatih al-Jinaan". He wrote numerous works in both Persian and Arabic, many of them were translated to other languages including English and Urdu. His works include:
Noori died in Najaf, aged 66, on 27 Jumada al-Thani 1320 AH. He was buried on the right side of the entrance to the Mausoleum of Imam Ali.

Allameh Mohaddes Nouri University

or AMNU, formerly known as Institute of Higher Education, is a non-governmental and non-profit university which was founded in 1996 in the town of Noor, Iran through an official license from Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology with the mission to advance knowledge, science and technology, and train competent and creative talents at undergraduate and graduate levels. It was named after Noori's name.