Mirza Hashem Amoli


Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli was an Iranian Shia Marja' and scholar of jurisprudence.

Biography

Hashem Amoli was born on 26 February 1899 in the Pardameh village of Larijan, Mazandaran province. He studied Islamic sciences in Amol, Tehran, and Qom. In Tehran, he studied in Sepahsalar school which managed by Hassan Modarres. In 1926, he went to Qom and stayed for six years. Mirza Hashem Amoli achieved his Ijtihad degree from Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi and Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari. After that Amoli migrated to Najaf seminary and stayed there for thirty years. He moved back to Qom around 1963.
Amoli was the father of one daughter and five sons, which have held positions in the government of Islamic Republic of Iran.

Teachers

Amoli's famous students include:
Mirza Hashem Amoli died on 25 February 1993.

Ayatollah Amoli University

In 1999, Ayatollah Amoli University founded and named after the death of Mirza Hashem Amoli in the Amol. The land of the university donated by Hashem Amoli when he was alive and declared this land for promoting knowledge.