Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini

Sheikh Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini Persian: شیخ علی‌اکبر مسعودی خمینی, (born 1931) is an Iranian ayatollah. He is a member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, as well as serving as the Trustee for Fatima Masumeh Shrine.

Ayatollah Sheikh
Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini
آیت الله شیخ علی‌اکبر مسعودی خمینی
Ayatollah Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini (c. 2010-2015)
Trustee of Fatima Masumeh Shrine
In office
19 July 1992 – 9 December 2010
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Preceded byAhmad Molaei
Succeeded bySeyyed Mohammad Saeedi
علی‌اکبر مسعودی خمینی
TitleAyatollah
Personal
Born1931 (age 91–92)
Khomeyn, Imperial State of Iran
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
Parent
  • Gholam Ali Masoudi (father)
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Political partySociety of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Alma materQom Hawza
Hawza Najaf
TeachersHossein Borujerdi
Ruhollah Khomeini
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani

Early life and education

Ali Akbar Masoudi was born in 1931 in Khomeyn. He was born into a middle-class family, his father, Gholam Ali Masoudi was a pastry chef.[1] He began his education by attending the same primary school as Ruhollah Khomeini in Khomeyn.[2] When he was 15 he left to Arak to pursue his Islamic studies. There he was taught by several scholars such as Mollah Abdollah and others.[1] He stayed in the seminary in Arak for 2–3 years before leaving to Qom to further his Islamic studies in the Qom Seminary. There he was taught by esteemed Shia scholars such as Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani, Hossein Borujerdi and others.[3] He also spent 4 years in Najaf, attending the Hawza Najaf.[3]

Teachers

During his time studying Islam, Ali Akbar had several esteemed teachers. Here are some of them.[4]

Views and responsibilities

After the 1979 Iranian revolution, Ali Akbar was elected by Ali Khamenei to replace Ahmad Molaei in 1992, as the Trustee of Fatima Masumeh Shrine.[5] Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi was chosen to replace him in 2010.[6]

He has spoken against Mohammad Yazdi after he sent a letter criticising Mousa Shubairi Zanjani. He believes that Mohammad Yazdi had no right to attack the scholar, when he is "not even close" to his level, and found his letter insulting.[7] He has also criticised Kazem Seddiqi after giving a sermon (Khutbah) regarding the death of Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi.[8]

He advised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to "stay home and seek the way of God in the remaining years of his life". He criticised Mahmoud's second term of presidency and claimed "In the second term of his presidency, he took several actions that made some people resent and even hate him".[9]

He claims that in the later years of Ahmad Azari Qomi's life, he wrote a letter of apology to Ali Khamenei after their falling out. He went on to say "those who reject such a letter, reject my existence". He presented the letter to Ali Khamenei.[10]

He has also criticised the words of some members in the Guardian Council,[11] as well as some of its functions with seminaries in Qom. He believes seminaries in Qom should abstain from politics.[12]

See also

References
  1. "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی جامعه مدرسین حوزه علمیه قم - زندگینامه حضرت آیت الله علی اکبر مسعودی خمینی". www.jameehmodarresin.org (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  2. "Biography of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini". jamaran.news (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. "مسعودی خمینی، علی اکبر". hawzah.net (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  4. Emami, Javad (2002). Memoirs of Ayatollah Masoudi Khomeini (in Persian). Iran: Islamic Revolution Document Center.
  5. Khamenei, Ali (1992-07-19). "Appointment of Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini as Trustee". khamenei.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  6. Khamenei, Ali (2010-12-09). "Appointment of Saeedi as Trustee". khamenei.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  7. حاتمی. "آیت الله مسعودی خمینی خطاب به آیت الله یزدی: نامه شما توهین آمیز بود/ نباید علیه مرجع تقلید اقدام می کردید | خبرگزاری بین المللی شفقنا" (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  8. نیوز, اخبار روز ایران و جهان | آفتاب (2021-01-09). "انتقاد آیت‌الله مسعودی خمینی از کاظم صدیقی/ اگر میت چشمانش را باز کرده، پس زنده بوده چرا گذاشته‌اند دوباره تلف شود؟". aftabnews.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  9. "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's arrival in Qom". ensafnews.ir (in Persian). 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  10. News Agency, Fars (2021-11-15). "Ayatollah Azari Qomi gave me a letter of apology to the leadership". www.farsnews.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  11. "۳ اشتباه شورای نگهبان از نگاه مسعودی خمینی". ایسنا (in Persian). 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  12. "آیت‌الله مسعودی خمینی: حوزه علمیه قم نباید به هیچ دسته، مقام و دولتی وابسته باشد ولو دولت اسلامی". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
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