Zaynolabideen Ghorbani

Sheikh Zaynolabideen Ghorbani Persian: شیخ زین‌العابدین قربانی, (born 1933) is an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran for Gilan Province, as well as leading prayers in Lahijan and Rasht. He represented the people in Gilan for both the Assembly of Experts (since 1990), and Islamic Consultative Assembly (from 1984 to 1988).[1][2][3][4][5]

Ayatollah Sheikh
Zaynolabideen Ghorbani
آیت الله شیخ زین‌العابدین قربانی
Ayatollah Ghorbani during the Closing Ceremony of the 17th Meeting of the Assembly of Experts in the Fourth term.
Representative of the Supreme Leader.
In office
16 July 1979 – 3 April 2018
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byRasool Falahati
ConstituencyGilan Province
Friday Prayer Leader in Lahijan
In office
5 November 1979 – 8 July 2001
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byOffice Created
ConstituencyGilan
Member of the Second Term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In office
15 April 1984 – 8 April 1988
Constituency(Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh) - Gilan Province
Majority23,118 Votes (62.70%)
Friday Prayer Leader in Rasht
In office
8 July 2001 – 3 April 2018
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Preceded bySadeq Ehsanbakhsh
Succeeded byRasool Falahati
ConstituencyGilan
Member of the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth terms of the Assembly of Experts.
Assumed office
8 October 1990
Preceded bySadeq Ehsanbakhsh
ConstituencyGilan Province
زین‌العابدین قربانی
TitleAyatollah
Personal
Born1933 (age 89–90)
Panchah, Imperial State of Iran
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
Parent
  • Gholam Hassan Ghorbani (father)
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Alma materQom Hawza
Founder ofIslamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch

Personal life and education

Ghorbani was born in a village called Panchah, Gilan province in 1933. He lost his father, Gholam Hassan, at the age of 5. They were a family involved in agriculture, and Ghorbani would help his family with farm work as well as attending school. He has 10 children, 7 sons and 3 daughters. Mohammad Hossein Ghorbani is also his nephew, who is a representative of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.[6][7]

He attended his primary school in his hometown, where he learnt the basics of the Quran, as well as learning Persian. He then travelled to Lahijan to attend Islamic lessons there as well as learning Arabic. In 1950, he went to Qom to attend the Qom Seminary. While in Qom, he took classes taught by many esteemed Shia scholars. He took classes in Islamic jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic jurisprudence with Hossein Borujerdi and Ruhollah Khomeini, as well as Islamic philosophy with Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai. He reached Ijtihad after finishing his advanced Islamic lessons (Darse Kharej).[6]

Teachers

Here are some of the teachers Zaynolabideen Ghorbani had during his lifetime.[8]

Political activity

Before the revolution

Before the 1979 Iranian revolution, Ghorbani became acquainted with Navvab Safavi and joined the Fada'iyan-e Islam in 1952 while in Qom. After the execution of Safavi, Ghorbani went into hiding for some time. While in hiding, he also became acquainted with Ali Khamenei. As time went by, he became more vocal against the Shah, and was arrested by SAVAK in 1963. After the departure of Mohammad Beheshti to Germany in 1965, Ghorbani was re-arrested after engaging in activities related to Behehsti. He was arrested again in 1971 for 6 months for continuously making anti-Shah speeches, he was banned from leaving the country or engaging in Islamic affairs.[9][10]

After the revolution

After the removal of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Ghorbani was appointed by Ruhollah Khomeini to represent the Supreme Leader of Iran in Gilan Province, as well as being the Imam of Friday Prayer in Lahijan. He also represented the people in Gilan for the Iranian Parliament from 1984 to 1988, as well as representing them in the Assembly of Experts since 1990.[11][12] After the death of Sadeq Ehsanbakhsh, Ghorbani was appointed by Ali Khamenei to br the Imam of Friday Prayer in Rasht.[13] In 2018, Ghorbani resigned as representative of the Supreme Leader, as well the Friday Prayer leader in Rasht, after the controversy surrounding the Adineh Rasht Complex.[14][15] After his resignation, Rasool Falahati was chosen to take over his positions.[16] He also founded the Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch.[17]

Works

Zaynolabideen Ghorbani has published many works throughout his life, here are some of them.[6]

  • Towards the Eternal World
  • History of Islamic Culture and Civilisation
  • Islam and Human Rights
  • The Cause of Progress in Islam and Decline of Muslims
  • The Foundation of World Peace
  • A Translation of Mulla Sadr's Treatise on the Creation of Deeds
  • Philosophy of Human Creation
  • The Biggest Disease of the 20th Century
  • Islamic Ethics, Education and Training
  • Translation of Volume 9 and 10 of al-Ghadir (complied while in prison)
  • The Principles of Religion in the Light of the Infallibles (The Fourteen Infallibles)
  • Islamic Government and Velayat Faqih
  • The Worldview of Imam Ali (as) in the First Sermon of Nahj al-Balaghah
  • Supplications of Shaaban
  • Forty Hadith
  • The Quran and the Divine Tradition

See also

References
  1. "Zaynolabideen Ghorbani - Islamic Consultative Assembly". rc.majis.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  2. "1990 Assembly of Experts Election". 2015-10-19. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  3. "1998 Assembly of Experts Election". 2015-10-19. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  4. "2006 Assembly of Experts Election". 2015-09-24. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  5. "2016 Assembly of Experts Election | Iran Data Portal". Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  6. Khobregan, Majlis. "Ayatollah Zaynolabideen Ghorbani". majleskhobregan.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  7. "- نماینده مردم آستانه در مجلس عزادار شد". نگاه ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  8. "زندگینامه خودنوشت آیت الله زین العابدین قربانی". رنگ ایمان (in Persian). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  9. "زین العابدین قربانی". rasekhoon.net (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  10. "پایگاه اندیشوران حوزه". ghorbanigilani.andishvaran.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  11. "نمایش عضو مجلس خبرگان" (in Persian). 2012-12-12. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  12. "دربارۀ آیت الله زین العابدین قربانی". www.imam-sadr.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  13. Khamenei, Ali (2001-07-08). "Appointment of Ayatollah Ghorbani for Friday Prayer leader in Rasht". khamenei.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  14. "Ayatollah Ghorbani Resigns". ایسنا (in Persian). 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  15. "ماجرای مجتمع آدینه رشت | امام جمعه ای که مجتمع تجاری پیش فروش کرد و..." Aftabir.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  16. "حجت الاسلام فلاحتی نماینده ولی‌فقیه در گیلان و امام‌جمعه رشت شد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  17. "زندگی نامه آیت الله قربانی". پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دیارمیرزا (in Persian). 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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