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Sayyed Ibn Tawus
Born	21 January,1193
Died	8 August , 1266
Nationality	Iraqi

Sayyed Radhi ud-Deen Ali ibn Musa ibn Tawus al Hasani wal Husaini,(Arabic: السید رضي الدین، علي بن موسی بن جعفر بن طاووس) (1193-1266) commonly called Sayyed Ibn Tawus,  was a Shiite jurist, theologian, historian and astrologer. He was a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali by his father and a descendant of Husain ibn Ali by his mother.

Biography

Ibn Tawus was born on the 15th of Muharram in 589 AH ( 21st January in 1193) in Iraq, Hilla city. He was taught by many teachers. He married Zahra Khatoon, daughter of Shia Vazi of Nasir Bin Zaidi and then, they moved to Baghdad. When Baghdad got conquered by Hulagu Khan, he asked the scholars of the city who was better, a tyrant Muslim or a Kafir judicious ruler? He was the only one who answered him and saved thousands of lives. When Hulagu Khan gave him the leadership of some cities like Baghdad, he rejected this position. Finally, he accepted the leadership after being advised by Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi. He died on 8th August 1266 in Baghdad.

Education

• Acquired the primary education, Hilla ,602 AH
• Participation in courses presented by Sa’aduddin Musa bin Musa and Waram bin Abi Faras Nakhaee ,his father and his grandfather
• Being train by these teachers:
• Abul Hasan Ali bin Yahya al-Khiyat al-Hanat Sawravi Hilli

• Husayn bin Ahmad Sawravi
• Asad bin Abdul Qadir
• Muhammad bin Ja’far bin Hibbatullah
• Hasan bin Alyud Darabi
• Muhammad as-Sawravi
• Muhammad bin Ma’d al-Musavi
• Fakhr bin Muhammad al-Musavi
• Haider bin Muhammad bin Zaid al-Husayni
• Salim bin Mehfooz bin Azizat al-Hilli
• Jibraeel bin Ahmad as-Sawravi
• Ali bin al-Husayn bin Ahmad al-Jawani
• Husayn bin Abdul Karim al-Gharvi
• Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ali bin Zahra al-Halabi
• Muhammad bin Mahmood Najjar Muaiyaduddin Muhammad bin Muhammad Qummi (non-Shia teachers)

Works

• Lohoof (Sighs of Sorrow)
• Al-Muhajjal Samaratal Muhajja
• Al-Muhimmat wa al-tatimmat in 10 volumes, and each volume has been published by an independent subject; such as, Falah al-sa’il, Zuhrat al-rabi’ , Jamal al-usbu’, Iqbal al-a’mal. Ibn Tawus has written this book as a complimentary to Misbah al-mutahajjid wriiten by al-Shaykh al-Tusi.
• al-Iqbal li salih al-a’mal
• Aman al-akhtar fi wazayif al-asfar
• Jamal al-usbu’ fi bi-kamal al-‘amal al-mashru’
• al-Duru’ al-waqiyya min al-akhtar fima ya’mal kull shahr ‘ala al-tikrar
• Sa’d al-nufus li al-su’ud
• al-Tara’if fi ma’rifat mazhab al-tawa’if
• al-Mujtana fi du’a’ al-mujtaba

• Muhasibat al-nafs
• Misbah al-shari’a
• Midmar al-sabaq
• al-Malahim wa al-fitan
• al-Luhuf ‘ala qatlay al-tufuf
• Muhaj al-da’awat wa manhaj al-‘ibadat
• al-Yaqin bi-ikhtisas mawlana ‘Ali (a) bi-Imrat al-mu’minin

• Qiath sultan al-wara li sukkan al-thara
• Faraj al-mahmun fi tarikh ‘ulama’ al-nujum
• Fath al-abwab bayn dhawa l-albab wa bayn rabb al-arbab

Manuscript works

• Rabi’ al-shi’a
• Misbah al-za’ir
• Ilzam al-nawasib bi-imamat ‘Ali b. Abi Talib
• Al-Hujja
• Muntakhabat asrar al-salat
• Turaf min al-anba’ wa al-manaqib
• al-Ibana fi ma’rifat al-kutub al-khazana
• Asrar al-salat
• Al-Sa’adat al-‘ibadat
• Farhat al-nazir wa bahjat al-khawatir
• A commentary on Nahj al-balagha
• Al-Masra’ al-shin fi qatl al-Husain (a)
• Al-Mazar

Sources

• Biography of Sayyid ibn Tawus in Al-Islam.org