Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi belongs to a respectable family known for its knowledge and piety. He is of the descendants of the Infallible Imams, peace be upon them. His family traced its lineage 30 generations to Hassan ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny. ...

     Sheikh Mortaza Taleqani was born in 1858 in the city of Taleqan. He learned Qur'an and Persian literature in the katateeb of the city then migrated to Tehran and from there to Isfahan so he could attend classes by its great scholars such as Ayatollah Abul Ma'ali Karbalai, Hakeem Qashqayi Akhund...

      Ayatollah Naeeni was one of the most famous religious authorities of his time, one of the greatest critics and verifiers in the sciences of fiqh and Usul, so much so that he was known as the reviver and innovator in the science of Usul. The Allamah was born in a family known for its knowledge ...

Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Hussain Isfahani, who is famous as "Kompani", was one of the prominent mutjahids and great authorities of his time. He was a man of fiqh, who was unique according to many in all times. The Sayyid was born in the city of Kadhimiya on the second of Muharram of 1296 A.H. coincid...

    Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Hassan Isfahani was born in Madisah village, one of the villages of Lanjan, district of the city of Isfahan in the year 1868. He completed his primary studies in the Nimarud School in Isfahan where he was taught by Mirza Abul Ma'ali Kalbasi, benefiting greatly from him. He...

Once Muhammad Taqi Bahjat objected to one of the students of the late Akhund Khorasani, when he was teaching the lessons of the book Kifayah due to his being imprecise in determining these subjects, but in the next session he was faced with anger and a great deal of objection from the students prior...

    He migrated to the city of Najaf and attended the classes of Grand Ayatollah Akhund Khorasani. ...

Signs of his intelligence and genius were obvious during the first years of his study. ...