Iranian Cleric, Islamic Ethics Scholar Ayatollah Fateminia Passes Away
He died on Monday morning at the age of 76 after a long illness.
Ayatollah Fateminia was a professor of Islamic ethics, orator, Islamic historian and bibliographer.
He was also engaged in research in the fields of Hadith, Arabic poetry, ethics and mysticism, and wrote interpretations on Nahj-ul-Balaqa and Sahifeh Sajjadiyeh.
Ayatollah Fateminia is a well-known religious figure in Iran as his sermons are often broadcast on Iranian television.
He was born in 1946 in Tabriz, northwest Iran. As a child, he learned religious and scientific lessons from his father, Ayatollah Seyed Ismail Asfiaei Shendabadi. Then, for about 30 years, he studied under Allameh Mostafavi, one of eminent ethics teacher Ali Qazi Tabatabaei’s students, and was educated by him. At the same time, he pursued his Islamic seminary education. After Allameh Mostafavi, he studied under Islamic scholars such as Allameh Tabatabaei, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Elahi Tabatabaei, Muhammad Taqi Amoli, and Seyed Reza Bahaadini.
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