Jawad Mughniyah

Jawad Mughniyah

Muḥammad Jawād Mughnīyya (Arabic: محمدجواد مغنیّة),(b.1322/1904 – d.1400/1979) was a Shiite exegete and clergy from Lebanon in the fourteenth/twentieth century. He began his studies in Lebanon and then moved to Najaf and attended the lectures of scholars such as Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei. When he returned to Lebanon, he was appointed as a judge and the head of the Lebanese judiciary.

Mughniyya wrote books concerning Islamic sciences. He wrote two exegeses of the Qur’an: al-Kashif and al-Mubin. Mughniyya’s character is distinguished by his religious and political views, such as innovations in jurisprudence and ijtihad, the proximity of Islamic denominations, and Islamic unity. He has praised the Islamic Revolution in Iran and its leader.

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