A Brief Summary

About the biography of the religious authoritative Source , His Eminence , Grand Ayatollah , Al - Sheikh , Muhammad Ishaq Al - Fayadh ( May God lengthen his Patronage ) : -

Introduction : -

It is too difficult , in fact , rather impossible for a writer of an essay about one (flag) of Jurisprudence (flags) ,who is a skilful teacher , and a researcher of great position among the high level scholars of the sect , collecting all these information a bout the aspects of his life and his privacies in one brief summary .But depending on the base which says : ( What is possible must not be ignored because of the impossible ) , I make my attempt in mentioning one biography of one of those great genius and honorable prominent , with some privacies about his outstanding personality .That one is the great scholar and investigating researcher His Eminence Ayatollah the pilgrim Sheikh Muhammad Ishaq Al - Fayadh ( God lengthen his patronage ) , Making use ,through this attempt, of what I have read ,heard and touched closely from him . I do this at the time when something excites pain and grief in me for what do those people suffer from wrong , tyranny , and the ignorance - of most of people around them - of the high rank they occupy , but, at the same time, this invokes us to admire and highly respect them for what(those pious)has introduced and do introduce to the Divine Religion in general and to Islam in particular , nevertheless what troubles do they face and what difficulties do they bear , doing all this with humbleness of mood ,nice ethics ,integrity and piety , away from the lights and figures of this terminated life .

The Religion Scholars` Role : -

From the first time the Sheikh of the sect put the first brick of the Scientific Religious Foundation (I . e . Al - Hawza ) in Sacred Najaf , running away from the tyranny of the cousins ( Al - Abbasyeen ) when they were killing Al - Mualeen {I . e . the followers of Ahlul Bayte ( peace be upon them ) } , attacking Al- Sheikh's house and burning his library which contained many valuable books ,all of that made him compelled to leave Baghdad and restore to the neighborhood of the shrine of(the Imam of Imams) and the Executor of the Messenger of Allah ( peace be upon him and his family )( the prince of the faithful and the Master of the monotheists) Ali-Ibin-Abytalib (peace be upon him ), to continue ,at that place, serving religion and teaching the nation from the flood of sciences of Aall Al - Rasool (I .e . The Messenger's family ) ( peace be upon him and his family ) , and to spread the Fiqih ( I . e . Jurisprudence ) of Ahlul Bayet ( his family ) ( peace be upon them ) through showing the lawful rules and bringing people up on the way and ethics of lofty Islam .

Then , afterwards , the scholars of Shiites continued, generation after generation ,to perform that sacred duty , and everyone of them has his own privacies and what makes him outstanding among his colleagues which is his production through his giving and conduct , although they all share in the high end that they seek ,( I . e . serving Religion and the true Doctrine), that end which through it they aim to spread knowledge and happiness all over the world, in this Earthly life and in the Hereafter .

Through going on along this path , most of them endured the wrong of tyrant rulers and their followers , therefore, each one of those scholars has his private story that relates to us his and his family's wrong because of killing , being put in jail , and at least restraining their lives and making them homeless . The same thing happened, in the past ,to their Imams (the Imams of the right way) (peace be upon them all ) who represent their examples in life. God had blessed those men during the consecutive times and successive eras with different great gifts , with the abundance of His mercy , and patronized them with the eye of His divine providence . He gave them His blessings and favor , to let them be the guardians of his Religion , to keep up the legislation of the last of His prophets , to let them manifest what is lawful form what is not, to His slaves , and to let them guide people to His right way ( in the time of the absence of His patron upon people and the Imam of contemporary time, the Hujja : Muhammad Ibnul - Hassan Al - Askary ( God hasten his honorable happy ending , and make us among those who support him ,who be his faithful helpers and martyrs in front of him ).

Also , if one of those (flags) be specialized in one important side that he had been famous with , through penetrating deeply into that field and being prominent in it more than other scholars ,such as when someone endows himself to the mission of defending Islam with its fortress and observing the atheists and tendentious attacks, in order to drive them back , also pushing away the falseness of the malicious against Islam and Ahlul Bayet doctrine ( peace be upon them ) then showing the truthfulness of following them as well as the gravity and powerfulness of their believes . Therefore , there were some of them who had to do their best through being specialized in Iftaa ( i.e. Answering religious inquiries ) , in judicature , in showing what is hallal ( i.e. lawful ) and what is haram ( ( I . e. unlawful ) in Islam , and in writing volumes of books . Some of them did another job, which is taking care of the moral side to reform people's conduct , to set them right , to look after the nation's affairs , and to help the poor(I . e . people in need) , whenever others were concentrating on teaching and bringing up generations , and so on . But for a time, there were some of those ( flags ) to be prominent and successful in serving and in giving, in more than one side , thus it is collected for him ( I. e . such characteristics like the scientific excellence in Fiqih ( I . e . Jurisprudence ) , in Usool ( I . e . the shared rules that precede juiristic researches),together with his being on top of Al-Marjeeia Al-Ulya(I . e . the highest religious authoritative source ) , also his penetrating deeply and being specialized in more than one art , all of that didn’t stop him from (penetrating) other sciences , from writing , or teaching , in addition to what he produces like new invented theories in different fields in which he ( dives ) deeply , together with his interest in social subjects and taking care of the nation's affairs and welfare .

Al - Saiid Al - Khuee : -

One of those great people who is the master of jurists , mujtahid scholars and teachers of the contemporary generation of Imami scholars and jurists , the departed guide grand Ayatollah Al-Saiid Abul Qassim Al- Musawi Al- Khuee ( 1317 A.D. - 415 A.H. ) ( May God be pleased with him ) . He was an outstanding personality and a skillful teacher of great fame . He was like a bird flying in (the sky of Usool Al- Fiqih science) and at the same time he proved to be a skillful researcher that all scholars admit his favors upon them, and all investigators show their indebtedness towards him , until he had been the first teacher of that science . Thus, he had been entitled the ( Flag ) of Usool and the Renewer, because of the large number of inventions he introduced in that art ,specially in his book ( Ajwad Al- Taqreerat ) ( I . e . the statements of his teacher Ayatollah Al- Shaykh M. Hussain Al- Naeeni ( his soul be sanctified ) researches) , and in the several statements of his researches which were written down by Ayatollah Al- Sheikh M. Ishaq Al- Fayadh in his book ( Al- Muhadharat )which consists of ten volumes ( five of them are printed ) .

His skill (his soul be sanctified ) in Jurisprudence is not less important or less excellent than his observation & deep investigation in Usool , since that he was the teacher of Fiqih ( I . e . Jurisprudence ) for more than half of a century , and Jurists , that follow , took from him, later on .

His theories in Fiqih were written down in statements by the best of his students in tens of titles and volumes of books which are considered these days the best references for researchers , scholars , or students of the scientific religious foundations ( I . e . Hawzas ) , and over these theories run the ( millstone ) of researches and lessons in these scientific hawzas .

One of his privacies ( God spare his soul ) that he dedicated his time to : - ( The Men of Hadeeth Science ), that he considered the important means in observing and differentiating the truthful hadeeth ( I . e . tale ) from the false one , the trustful from Al-Dhae`ef ( I . e . the non - trustful ) , because in order to judge a certain narrator of hadeeth whether truthful or not, then to make sure that the tale is really issued by the Infallible himself ( peace be upon him )or not ,in order to look for the indications , and to draw( out ) the legitimate rule finally , therefore, he established this science and put down it's special bases , together with the biographies of 15706 narrator and teller of hadeeth in his valuable book ( Mujaam Rejaal Al-Hadeeth Wa Tafseel Tabakat Al-Ruwat ) ( I . e . The Lexicon of Al-Hadeeth Men and the details of narrators categories ) , which is collected in 24 volumes .

When he ( his soul be sanctified ) dived into his researches in { Qura`an Explanation Science } & other Qura`an Sciences , his style was the style of a specialized skilful expert in this field , and his valuable product ( Al-Bayan Fi Tafseer Al- Qura`an ) was the best witness on his ability in Tafseer ( I . e Explanation ) also on his penetrating deeply in what is associated with Quraan Sciences .

Al - Saiid Al - Khuee ( his soul be sanctified ) was not satisfied with the treatment of Al - Fiqih , Usool Al - Fiqih , Explanation & men of Hadeeth sciences , but he was also versed in { Usool Al - Deen } ( I . e the origins of Religion ) and in { Creeds } , so he was treating the subjects that were associated with Monotheism ,Devine Justice , Prophecy, Imamate & Resurrection ,in the same degree of depth and gravity which were his other researches described with , all of this did not bend him from giving himself the chance to dedicate some of his time to writing and supplying the Islamic Library with his most valuable books .

He , in fact , was not known in composing verse , except on some special occasions ,sometimes in Arabic , in Persian or in Turkish, in other times , but he ( God be pleased with him ) refused to finish his life but with goodness, by composing a poem concise in pronunciation , but great in meaning, also in monotheism , Justice , and Imamate , approaching to 156 verses in addition to 7 verses in History , therefore, the total number is 163 verses ,and that was during the last few years of his honorable life .

All of that was in addition to the bearing of the responsibility of Al-Marjeeia's ( I . e. the Authoritative Source's ) affairs and the patronage of the nation's advantages .He was unique on top of the leadership of Hawza for a quarter of a century in a very hard circumstance of distress and compulsion , and the Religious Marjeeia ( I . e the Authoritative Source) has never been exposed, during it's history and the history of it's scientific Hawza ( I . e . the Religious Scientific Foundation for Religious studies), since it's transmition from Baghdad to Honorable Najaf, to such hard and pressing circumstances that pressed from the inside and the outside at the same time . Therefore, Al- Saiid Al- Khuee's mission was ,first, to take care of the role and independence of Scientific Hawza , and then to observe its scientific, juristic & social activities , in order to let the historical role of Najaf in patronizing Al - Hawza with its religious institutions , also to take care of the sect interests .

Al - Saiid Al - Khuee's Students : -

Because of his ( his soul be sanctified ) prominence in his excellent scientific method, special style in research and teaching , he collected around him , along the period of his teaching , which surpassed 70 years , a great number of religious scientific studies students and brilliant teachers who belong to different international countries .Thus, there were students from Syria , Lebanon , Ihsaa , Qateef , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iran , Pakistan , India , Afghanistan , the counties of the East of Asia , and Africa , in addition to the Iraqi students . It is difficult to count that big number of students , to specify them , or to show their scientific position and role in the Islamic Yard in general .

Thousands of Shiite scholars did study under him ,those who are ,in fact, spread over the religious scientific foundations in different parts of the world . Therefore , you would never find , an imam or a person who is in charge of, or responsible for these scientific centers , who did not take from Al - Saiid Al - Khuee, from one of his students or their students , and out of them came hundreds of Mujtahids who are today the teachers of Religious Hawza,who represent its pillars , who run around them the leadership and the Religious Authoritative Source , or who have been on top of it , after his death ( God be pleased with him ) . So by the way ,we mention so of them : -

Ayatollah Al -Saiid Ali Bahashti - Iraq , Ayatollah Al - Sheikh Jawad Al - Tabrizi - Iran , Ayatollah Al - Sheikh Mirza Ali Al - Falsafi - Iran , Ayatollah Al - Saiid Muhammad Asif Al - Muhsini - Afghanistan , Ayatollah Al - Saiid Taki Al - Qummi - Iran ,Ayatollah Al - Sheikh Al - Waheed Al - Khurasani - Iran , Ayatollah Al - Saiid Alaa` Al - Deen Bahr Al - Uloom - Iraq , Ayatollah ( the departed ) Al - Saiid Muhammad Al - Rawhani ( his soul be sanctified ) - Iran , Ayatollah the Martyr Al - Sheikh Mirza Ali Al - Gharawi - Iraq , Ayatollah The Martyr Al - Sheikh Murtaza Al - Barujardi - Iraq , Ayatollah ( the departed ) Al - Saiid Muhyee Al - Deen Al - Ghuraifi - Bahrain , Ayatollah The Martyr Al - Saiid Abdul Sahib Al - Hakeem - Iraq .

And one of them was Ayatollah the martyr Al - Saiid Muhammad Bakir Al - Sadir , the well known scholar , investigator & researcher , who says about his teacher Al - Saiid Al - Khuee : - (( It is this teacher who I opened my eyes to the light of learning in his Hawza , and tasted knowledge at his hands , thus ,he is the greatest bliss ,after the boon of faith, that God did grant man ,in the field of learning and knowledge ,therefore ,if I had, really , gain some of that grace(I.e. knowledge),the favor of that is dew to him , since I represent one fruit of those of his existence and honorable abundance , and I am , in fact ,one of his spiritual sons )) .

Also one of them was: His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Al - Saiid Ali Al - Husaini Al - Sistany ( May his patronage last long ) who has been the chief of the Scientific Religious Hawza in Honorable Najaf ,after the departure of his teacher , and he is now considered the highest authoritative source of the sect in the world. He says about his teacher : (( He { his soul be sanctified} did spent an age which was full of his achievements and great deeds that guaranteed the registration of his name in the book of the immortals , and made him one of the prominent tops of our distinguished scholars who still their names are repeated on tongues, generation after generation . It is true that the Scientific Hawza and especially the sacred Hawza in Honorable Najaf ,still remembers, in serious proud and elevated glory, his big services and great efforts which were represented by his valuable scientific heritage , and by the very long years that he spent in bringing up a generation of scholars and praiseworthy men who drank from his abundant knowledge and who are brought up in his honorable presence )) .

Also ,one of those great genius , was the big savant and great investigator and researcher , His Eminence Ayatollah the pilgrim Al - Sheikh Muhammad Ishaq Al - Fayadh ( May his patronage last long ) whom we are about to show his biography (I .e. chapters of his honorable life) , his traces , achievements , favors and great services for this blessed nation .

His Birth and Growth : -

Muhammad Ish`aq is borne (in 1930 A.D.) in a village called ( Soba ) which is one of the villages of ( Ghazni ) governorate in the middle of Afghanistan which lays at the south of capital ( Cabul ) , and he is the second son to his father Muhammad Ridha , after his elder brother Muhammad Ayoob . His father ( God spare his soul ) who died in 1989 A.D. , was a simple peasant worked with some of those rich people in the village , who were owners of lands , in order to get a living to his family from the labor of his hand , but he was rich with faith and with what he gave abundantly to his family (I .e . his passions and emotions mixed up with the love of the Messenger and His chaste family ( S.W. ) .

And that simple faithful peasant saw in his son Muhammad Ish`aq signals of superiority and intelligence that made him compelled to give him special care and deep patronage , as if he was reading in the features of his son , from the first moment of his birth , what will this new born child be in future and what scientific rank , excellence , God fearing , and piety he will get , which make him qualified to do a prominent role in serving his religion and faithful people .

The Beginning of His Learning : -

His father was sending him, every day , to the office of the village Sheikh - because there were no systematic schools in the village at that time - in order to let him learn the principles of reading and writing , also to learn reading Qura`an . When he was five years old , during winter time , the generous father carried his little son over his back covering him with enough covers to protect him from the stinging cold, across rough streets , and heavy ice , in order to convey him to Al - Sheikh office in the morning ,then to bring him back home in the afternoon . Thus, that noble son can be fed from the fountains of science , knowledge , and ethics .Also , in order to let him enjoy sympathy and compassion , so as to grow on faith and love of Ahlul Bayte ( the prophet and his family ) ( peace be upon them ) . Then , he decided to complete his studying in religious Hawza , because it was the will of his father ( God spare his soul ) , therefore, he learned from the village Sheikh the early beginnings of science, and reading Qura`an ,afterwards , he studied the book which is called ( Jamee` Al - Mukaddimatt ) ( I . e . The Collector of Introductions ) and it is a book that consists of more than ten books which are concise in Grammar , Morphology , Logic , and Ethics for different authors , that have to be studied by students of religious sciences as an introduction to the studying of the text books that follow . Therefore , these concise books were called ( Jamee` Al - Mukaddimatt ) .

The religious School : -

That hard working student transmitted from Al - Sheikh`s office to the village ( which is called : Hootqall ) and lies in the neighborhood ,when he was fifteen years old , in order to join the classes of the religious school which were established by Al - Sheikh Kurban Ali Wah`idi ( God spare his soul ) who was one of the graduates of Honorable Najaf School in Iraq .

He finished , at that school , studying the book ( Jamee` Al - Mukaddimatt ) and ( Al - Bahjah Al - Mardhiya fi Sharh Al - Alfiaa ) which is well know in the studying surroundings as ( Al - Sayooti Book ) due to its writer Jalal Al - Deen Al - Sayooti who died in 911 A.H. That book deals with Grammar and the rules of Arabic language . He finished studying it in four years, under teachers ,such as Al - Shaykh Mulla Ismaeel and Mulla Haidar Ali ( God spare their souls ) .

The system of school , at that time , guarantees to a student a place for residing and spending nights , in one of its small rooms , and the student must guarantee his own costs of clothes and food which usually consists of wheat that is brought from their houses to be kneaded and baked by some of the village women, for nothing .

The Death of his Mother and Transmission to Mashhad : -

At that time, Muhammad Ishaq, lost his mother ( God spare her soul ) , that she passed away because of a decease she was afflicted with . Therefore , he felt deep sorry for losing her and the lost was too much painful for him , since he lost , by losing her , the affection and compassion of motherhood . But, despite the hardness of the calamity , he was not bowed from continuing his learning , on the contrary it increased his insistence on that way to an extent that he decided to move from the village school to the city of sacred Mashhad in Iran , and that was his first step towards the aim which was going on in his mind , which he was working for with strong enthusiasm , and wishing to achieve .That aim was represented by moving to the old religious scientific Hawza of Honorable Najaf in Iraq .

At the City of Imam Ridha ( peace be upon him ) : -

Shaykh Muhammad Ish`aq settled , for one year , at the school of (( Hajj Hassan )) which lies in the region of (( Bala Khayaban )) which had been involved by the project of extending the sacred place of Imam Ridhah later on , therefore , that school collapsed and situated within the big yard of the Holy place in present time . He studied, during that year, the book ( Hashia ( I . e . comment ) of Mulla Abdulla ) which is the comment on the book ( Tahtheeb ( I . e . Refinement ) of Mantiq ( I . e . logic )) for the Mulla ( I . e . Master ) Abdulla Ibn Shihab Al - Deen Al - Hussaini ( died in 981 A.H. ) , also an amount from the book ( Al - Mutawal ) for Saad Al - Deen Al - Taftazanee , in addition to that, he studied Rhetoric under the supervision of the well known teacher (( Sheikh Muhammad Hussain AL-Naishaboori )) ( God spare his soul )(who is known as Al-Adeep(I .e . The Author)Al-Naishaboori), and there , the student Sheikh noticed the difference in the kind of scientific benefit of the teacher and in the teaching system ,since that the Naishaboori teacher asks for a fee for teaching students even if it was symbolic , and that was in order to guarantee a simple living , that is one thing , and to make sure that his students are serious in their work to get knowledge , and they did not come just to get formal presence in his teaching assembly . And it was His Eminence ( The soul spared ) Ayatollah Al- Saiid Yooniss Al - Ardabili, the big scholar, who was well known in the city of Mashhad , who undertook the responsibility of getting the students bread , the same as the grand scholar ( The soul spared ) Al - Sheikh Ahmad Al - Kifae`e , the son of Ayatollah Al - Sheikh Al - Akhond , who was in charge of and responsible for the religious schools in Sacred Mashhad , he was giving students monthly salary of about 40 rails ( nearly half a dollar, at that time ) and by this simple amount of money the student guarantees his simple daily life at its lower requests .

His Aim is to Reach Honorable Najaf : -

These difficulties and more , which were facing him , did not mean to the hardworking persistent student anything but more insistence in studying and in achieving his aim of reaching the religious scientific hawza of Honorable Najaf in Iraq .

He was in continuous questioning about the way of traveling to Najaf , because it was impressed permanently in his mind - since he was young - the importance of Najaf with its privacies , and this was due to what he heard about the superiority of Najaf , as a city and a hawza, and that was the result of what was going on in the students` speeches and their teachers` , especially the scholars who were graduates of Najaf, who settled down at their homelands after they finished their studying at Najaf. Among those scholars was the founder of the religious school in which our sheikh studied, at the village ( Hoot Kall ) ,and among them were those who still continue their studying in Najaf and, meanwhile, were making repeated visits to their families , thus, they convey , in their assemblies & lectures , the privacies of the hawzas they visited and settled down at for a period of time , then they would,certainly, mention the superiority of Najaf over other hawzas . Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh , in this regard , says : (( The first moment I heard the name of Najaf and the rank of the scientific hawza there , was by the Sheikh of our village , and then at the religious school , and each time we heard a conversation about Najaf , we would hear,at the same time, something about the prominent teacher in it , who was,undoubtedly, Al - Saiid Al - Khuee , and that was by means of some of his righteous students , as Al- Sheikh Aziz Allah Al - Kabuli , Al - Saiid Hamad Hassan Al - Raees and Al- Sheikh Muhammad Ali Al - Mudarriss ( God spare their souls all )) .

Honorable Najaf : -

Najaf is the place where Man knew the first civilization and the first worship . In it, the prophets: Adam , Noah , Hood , and Salih, were buried , and in it was the house of the ( intimate ) Abraham ( peace be upon him ) .

Najaf is, in fact, the extension of Heera and Koofa, which had been taken by Imam Ali ( peace be upon him ) as the capital of the Islamic caliphate , also it is the place where he ordered to be buried in . And his grave became , afterwards, ( a torch of light ) from which life did arise, thus his lovers founded on that dry piece of land a unique city , which is constructed and polished during time ,and day after day . Since that date up to present day , Najaf went through different stages and various circumstances , intensity , and weakness , the movement of immigration towards it some times ,and the stopping of that movement on other times , the activity and prosperity of scientific hawza sometimes and the inactivity of it on other times , therefore , the glamour of this city fails and its glitter fades one time , and then it returns to its normal case at another , rather it would be in increased activity , movement , and giving, more than the past, each time crisis be stressed upon it , that is because it is the city of science , wisdom , grace , and it is a studying institute for the whole Islamic Nation . That city did graduate tens of thousands of scholars , and in it did settle down thinkers and great scholars who were versed in Islamic sciences in general .

The Religious Scientific Hawza : -

The Sheikh of sect : Al - Toosi , is considered the first founder of Al - Najaf University and the builder of its lofty ( tower ) which is represented by the religious scientific hawza , since his immigration to it from Baghdad ( in 448 A.H. )and his settling there, until his death(in 460 A.H.) , and his burial in it , that city then faced the flocking of students of religious sciences from all Arabian and Islamic countries , and the little city opened its doors , and hugged to her chest, in addition to her sons from the peoples of the world , sons whom she loved and be loved by , therefore , she gave them her care , granted them the tongue of Holy Qura`an , honored them with faith and made them rich with the wealth of the sciences of the Imams of Aalu Bayte Al - Rasool ( I . e . the family of the prophet ) ( S.W. ) . The scientific movement then started to be active until that honorable city became the supplier of the Islamic world , everyday , with its shiny new product , since its described as the city of science and Knowledge, which hugged the sciences of this true Religion with its big ideological heritage, on the way of the blessed leading Imams of Aal Al - Rasool ( I . e . the family of the prophet ) ( S.W. ) .

Poverty was painful in Najaf, at that time , therefore , most scholars with their families did not find , some times , even a loaf of bread , while they might had spent a day or two without any food . Therefore, we may find that several of them passed away because they were inflicted with bad nutrition or because they were unable to guarantee the costs of medical treatment, until it be too late , or they be compelled to leave their studying and return back home . But at the beginning of the thirteenth century of the Hegira , the teachers and authoritative sources who were supervisors of hawza , started to increase their care upon their students towards more methodical ness and precision to make the student more giving and enthusiastic towards gaining knowledge , and not busy with how to gain his living or residence , therefore , they started to give students monthly salaries and established for them buildings for residence . Therefore , students became more dominant upon time, concerning studying and researching , despite the other difficulties do they face .

Al - Marjeeia ( I . e . The Authoritative Source Position ) : -

Among the ideological measures of Najaf , and along its history ,there was the way of choosing a religious authoritative source among its biggest scholars, in complete independence , and there is, always , an intimate relationship between nation and the authoritative source , since he(I .e .the one who takes the responsibility of this position) represents holiness, glorification , and the highest rank of knowledge in Fiqih ( I . e . jurisprudence ) , and Usool Al - Deen ( I . e. The Origins of Religion ) , also he is the representative of the Absent Imam ( peace be upon him ) , since it is stated in the orders of the infallible Imams ( peace be upon him ) that people must turn to , and consult them ( I . e . The Authoritative Sources ) , therefore , people turn to him ( I . e . The Authoritative Source ) in learning the legitimate rules and in what is related to their life affairs , also they give him their loyalty, which is the result of their religious and dogmatic origins in addition to what Al - Marjee ( I . e . The Authoritative Source ),himself, be adorned with of characteristics (such as: Piety , God fearing , Good ethics &Nice humble conduct ) , which qualify him to do the mission of serving religion and faithful people . And Al- Marjee depends , usually , on Holy Qura`an and the honorable Sunna of prophet Muhammad(S.W.) ( I . e . the prophetic tradition ) , in the deduction of the legitimate rules in order to guide people, in their lives and common affairs,to the right way , and they turn to him ( I . e . Al- Marjee ) in all things arise to them that are new , and on him lies the responsibility of abiding to the principles and origins that represent the essence of Islam , and be in touch with them concerning all that renews in their lives with their different fields, by means of Al - Ijtihad process ( I . e . the process of deduction of the legitimate rules ) .

Al - Marjeeia is a position which is represented by the scholar who proved to be: loyal to the Islamic principles, strong in his attitude, and do never conclude a truce with anyone or submit to him, whatever temptations or threats might be. He defends the muslim and his inviolability by the Islamic knowledge, logic , and ideology.He works to spread the spirit of brotherhood, love , and equality among all muslims , with no attention to social ranks or wealth concerning rghits and duties.

Al - Najaf and Its High Scientific Rank : -

Al-Sheikh M. Ridha Al - Ja`afari ( who is one of the prominent scholars , that have been graduated from Najaf ) says : (( Honorable Najaf differs from any spot all over the Shiite World , that any Shiite is attracted to it and wishes to live in it , since that the shrine of the Prince of the faithful(I .e .Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib)(peace be upon him) is situated there , and because of its scientific capital , despite the difficulties of life which are due to several reasons . This characteristic is not owned by any other Shiite land , other than Honorable Najaf , since it is the attraction of the Shiites` hearts , and this means that Najaf can live despite all kinds of hardship , distress , difficulty , sensitivities and other things . And if the Shiites loose Najaf ( God forbid ) they will never find any other spot to be a shelter to the Shiite ideology , so as to hug the one who lives in it in a way that a Shiite will never allow himself to leave her away to any other place if there is more (( bread ))( at that 0ther place) , or more richness of food . And the one who is attracted to it will never be allowed by himself to leave it whatever the reason might be , and the scientific hawza is,in fact, a powerful factor which unites its scattered pieces , which bring them all together whatever hard the political , natural , or social conditions might be .

Najaf is founded Shiitic .It is resided by the followers of the Prince of the faithful ( peace be upon him ) willing to be neighbours of that great bed , and it is done , from the first moment of its establishment till present time , the source of making Shiite people , and the hands of the consequent policies could never intervene and make Najaf to fail being the authoritative source of all of the Islamic world , or to make immigration toward it stop . And those neighbours of the Prince of the faithful ( peace be upon him ) did bear many distresses because of the thirst of some of the nomads to invade it , which reached to an extent , sometimes , that was impossible to bear . That was the case , until they became secure after a time , the city quenched its thirst , and Najaf became the capital of teaching Ja`afari Jurisprudence and all other religion sciences . All of that happened the day when Al - Sheikh of the sect M. Ibn Al - Hassan Al - Tussi did shift his scientific hawza from Baghdad to Najaf ( at 448 A.H. ) , and it happened that teaching shifted to Hilla and then to Kerbala , but it returned back to Najaf later on , and dropped its packsaddle in it . )) .

And Al - Sheikh M . Jawad Magnia , the well known Islamic writer and researcher , says , in describing Najaf the last century , that it is a city which includes : (( people from Iran , Afghanistan , Russia , India , Tibit , Bahrain , Hijaz , Syria , Lebanon , and Iraq , their population approaches eighty thousand person , and despite the differences among these elements , Najaf has a very special character that collects its people , mostly , and makes them distinguished from others , which is the mark of religion in its different branches and rituals . In the middle of the city lies the honorable shrine of Imam Ali which is surrounded by markets and quarters from all directions , and in each quarter there is a religious school , and several mosques , and for each mosque there is an imam for the congregational prayer , and one ring of the studying rings , and in Najaf there is no cinemas , and no places for licentiousness , singing or unlawful amusement , and no shops for selling wine , and wherever you go , you find studying rings , preaching , guidance , condolence assemblies , prayers: single and in congregation , reciting Qura`an , praying , mentionings of Allah(to be lofty) , and confidential talk , specially in the ten days of Muharram , in Ramadhan( I.e. the month of fasting) , and in the visits ( of holy shrines ) days , since Najaf is a religious city in its schools , mosques , assemblies , clubs , and in most of its habits . Its emblem is simplicity and humbleness , no difference could be found - mostly - in it between the rich and the poor concerning their clothes or residence , on the contrary , we may find many owners of certain properties have left what they own for others and devoted themselves only for worshiping , therefore, the number of ascetics , worshippers , and Sufis ( I . e . mystics ) , and many people immigrated to it from far extremes of countries for the sake of that aim , turning away from this present life with its pleasures.Also,it is obligatory that everyone lives in Najaf or enters Najaf must submit willingly or obliged to religion and its rituals , because of the surrounding environment and traditions , and no one, whoever could he be, can break these inherited conditions )) .

The Influences of Najaf on its Comers : -

Some of the Influences of the religious factors that are mentioned before , the scholars` asceticism , the educational and social habits together with the general rank of Najaf , that it gave birth to leading personalities whose speeches and deeds were dedicated and brought forth for the sake of God alone , so if they utter a word you find in it truth and guidance , and if they keep silent , you find in their silence ideology , obedience to God , and the welfare of the nation . If they do ( something ) so, in their doing you find goodness , if they make brothers, they do so for the sake of Almighty God , and if they make enemies , also they make enemies for His sake alone .

And his Eminence Ayatollah Al - Sheikh M. Ishaq Al - Fayadh is one of those people who did migrat to honorable Najaf , drank from its pure sciences , have been brought up in its school , and have been characterized with its principles and ethics , as a hardworking student and later on as a skilful teacher , until he became one chief of its chiefs , and one of its prominent big scholars , who lays on his shoulders the responsibility of one of the most important studying rings in it , in addition to the mission of being the authoritative source whom people follow and imitate in lawful rules .

His Journey Toward Iraq : -

Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh shifted , after a year of studying in the hawza of Mashhad city, to the holy city of Qum willing to visit the shrine of lady Ma`sooma , the sister of Imam Ridhah ( peace be upon them both ) , then he shifted to Ahwaz city , then Muhammara , where he resided in a hotel , and after a period of time he made contact with the solemn master Abu - Al - Hassan Al - Bahrani ( God spare his soul ) , who was the religious leader of Al - Muhammara city and was one of the well known religious personalities there . Then he started to arrange his traveling affairs to Basrah , and that solemn master ordered the guide to take the guest ( I . e. Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh ) to Basrah,to the house of Al - Sheikh Abdul Mahdi Al - Mudhaffar ( God spare his soul ) , who was at that time , one of the outstanding religious personalities in Basrah , whose house was a shelter to people , where the big assembly and sizable guestroom , where the light Islamic generosity, ethics , and faithful service can be found .

From Basrah to Najaf : -

Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh stayed at Al - Sheikh Al - Mudhaffar`s for a couple of days , until Al - Sheikh Al - Mudhaffar could arrange his traveling - by means of Mr. Ali Al - Hakkak, the owner of the traveling company, who was well known in Basrah - to honorable Najaf by means of the train which took him to Al - Musayab city that lies 60 Kms to the south of Baghdad , then he moved to holy Kerbala , and after he visited the two shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother Al - Abbass ( peace be upon both ) , he travled on the same day to honorable Najaf , then, and after he did the visit rituals of the shrine of Imam Ali Ibin Abi Talib ( peace be upon him ), he settled, down as a guest, at Al - Sheikh Ghulam Hussain`s , who is one of students of Al - Saleemia School which is situated in Al - Mishraq quarter .

At Honorable Najaf : -

The new student arrived at Najaf while he was at the early beginning of his eighteens , and on his way to it - as we mentioned - he passed through many experiments that polished his gifts and taught him some lessons from the difficulties of life , however various and different they were , also these experiments taught him how living systems differ among themselves , the systems of morality and customs in several different cities , but honorable Najaf as a city and the scientific hawza as a school , both have their own difficulties , special circumstances , and troubles , the same as different customs and traditions be among people and countries . On the other hand , Najaf has its own positive characteristics which at the beginning of them arises the blessed existence of the shrine of the Prince of the faithful Imam Ali ( peace be upon him ) , also the openness and the scientific advance of its religious hawza that qualified it to be on top of the other hawzas , to take the leadership of them , to graduate thousands of scholars , to let the high Marjeeia of the sect settle down in it , and to let the thoughts and sights of the students ,of the lovers of Ahlul Bayet sciences , and of their ( peace be upon them ) followers from all over the world , be attracted to it.

And on the new lodger lies the responsibility of accommodating himself with these circumstances and bearing the sequent difficulties , depending on his insistence and persistence of continuation , starting from bearing its very hot climate in Summer , and the stinging cold of its winter , the necessity of learning Arabic at first for those new comers who are not native speakers, the search of a suitable place for residing , and the inspecting among hundreds of studying rings that were spread at tens of schools and mosques at the outskirts of the city to find the suitable ring to the pupil , taking into consideration the level of the consulting teacher , also the way of gaining systemized text books or those books the student needs for his own reading in the different fields of knowledge , then to the responsibility of making acquaintance with other students and their scientific and ethical levels in order to choose some of them as classmates and friends in studying and research , also the necessity of guarantying adequate sources of food , clothes , the living necessities , and other things . The Sheikh M . Ishaq Al - Fayadh , in this concern , says : (( My coming to honorable Najaf , after several years from the death of Mr. Abul Hassan Al - Assfahani ( I . e. The previous Marjee and Grand Ayatollah at his time ) , at the last days of the Royal Reign Period , and at the beginning of Mr. Muhsin Al – Hakeem`s Marjeeia period who had been making monthly salary to the students about two dinars for each married student , and one dinar for the single student like me ( at that time ) , and we mostly ate bread and onion ( at that time ) , and it wouldn’t come to the mind of anyone of us , at any time , to eat something called fruits )) .

Visiting Scholars & Schools : -

Since the new student and the lodging guest settled down at one of the students` rooms , whose lodger was one of his people who preceded him in coming to Najaf , sharing him his little room at Al - Saleemia school , since that he started to visit scholars and Marjees to do his duty towards them, in showing his respects, making close acquaintance with them , and asking their advise and guidance in respect of the mission that he dedicated himself to , which is learning and serving religion , as well as ,serving faithful people . He also visited several schools and mosques which were crowded with teachers and groups of students in studying rings , and he searched here and there looking for a suitable teacher and an appropriate studying ring . The one who was helping him in these things was His Eminence, the departed savant , Al - Sheikh M. Ali Al Afghani , who is known with (Al -Mudarriss) ( I . e . the teacher ) , who was too much interested in and pursuing the facilitating and achieving of the students` requirements ,as well as , the fulfillment of the students of his people's needs , those students who were residing in honorable Najaf and specially the new comers of them .

That Sheikh who was called Al - Mudarriss ( I . e. the Teacher ) , since that he was the well known skillful teacher of ( the stage of ) Al - Muqaddimatt ( I . e . the beginnings of Al - Hawza studying ) and of ( the stage of ) Al - Sutooh ( I . e . the stage that follows that of Al - Muqaddimatt and precedes that of Bahth Al - Kharij ) . That Sheikh took Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh with him to visit the departed Ayatollah Mr. Al - Hakeem at his public assembly , and then to visit Mr. Al - Khuee at his house , because of the special relationship that linked Al - Sheikh Al - Mudarriss with him and because he was close to him .

Settling at School : -

Al - Sheikh M. Ishaq remained sharing his host Al - Sheikh Ghulam Hussain in his little room at Al - Saleemia school for several months , until his comrade decided to( complete the other half of his religion by marriage) , and God let him succeed in doing so , therefore , he left residing at school and shifted to the new residence , so , Sheikh M. Ishaq remained at that room alone devoted to studying , searching , reading , and writing .

Lessons and Teachers : -

From the first time Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh arrived at Najaf and settled down at school , he started , in longing , seriousness , and hard working , with no tiredness or boredom , to complete what is left unfinished of the books he read at the village school or at Mashhad hawza , therefore , he read the book (Qawaneen Al Usool ) for Abul Qassim Al - Qummi , which is well known in hawza as the book ( Al - Qawaneen ) , the book ( Hashiat Mulla Abdullah ) and part of the book ( Al - Rawdha Al - Bahia fi Sharh Al - Lumaa Al - Dimashqia ) at the teacher , the departed , Al - Sheikh Mirza Kadhum Al - Tabreezee , and finished the book ( Al – Lum'aa ) at the teachers the departed Mr. Asad Allah Al - Madani and Al - Sheikh Mirza Ali Al - Falsafi ( God lengthen his patronage ) , he also , finishes studying the book ( Al - Mutawal ) at the departed Sheikh M. Ali Al - Mudarriss .

Then the hard working student shifted to the studying of the stage of ( Sutooh ) in order to be qualified to attend Al - Kharij Researches at the big scholars , therefore , he read at this stage ( I . e. Al - Sutooh ) the book ( Al - Kifaya ) of Al - Sheikh Al - Akhond Al - Khurasani , and the two books ( Al - Rasaeel ) & ( Al - Makasib Al - Muharrama ) of Al - Sheikh Murtaza Al - Ansari at the departed Al - Sheikh Mujtaba Al - Lankurani , also at that period he was discussing those books , which he was studying with some of his colleagues , and was teaching , what he had finished studying , to the students who were still beginners , as that was current in the teaching system of hawza at honorable Najaf , that the student starts training , from the beginning , to learn the teaching system while he is studying at higher stages , therefore , he is student and teacher at the same time , and this stage is called , at the convention of hawzas , the stage of (Sutooh) , which takes about five years to be finished , if the student is hardworking and persistant . Al – Sheikh Al – Fayadh finished it in less than that , then he , quickly , joined the biggest of scholars' (Kharij) researches .

(Al – Kharij) Research : -

After Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh stood on the vast horizon of Islamic ideology and had been accustomed to the spiritual and scientific atmospheres of the studying stage of Sutooh , at which he studied the common text books at the best scholars and prominent teachers, as mentioned before , the stage that he finished in distinguished success and praise of his teachers , he turned to the studying stage which is well known as Bahth ( I . e . Research ) Al - Kharij where lies the responsibility of preparing and making ready on the shoulders of the student himself , without being restricted with one specific scientific source or one specific book , so that the student himself dose , before attending the lecture prepare the material of the lecture , whether Fiqih or Usool , then he reviews the scholars' statements on this material , and what might be suitable proof for it , also what might be suitable in discussing that proof , then student attempts to conclude to himself a private opinion , concerning that problem . When he is finished with that , he attends the research of the teacher to listen to his instructions , to look for the problem's origins and what might be related to it . Afterwards ,he starts to discard the opinions of the biggest scholars concerning that problem with what might be suitable proof of it and what might be appropriate to be discussed in it . At last , he discards the opinion of the teacher himself , as the teachers of Al – Najaf school are used to combine between the solemnity of old age the justice of Right , together with the following of that right wherever it might be , without paying attention to the scientific position of that student or his age , if he proved to be right . Therefore , it is clear that Al – Kharij lesson in honorable Najaf has got a special kind of supervision and general directing , both scientifically and morally , in addition to that , the polishing of talents , which is done by experienced teachers , who have been practicing teaching , searching , and putting theories for a lot of time , and they where known with their rightful ideology , their deep view and precision of turning , also with the vastness of their knowledge . The studying rings of Kharij might get wider and wider in number , depending on scientific fame of the teacher , on extent of his successful clarification and the way of showing the material , on his strength in bringing about evidences while discussing opinions , and on what new production he introduces in that field .

And the student continues on that way of studying in Fiqih and Usool until he reaches the stage of Ijtihad while he , at the same time , is running special studying rings in Al - Sutooh stage , as mentioned before , and when the student reaches Al – Ijtihad ( I . e . exerting efforts in searching , concluding , forming evidences , collecting of hadeeths ( I . e . tales ) with the scholars' points of view , and then the discussion upon the sayings) . After this long stage , which may take more than a quarter of a century , the student will be independent in Ijtihad , in showing his own point of view , and in giving instructions .

It is said about the term ( Bahth Al - Kharij ) that this stage is called so , since that teaching in it is done out of the books' texts , and it dose not depend on a private point of view or a certain clause of a certain book as is the case with the preceding stages , so that the student trains , during that stage of higher studies , the ( Ijtihad ) ( I . e . how should he bring about his legal point of view , concerning the legislation rules ), so he will not get graduated from that stage , until he finds himself confident in his vastness of knowledge & preciseness of views with their investigations .

The general impression of the rings of Al - Kharij Research could be seen in the perfect freedom in giving the one's point of view and expression , which results from the Ijtihad freedom that interferes in the constructing of the scientific personality of Al - Najaf school , therefore , it is the right of any student to interrupt the lecturer and discuss some of his views , and the lecturer , whatever his scientific fame might be , will never find it embarrassing to adopt the view of the student if he finds that it is the right one . Al - Kharij Research could be attended , in many times , by big Mujtahids ( I . e. those who got high degrees of Ijtihad ) , as the research of Al – Saiid Al – Khuee was , when he became a teacher of that lesson ( I . e . Al – Kharij Research ) , and so in such atmosphere that is full of research , investigation , and penetrating deeply into sciences , the Najaf student grows up , and the Islamic ideology questions , Fiqih , and Usool be developed and clear to him .

Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh attended Al - Kharij Research at the beginning of the twenties of his age , and he had chosen to attend the rings of some big teachers of Al - Najaf scholars ( who were excellent in their lessons) for several months , until he settled down on the research of his teacher who was well known by his students , and his students were well known by him , since every time Al - Khuee is mentioned , it is mentioned with him Al - Rawhani , Al - Saddir , Al - Seestani , Al - Fayadh , and others of his best students , and if one of them is mentioned it is connected with him the mentioning of Al - Khuee as his teacher .

Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh continued to attend that lesson every day for more than fifteen years without interruption , in both rings of Fiqih and Usool , persistent , continuing , and as a research writer .

The Writing of Statements : -

The good scholars of scientific hawza have got used to repeat the researches of their teacher , after lesson , on some of their colleagues , and write them down after investigation , taking out sources , and the comparison between the views and their evidences , afterwards , they show that work to the teacher , if he agrees about the statements , they will be printed and published , in order to be an evidence on the powerfulness of research and to show the teacher's views and the student favors . Those books are well known among the scientific hawza environments as ( Al - Taqrirat ( I . e . the statements ) ) .

Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh since his attendance of his teacher's research ( the research of Al - Khuee ) he was accustomed to do so (I . e . writing statements ) , therefore , he was repeating the research on some of his colleagues , and then write it down , persistently , day after day , in both rings of Fiqih and Usool , until he finished writing the fifth round of his teacher's research in Usool Al - Fiqih Science , and his work became the book known as ( Al - Muhadharatt ) .

The Beginning of Fame : -

It is known , in the system of the religious hawza , that there is no stage that is restricted with a limited period of time , or with a certain examination , which if the student passes he be granted a graduation certificate , by which he be well known later . But fame , admission of favor by others and of the scientific level of the student , come through his continuous attendance in hawza , studying , teaching , negotiating , and discussing in assemblies , when a certain question is put forth , then on top of that and at the beginning lies the writing down of the teacher's researches by the student with the teacher's agreement on the printing of these statements joined by a testimony on them , through what he writes when giving permission for printing , ( that testimony ) is called in the convention of hawza : ( Taqreedh Al - Ostath ) ( I . e . The teacher's comment on the statements ) . That comment comes usually concise too much , but it be of big meaning and high significance , and it may be of great connotation in testifying the student's level and favor depending on the teacher's fame and scientific level . And from that comes the student's fame , the spread of his name and the acquaintance with his rank and scientific level in all of the hawza environments .

The comment of Al - Saiid Al - Khuee on the statement of Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh come in his saying : (( What is written as a statement of my researches was in eloquent style and Knowledge that is worthy of praising and admiration )) . And this is the text of that comment , that exists within the introduction of the first part of the book ( Al - Muhadharatt ) ( I . e . the lectures ) : -

In the Name of God , Most Gracious Most Merciful

Praise be to Allah the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds , and peace with God's greetings be upon the most honorable Messenger : Muhammad with his good and chaste family , and curse be upon their enemies all , till the Day of Judgment . Then :

I praise God highly for his giving me the responsibility of bringing up some of those students who are characterized with qualification and grace , until they , one after the other , reach the elevated degree of Knowledge and favor , and one of them whom I have been successful to take care of , who attended my high researches of Fiqih and Usool , who is the delight of my eye , the excellent scholar , and virtuous investigator Al - Sheikh M . Ishaq Al - Fayadh ( God's assistants to him be continued ) , and he showed me the first part of his book ( Al - Muhadharatt fi Usool Al - Fiqih ) which he wrote down as a statement of my researches , in eloquent style and knowledge that is worth of praising and admiration , so I give him my blessings for this prosperous effort , and I ask God ( to be lofty ) to grant him success in achieving his aim ,because He( to be lofty ) is the master of success . ( in the sixth of Second Jamadi 1382 A.H. ) . Abul Qassim Al - Musawi Al - Khuee .

By the observing of the comment date , corresponding to ( the 4^th of Nov . 1962 A.D. ) which is the printing date of the book , and by observing the age of Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh when he was young , also what his teacher said in his concern at that time , it would be clear what scientific rank and high favor our great Sheikh had , and what big love and admiration did his teacher has towards him , since that date .

It is narrated that when Al – Sheikh Al – Fayadh introduced the statements of his teacher's researches for the sake of getting permission on printing them , there where some of those who disagreed , objecting against the consent of Al – Saiid Al – Khuee on that , by weak pretexts which did not depend on healthy logic , such as the student's age and nationalistic belongings . Al – Saiid Al – Khuee said in return that the criterion is the student's knowledge , favor , and what can be an evidence ( that is taken from his statements ) on his exerted efforts , hard working , intelligence , persistent work , continuation , and strength of notes , but not his age , because these objections and the like , which depended on my little age , at that time , were attempts to prevent my teacher Al – Sheikh Al – Naeeni ( God spare his soul ) from giving me , myself , his permission on printing the statements of his researches which I had written down , entitled ( Ajwad Al – Taqreeratt ) ( I . e . The best statements ) , so that it is obligatory to be just concerning others' rights and to give everyone what he deserves exactly . In addition to that , we ought to encourage the hardworking and persistent student , and support him continuously . And everything did happen as he said ; the teacher gave his permission on printing the statements , with a suitable praise on their writer , and Al – Saiid Al – Khuee did the same with all his ( Mujtahid ) students . His Eminence Al – Sheikh Al – Fayadh says at the beginning of these statements : -

In the Name of God , Most Gracious Most Merciful

Praise be to Allah the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds , and peace with Gods greetings be upon the best of his creatures Muhammad and his chaste family , and continuous curse be upon their enemies all . This is the first part of our book ( Muhadaratt fi Usool Al - Fiqih ) and it includes what I had benefited from , as high investigations , lofty subjects , and newly invented ideas , from the assembly of my teacher , the magnificent , His Eminence grand Ayatollah Al - Saiid Abul Qassim Al - Khuee , that I dedicated myself among the hundreds of students on attending the assembly of his honorable lesson at the biggest scientific university ( I . e . honorable Najaf ) which he had been given the leadership of , and had been under his conduct ( at that time ) .He , towards which , did his duty with all his best , through his lectures , researches , the generation of righteous scholars whom he brought up at his generous hands .

And I while I invoke the Master ( I . e . Allah ) ( to whom be ascribed all perfection and majesty ) to grant me success , in order to join the second part with this part in printing , I ask Him ( be He exalted ) to let us and all Muslims enjoy the continuity of existence of our most magnificent teacher and let his flourishing days of benefit continue .

And all my success is from God , on Him I depend and to Him I turn in repentance .

M. Ishaq Al - Fayadh

God has granted His Eminence success to finish printing the five parts of statements in Usool Al - Fiqih science . This work is considered , nowadays , one of the most important scientific sources in that art , scholars and students of religious sciences use it frequently in all hawzas through studying , teaching , reading , and reviewing in order to know the new points of view , ideas , and theories that these ( statements )do include , which they cannot spare .

Teaching : -

During that period and later on , our Sheikh Al - Fayadh was one of the prominent teachers who were well known in hawza , since he gives his lessons and researches to a big congregation of virtuous students of religion sciences , teaching the familiar books of ( Al – Rasaeel , Al – Kifaya , and Al - Makasib) to the level of high Sutooh, in several rings at Al - Hindee mosque which is well known at Najaf , also he was the teacher of that stage for more than ten years at ( Religious Najaf University ) which is founded by the departed Mr. M. Kalanter , until he started to give Al - Kharij researches in ( 1978 A.D.) at the school of Mr. Al – Yazdee

( the small one ) which lies at Al - Umara quarter , and when the well known school ( Dar Al - Elem ) , which is founded by Al - Saiid Al - Khuee ( in 1980 A.D. ) , is opened , his research assembly shifted to that place until the date of it's destruction , so the teaching assembly shifted to the big Hindee mosque in short period , then , to Al - Yazdee school which is founded by the grand Marjee Mr. Kadhum Al - Yazdee till present day . That research assembly is attended by a big congregation of students , many of them are virtuous , who are writing down his researches hopping to print them , by the will of God ( be He exalted ) .

The committee of Consultation : -

Because of what has been familiar to the great Marjees , in constructing a committee out of their private and close virtuous students , with some prominent scholars , that committee is called ( The committee of consultation ) , which is constructed for the sake of answering the big ( flood ) of letters and question that arrive from different parts of the world . Answering usually comes after examining , searching , discussing , and investigating , until they reach the right legitimate point of view , then after they get the consent of Al - Marjee they write it down as an answer to the arrived question . That process may take several days before getting consent on it . And because of the long period of time , that surpassed a quarter of a century , the Marjee position of Al - Saiid Al – Khuee took , because of the agreement of the hawza teachers together with that of his great students , who one of them was the well known scholar and genius researcher Mr. M. Bakir Al - Sadir ( his soul be sanctified ) , on his superiority in knowledge , and because of his numerous followers in different spots of the world , therefore , the consults that reached to him , every day , from the Islamic world countries , in different languages , were many , therefore , the departed leader was motivated to construct a committee of consultation from scholars , and big mujtahids of his students to fulfill that mission , and His Eminence ( Al - Sheikh Al - Fayadh ) , because of what he possessed of high qualifications of virtue , knowledge and closeness of position to the leader Al – Khuee , he was one of those who were responsible for that work , continuously working for more than twenty five years , till the last day of the departed leader's life ( his soul be sanctified ) , and as it was familiar , that committee included , in different periods of time , the names of big scholars and great mujtahids who occupied the position of Marjee later , or who was , actually , holding that position , such as , grand Ayatollah Mr. : Ali Al - Bahashti ( may his patronage last long ) , Ayatollah Mr. : Murtadh Al - KhulKhali ( God relieve him ) , Ayatollah Mr. Al - Rawhani , Ayatollah Al - Sheikh Mirza : Ali Al - Gharawi ( his soul be sanctified ) , Ayatollah Mr. M. Bakir Al - Sadir ( his soul be sanctified ) , Ayatollah Al - Sheikh Mirza Jawad Al - Tabreezee , Ayatollah Al - Sheikh : Waheed Al - Khurasani , Ayatollah Mr. : Takee Al - Qummi , Ayatollah Al - Sheikh Mirza : Ali Al - Falsafee , Ayatollah Mr. Ali Al - Seestani ( may their luxuriant patronage last long ) , and many other virtuous scholars and big teachers of scientific hawzas . 02/05/2007

The Writings :

Despite the many engagements of our great Sheikh in doing his religious duty of serving faithful people , through his lessons , his bringing up of virtuous students continually , and his daily attendance at the consulting assembly of the leader Al - Khuee at the days of his life ( his soul be sanctified ) , and other social engagements in executing the people's needs , and since they turn to him to get the legitimate rules and to fulfill their private needs and other things , despite all these engagements and responsibilities , His Eminence dedicated some of his time for investigating and writing to enrich the Islamic library with his valuable writings . And what is printed of them till now is :

1. Muhadharatt fi Usool Al - Fiqih , in ten volumes , five of them , just , are printed .

2. Al - Aradhee .

3. Al - Nadhrah Al - Khatifa fi Al - Ijtihad .

4. Taaaleeq Mabsootah ala Al - Urwatlwithqa , ten parts are printed .

5. Ahkamm Al - Bunook .

6. Minhaj Al - Saliheen , in three volumes .

7. Manasik Al - Hajj .

8. Al - Mabahith Al - Usoolia , in fourteen volumes , three volumes are printed , and all other volumes follow .

God let the days of His Eminence last in goodness , in increasing success and giving , to serve the true religion and right purifying way , may God make him reservoir of this nation , through letting his honorable shade last long over the heads of people , And praise be to Allah the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds .

SOME OF THE WRITINGS OF AL – SHEIKH AL – FAYADH (MAY GOD LENTHEN HIS PATRONAGE ) : -

- محاضرات في أصول الفقه Lectures

- المباحث الأصولية

- البنوك

- تعاليق مبسوطة على( مناسك الحج)