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Nasrallah Shah-Abadi

{{Short description|Iranian Ayatollah (1930-2018)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Ayatollah Sheikh

| native_name = آیت الله شیخ نصرالله شاه آبادی

| image = File:آیت الله شاه آبادی-از اساتید حوزه قم.jpg

| caption = An image of the late Ayatollah Sheikh Nasrallah Shah-Abadi

| order =

| office = Member of the Fifth term of the Assembly of Experts.

| term_start = 26 February 2016

| term_end = 12 March 2018

| constituency = Tehran Province

| appointer =

| predecessor = Reza Ostadi

| successor = Abbas Ali Akhtari

| module = {{Infobox religious biography

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|03|12 |1930|09|24|df=y}}

| resting_place = Fatima Masumeh Shrine

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| children =

| father = Mohammad Ali Shah-Abadi

| alma_mater = Qom Hawza

| death_place = Tehran, Iran

| nationality = Iranian

| religion = Islam

| birth_place = Qom, Imperial State of Iran

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|09|24|df=y}}

| Maddhab = Twelver Shia Islam

| teachers =

| title = Ayatollah

| native_name = نصرالله شاه آبادی
Nasrallah Shah-Abadi

| name = Nasrallah Shah-Abadi

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Sheikh Nasrallah Shah-Abadi {{Langx|fa|شیخ نصرالله شاه آبادی}}, (24 September 1930 – 12 March 2018) was an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the people of Tehran Province in the Fifth term of the Assembly of Experts.{{Cite web|title=2016 Assembly of Experts Election {{!}} Iran Data Portal|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/assembly-of-experts-elections/2016-assembly-of-experts-election|access-date=2022-01-31|language=en-US}}

Early life and education

Nasrallah was born on 24 September 1930 in Qom to a religious family. His father, Mohammd Ali Shah-Abadi was a Grand Ayatollah (Marja').{{Cite web|title=گزارش: زندگی‌نامه آیت‌الله شاه‌آبادی؛ استادزاده امام که مسئول مبارزه با ربا بود + عکس- اخبار سیاسی تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/12/21/1678756/%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3|access-date=2022-01-31|website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim|language=fa}}

File:Mohammad_Ali_Shahabadi.jpg

Nasrallah attended Tawfiq Elementary School in Tehran for his primary education, then in 1941 he pursued his Religious education in Tehran. While in Tehran he was taught by several people, such as Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani and others. After the death of his father in 1949, he left Tehran for Qom to pursue his Islamic Studies in Qom Seminary. While in Qom he was taught by many big scholars such as Hossein Borujerdi, Mohammad Ali Araki, and others.{{Cite web|last=قرآن|first=iqna ir {{!}} خبرگزاری بین المللی|date=2018-03-12|title=نگاهی به زندگینامه آیت‌الله نصرالله شاه‌آبادی|url=https://iqna.ir/fa/news/3699167|access-date=2022-01-31|website=fa|language=fa}} Eventually, in 1952, he went to Najaf to attend the Hawza Najaf for advanced Islamic Studies (Darse Kharej). While there, he gained Ijtihad when he was around 30, and mastered several subjects such as Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), Islamic philosophy, Tafsir (Interpretation of Quran), and others. He benefited from several big scholars in Najaf such as Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Muhsin al-Hakim and others. He was there when Ruhollah Khomeini arrived, and with his brother Ruhollah Shah-Abadi, they attended his classes in Najaf.{{Cite web|title=شاه آبادی، نصرالله|url=https://hawzah.net/fa/Mostabser/View/63809/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%8C-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87?CID=69|access-date=2022-01-31|website=hawzah.net}}

Teachers

Here is a list of some of the teachers of Nasrallah Shah-Abadi.{{Cite web|title=مروری بر زندگینامه آیت الله نصرالله شاه آبادی (رحمه الله علیه)|url=http://h-emambagher.com/%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%da%af%db%8c%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%87-%d8%a2%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-%d9%86%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-%d8%b4%d8%a7/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=حوزه علمیه حضرت امام محمد باقر علیه السلام|language=fa-IR}}

Life after education

In 1970, with the request of Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, he travelled to Pakistan to help establish teaching seminaries and work with the Shia in Pakistan. However, after only spending several months there, he had gotten Malaria and went to Iran to receive treatment. After receiving treatment in Iran, he was put on a travel-ban by the Pahlavi regime and was not allowed to travel back to Pakistan, nor back to Najaf. While in Iran, he would spend his time in Tehran and Qom offering prayers and teaching in seminaries. Leading up to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he was active and protested against the Shah.{{Cite web|title=آشنایی با آیت الله نصرالله شاه آبادی منتخب مردم تهران در خبرگان|url=https://rasekhoon.net/article/show/1520931/%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86|access-date=2022-01-31|website=rasekhoon.net}} After the revolution, he remained dedicated to teaching Islam, as well as actively engaging in charity work around Iran.{{Cite web|title=نگاهی به زندگینامه آیت الله نصرالله شاه آبادی {{!}} آیت الله|url=https://www.ghatreh.com/news/nn41796364/نگاهی-زندگینامه-آیت-الله-نصرالله-شاه-آبادی|access-date=2022-01-31|website=موتور جستجوی قطره|language=fa}}

He was voted by the people of Tehran Province in the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election to represent them in the Assembly of Experts. He held that position until his death.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-12|title=آیت‌الله شاه‌آبادی در گذشت+ پیام‌های تسلیت|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/96122111631/آیت-الله-شاه-آبادی-در-گذشت-پیام-های-تسلیت|access-date=2022-01-31|website=ایسنا|language=fa}}

File:Shahabadi.jpg for the fifth term of the Assembly of Experts in 2016. ]]

Death

File:Shahabadi_Funeral.jpg

On 16 February 2018 Nasrallah was admitted to Baghiyyatollah al-Azam Military Hospital due to diabetic ulcers, as well as clogged arteries in his legs which led to respiratory arrest. He died on 12 March 2018 while in hospital.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-12|title=آیت‌الله نصرالله شاه‌آبادی دار فانی را وداع گفت + زندگینامه و زمان تشییع|url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/839262/آیت-الله-نصرالله-شاه-آبادی-دار-فانی-را-وداع-گفت-زندگینامه-و|access-date=2022-01-31|website=مشرق نیوز|language=fa}} He was buried in Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom; his funeral prayers were led by Mousa Shubairi Zanjani.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-14|title=Images and Information of the Funeral of Ayatollah Shahabadi|url=https://fa.abna24.com/news/%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D9%88-%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A/%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%B4%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B9-%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_733987.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=fa.abna24.com|language=fa}} Ali Khamenei also sent a letter of condolence on his passing to his family.{{Cite web|last=Khamenei|first=Ali|title=Message of Condolence on the Passing of Ayatollah Shahabadi|url=https://farsi.khamenei.ir/newspart-index?tid=15418|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Khamenei.ir|language=fa}}

See also

References

Category:1930 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:Members of the Assembly of Experts

Category:People from Mazandaran province

Category:Iranian ayatollahs

Category:Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine