چکیده:
The late Ayatollah Haj Sheikh Mohammad Baqer Maleki Miangi (1324 - 1419 AH / 1285 - 1377 SH) was born in Miandeh, studied under various professors in Mashhad, and most notably established scientific and intellectual connections with the late Ayatollah Mirza Mahdi Isfahani (died 1365). He came to Qom in 1378 AH / 1337 SH and began teaching courses on Tafsir, Ma'arif, and Aqaid, which continued until the end of his life. The personality traits, scientific thoughts, and prominent seminary position of the late Maleki are expressed in this discourse. Additionally, his published and unpublished written works are introduced.
خلاصه ماشینی:
) The late Maleki used to recount that once (during the time of severe oppression of the first Pahlavi era), I said to Mirza Isfahani: You teach religious studies (lessons that were held secretly and with fear and terror); would it not be better if you also taught jurisprudence (Fiqh)?
The full text of this letter, which is being published for the first time, is as follows: (1) بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم و به نستعین It is respectfully submitted that hope lies in the special graces of the Lord of Might, Glory be to His Greatness, and especially in the special attentions He has bestowed upon that gentleman, always supported by the Holy Spirit and immersed in inviting the orphans of the Family of Muhammad (peace be upon them) toward the Master of the Age, the redemption of all worlds, and reminding them of that Sacred Presence; and His special attentions to His Shiites, driving them toward seeking intercession through Him, and directing them toward the Lord of Might through the prestige of Him and his noble forefathers (peace be upon them all), for truly the first duty of a scholar and servant of the Ahl al-Bayt is to open the door of their house to the Shiites and drive them toward Him [is]; so that the orphans of the Ahl al-Bayt, in the darkness of forgetting Him, do not wander bewildered to the door of any random person, and do not take any impurity [as] their refuge, sanctuary, sheikh, pillar, pole, or guide, as was discussed.