Al-Irawani was born in Najaf in 1949 to Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi al-Irawani, a descendant of grand Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad al-Irawani, known as al-Fadhil al-Irawani, who was a student of Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan al-Najafi, and Sheikh Murtadha al-Ansari.[1]
He grew up in Najaf, and completed his primary, and secondary academic studies in the Publication Forum schools that was supervised by a number of scholars, including Sheikh Muhammad-Ridha al-Mothafar.[2]
He then joined the religious seminary in Najaf, and after completing his preliminary studies, went on to study bahth kharij (advanced seminars) under the two grand Ayatollahs, Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, and Sayyid Muhammad-Baqir al-Sadr. He attended the principles of Islamic jurisprudence of Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, and Sayyid Muhammad-Sa'eed al-Hakim.[1]
Al-Irawani taught in the Najaf seminary, sutooh 'ulya (advanced intermediate studies) until he emigrated from Iraq.[2]
Towards the end of the Iran-Iraq war, al-Irawani migrated to Qom and continued to teach the sutooh 'ulya. Five years later, he taught principles and jurisprudence in advanced levels, and completed a ten-year course.[2]
He returned to Iraq after the US invasion of Iraq, and resided in his hometown, teaching in the Imam Ali shrine, as well as other religious seminaries in Najaf.
Works
Al-Irawani authored a number of books that were transcripts from different classes he attended and taught. These included:
al-Isloob al-Thani lil Halqa al-Thalitha. Four volumes of explanatory work of Sayyid Muhammad-Baqir Sadrs principles of jurisprudence lessons.
Durus Tamheediya fi al-Fiqh al-Istidlali. Three volumes of a course on ratiocination in a new method. Considered an alternative to al-Shahid al-Thani's al-Rawḍa al-bahīyya.
Durus Tamheediya fi al-Qawa'id al-Rijaliya. A series of lectures on the science of narrators.
He also worked on an alternative book to Sheikh al-Ansari's Makasib, and has completed the book of purity, and prayer, and they are taught in the religious seminary's of Qom.
Al-Irawani also writes poetry, and some of his poetry includes:
Karbala Huffat Li Karbin wa Balaa'. A poem commemorating the death anniversary of Imam Husayn.[4]
(كربلا) حُفّت بكربٍ وبلا
نذكرُ الـسـبـطَ بها في كلِ حينْ
لـيـلـةُ الـعـاشرِ ما مِنْ ليلةٍ
مـثـلُـهـا مرّت على مرِّ السنينْ
Karbala, riddled with trials and tribulations.
We remember the grandson [of the prophet].
The eve of the tenth, was not a single night,
Like it, it passed through all these years.
Hellel al-Shi'ru fi al-Madeehi wa Kabbar. A poem commemorating the birth anniversary of Fatima Masumah.[5]
