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Biography of the Author
The author of this work, Secret of the Hajj, is the grand Ayatullah al Hajj ash‑Shaikh
Husain Mazaheri. Born into a religious family in 1934 in the city of Isfahan,
Iran, Ayatullah Mazaheri was a mere 15
years old when he began his Islamic studies in the
Hawza Ilmiyyah of Isfahan. He completed his Arabic studies under the guidance
of the late Hajj Agha Ahmad Muqaddas. His higher studies were conducted under
the guidance of Ayatullah Khadimi, and Ayatullah Fayyad.
Four years later, he moved to Qum to continue his
studies under the supervision of the late scholar to‑Qum Hajj Shaikh Abd
al‑Jawad Jabal al‑Amuli, the late Marja Ayatullah al‑Uzma
al‑Sayyid Shahab al‑Din Mar'ashi Najafi, and the late Ayatullah
Shaikh Murtada Haeri.
For more than eight years, he studied Dars‑e‑Kharij
under Ayatulldh alUzma al‑Hajj al‑Sayyid Husain Burujerdi, and
then ten years under Ayatullah al‑Uzma al‑Haj al‑Sayyid
Ruhullah Musawi Khumayni, and twelve years under Ayatullah al‑Uzma al‑Hajj
al‑Sayyid Muhammad Muhaqqiq Damad. He also studied the book Al‑Asfar written by Mullah Sadra
and ash‑Shifa of Abu 'Ali Sind
under the late Allamah al‑Sayyid Muhammad Husain Taba'taba'i ‑
author of Al‑Mizan Fi Tafsir al‑Qur'an.
Since 1980, he has been teaching the higher classes
of Fiqh and Usul, and he recently moved back to Isfahan to take over the
responsibility of maintaining the Hawza Ihniyyah there.
This great teacher of Islamic Ethics has lectured
extensively in Iran on ethics and spirituality. In addition to speaking and
offering advice to the Muslims, many of his speeches have been compiled into
books such as, Jihad Ba Nafs (Struggle
with the Soul ‑ four volumes),
Upbringing of Children, Commentary on Dua al‑Kumayl, Control of One's
Sexual Urges, Maad (Resurrection) in the Qur'an, and countless others.
