Al-Hilli

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Jamal ad-Din Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn 'Ali ibn Muthahhar al-Hilli (Arabic: جمال الدين الحسن بن يوسف الحلي) (December 15, 1250 - December 18, 1325) was a Shi'ite theologian.

Al-Hilli was born in Al Hillah, where he studied philosophy, theology and sharia (Islamic law). In 1305, Al-Hilli emigrated to Persia. He converted the Ilkhanate ruler Öljeitü from Sunni to Shi'a Islam, and as a result, Öljeitü proclaimed Shi'ite Islam as the state religion in Persia.

Al-Hilli wrote more than 500 works on theology and religion. Most famous is Treatise of the principle of Shi'ite Theology (Al-Bab al-Hadi 'Ashar). His works are standard references in the study of Shi'a Islam and are still used as textbooks in Iran.

[edit] Controversy

There is controversy about the teachings of Al-Hilli at Hawza Ilmiyya of London, a religious school, which has a sister institution, the Islamic College for Advanced Studies (ICAS), which offers a degree validated by Middlesex University.

THE DOCTRINE - of ritual impurity

‘The water left over in the container after any type of animal has drunk from it is considered clean and pure apart from the left over of a dog, a pig, and a disbeliever’

‘There are ten types of filth and impurities: urine, faeces, semen, carrion, blood of carrion, dogs, pigs, disbelievers’

‘When a dog, a pig, or a disbeliever touches or comes in contact with the clothes or body [of a Muslim] while he [the disbeliever] is wet, it becomes obligatory- compulsory upon him [the Muslim] to wash and clean that part which came in contact with the disbeliever’

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[edit] See also

• List of Ayatollahs

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22242
2. ^ http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/011099.php
3. ^ http://blogmeisterusa.mu.nu/archives/172938.php
4. ^ http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6835
5. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article707299.ece
6. ^ http://www.themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=6B167CA92ABA99FB59CB983B&MENUID=TOPNEWS&DESCRIPTION=Front%20Page%20News

• Hilli, al-. (2006). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 21, 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service [1]