Shahid Awwal

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The first martyr (Arabic: ash-Shahid-el-Awwal الشهيد الأول). His name is Mohammad Bin Makki el-'Ameli (Arabic: محمد بن مكي العاملي), one of the greatest Shi'a scholars. He was born in 734 A.H (ca. 1334 ) in Jabal 'Amel. He was killed on Thursday the ninth of Jumada al-awwal, 786 A.H. (ca. 1385). He was unjustly accused to be a Nusayri and legitimizing wine among other things as shi'ism was not allowed. He was killed by the sword then crucified and then stoned in Damascus in the days of the Sultan Barquq after he was imprisoned one full year. Due to the crusaders wars the area was suffering from poverty and ignorance was rampant as the Mamlukes took over and established a despotic rule in the region. The Shi'a schools were banned and almost detoriarated in Jabal 'Amel. When Mohammad bin Makki was 16 years old he ventured to al-Hilla in Iraq where he was certified by Fakhr-elMuHaqiqeen the son of the famous al-Hilli. By the age 21, he returned to Jabal 'Amel and was already certified to narrate hadiths by many other famous scholars of Shi'a and Sunni doctrines of Najaf, Hebron, Makka, Medina, Quds, Damascus, and Baghdad. He also built good relations with Sultan Ali bin-el-mu'ayyad (Arabic: علي بن المؤيد) of Khorasan. While imprisonned he wrote the most famous shi'a book of the time and still referenced to today The Damascene Glitter(Arabic:allam'a-d-Dimashqiyaاللمعة الدمشقية) in which he combined all religious practices according to shi'a school of thought. It is said that he wrote it in seven days.