Productive Winter for the Center

The start of this season followed the beginning of introductory lessons to contemporary jurisprudence, transformational and precise progress in advancing the scientific level of study in the Islamic seminary with an unexpected welcome by the respected teachers and students.

Following this progress, several meetings were held with teachers and different educational departments which was welcomed by the professors and elders and the admirable progress of the Department of Contemporary Jurisprudence (Fiqh). Many of these respected people welcomed further co-operation with this transformational endeavours. The original aim of these meetings was to request a greater presence of the respected elders in lessons and research pertaining to contemporary jurisprudence.

As an example from the held meetings, the meeting held with Ayatullah Jawādī Āmuli took place with the head of the Islamic seminaries. This meeting extended the specified time and the respected Ayatullah presented strategic discussions and after being acquainted with all the activities undertaken by the center of contemporary jurisprudence and a request for his greater presence, Ayatullah Jawādī Āmuli announced that with the Grace of Allah, he will begin advanced contemporary jurisprudential lessons from this year.

Another meeting, with the co-operation of Ayatullah A’rāfī, was held in the presence of Ayatullah Subhānī. With emphasis that he had previously taken steps to run advanced lessons in contemporary issues and its results published in his books of Ijtihād, he expressed his devotion and promised his additional assistance in both introductory lessons in contemporary jurisprudence as well as in advanced lessons of philosophy so that competent teachers would take a step forward in teaching.

One of the other meetings that took place was in the presence of Hujjatul Islām wal Muslimeen Shahristānī (representative of Ayatullah Sistānī) whereby after the activities of the center of contemporary jurisprudence was presented, he advocated for many of these measures and also introduced some teachers for collaboration. One of the future plans is to undertake a more serious intellectual co-operation with these respected teachers.

Furthermore, other meetings were held with different educational institutions such as the office of jurisprudential studies of forensic medicine in which whilst expressing the desire to co-operate, intellectual matters were also discussed to advance the educational level of the seminaries.

Photos of these meetings are presented below: