Supreme Leader Commends Publications of Department for Contemporary Jurisprudence

A comprehensive report outlining the transformative programs of the Department for Contemporary Jurisprudence (Fiqh) (DCF) of the Hawza seminaries, accompanied by 45 volumes of the department’s scholarly works, was presented during a meeting between Alireza Arafi, Director of the Hawza seminaries, and the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

Following several days of review, the Supreme Leader inscribed a handwritten note in the margin of the report:

“In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
The activities are worthy of commendation. Appreciation should be conveyed.”

The letter containing this endorsement was formally sent to the Director of the Hawza seminaries by Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Mohammadi Golpayegani, as reflected in the accompanying document.

After the presentation of the report and the Supreme Leader’s remarks, several additional new titles were unveiled. In total, the works presented can be categorized as follows:

• 20 Persian volumes of advanced ijtihadi research (ijtihad-based scholarship)
• 20 Arabic volumes of advanced ijtihadi research
• 1 English volume of advanced ijtihadi research
• 9 specialized academic volumes

Altogether, the collection now comprises 50 volumes of contemporary fiqh scholarship.

God willing, a formal public unveiling of all newly produced works of contemporary fiqh will be held in the near future, and the books will be made available to interested scholars and readers.