Attaining Piety (Taqwa) - Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi

IUS (Islamic Unity Society) - Ramadan 1431/2010
Attaining Piety (Taqwa) - Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi
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Brief Biography
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Sayed Mohammad Mahdi Al-Husseini Al-Modarresi was born in Kuwait in 1977. He comes from a scholarly family which includes supreme religious jurists (Marja'a) such as Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Taqi Al-Modarresi. His father is Ayatollah Sayyed Hadi Al-Modarresi, a prominent scholar, speaker, author, and ideologist in the Islamic world, who has written over 200 books. His well known family have been distinguished members of the Hawza (Islamic seminaries) of Karbala, Iraq for many years. Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi's lineage can be traced back to the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through his grandson Imam Hussain (PBUH).
Since the early years, Sayed Al-Modarresi has accompanied his father in most of his visits, gatherings, and classes, both public and private. His father took care of him and was both his teacher and spiritual master. Under his tutelage, Sayed Al-Modarresi followed a solid traditional curriculum, studying, step-by-step, the major classical works on the various disciplines of Islamic law as well as the instrumental disciplines including the English language.
Under the supervision of his father, Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi undertook his religious education in the Islamic Seminary in Damascus, Syria, and in the Islamic Seminary of Qum, Iran from which he graduated as an Islamic scholar. He also undertook his early academic education in the United States of America, finally studying sociology, politics, and philosophy at tertiary level in Australia.
He is the author of 4 books, the first of which entitled "About the Signs of Allah and His Greatness" was published when he was only 15 years old. His first English title is "Say: He is Allah." He was the supervisor of a Islamic committee set up with the task of writing educational material to be distributed to the American and British forces stationed in Iraq in order to inform them about Islam and invite them to better understand its principles and thought.
He has been interviewed in numerous newspaper articles and has appeared on TV programs such as the English service of Iran's SAHAR satellite TV. He has also lectured at universities and colleges on issues relating to Islam and is a strong proponent of interfaith dialogues, engaging in such discussions on a frequent basis with the belief that they are one the most effective methods of bridging the gap between the Muslims who follow the line of Ahl-ul-bayt and members of other religious denominations.
Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi is probably more famous for his Arabic and unique English speeches. He speaks three languages fluently including Arabic, English, and Farsi (Persian). Some of his captivating speeches can be found on this web site at www.modarresi.org/english/speech.
Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi has traveled to over 30 countries all over the world preaching the word of Allah (SWT) and introducing thousands to the light of Ahl-ul-bayt (PBUT). He has lectured across the globe from Detroit to Washington DC, New York, London, Damascus, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Karbala, Baghdad, and many other cities in an effort to introduce the masses to the guidance of the Final Revelation. Sayed Mahdi Al-Modarresi also represents a number of prominent Supreme religious jurists (Maraje'a) who have appointed him as their representative.