Mohammad Reza Nekoonam

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekounam
Born	January 9, 1949 (1949-01-09) Iran, Golpaygan
Website	www.nekoonam.net

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekoonam (Persian: آیت الله محمد رضا نکونام) Iranian Twelver Shi'a Clergy.

Life

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekoonam (Persian: آیت الله محمد رضا نکونام) Iranian Twelver Shi'a Clergy, was born into the physical realm in a family with heavenly attractions and great spiritual states in Golpaygan on January 9, 1949. Since he was three, he was taught by spiritual teachers and distinguished masters of various fields, particularly, Islamic mysticism. Most of them used to live in Tehran and have been the top scholars of Iran.

Teaching experiences

Ayatollah Nekoonam has been teaching over 40 years at Qom Seminary. Some of the main areas where he has written many books on include fiqh (advanced Islamic jurisprudence), usul (advanced Islamic principles), Islamic mysticism, philosophy, moral philosophy, sociology, economics, history, politics, psychology, law, studies of angels and jinn, dream interpretation, poetry, music, women, seminaries, medicine, Koranic exegesis, etymology, etc.

Publication

Ayatollah Nekoonam has started writing since childhood. “What Do Literalists (Ikhbari) and Principlists (Usuli) Say?” which caught distinguished scholars’ attention at that time was the first book he wrote at the age of 11. So far, he has published 800 books 200 of which have already been published in Persian and Arabic. The rest are in print. Furthermore, a selection of his works are under translation into English.

Some of his works are as follows

Islamic Catechism (2 vols), Fiqh-written of Singing and Music (10 vols), Medicinal Law, Women; Ever-oppressed of History (4 vols), 30 other books on women-related issues, Dream Interpretation (5 vols), Newly established Law (2 vols), Koranic Exegesis (50 vols), the Red Travel (20 vols) and his poetic book (15 vols) comprising over 30000 lines and...

Teachers

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Golpaygani, Mohammad Ali Araki, sheykh morteza haere, mirza hashem amoli, seyyed ahmad khansari, milani, adib neyshabori, allameh tabatabai, allameh sha'rani, allameh elahiye qomshei.

External links

• Biography in Persian
• www.nekoonam.ir