His Eminence Ayatullah Uzma haj Shaykh Husayn Wahid Khurasani

An eminent religious scholar of Qum.
His Holiness is teaching the high level of Fiqh (jurisprudence), Osool (princeple)
in the seminary.

Biography

He was born in 1921 in Mashhad.
Having finished the literature lessons, he learned the Sotouh stage from the late
Ayatullah Haj Shaykh Muhammad Nahawandi, then he attended the lectures of the Kharij
stage of the late Ayatullah Mirza Mehdi Isfahani and Ayatullah Ashtiyani.
He also learned rational sciences, philosophy, and theology from the late Mirza Abul
Qasim Ilahi and Agha Mirza Mehdi Ashtiyani. Then he migrated to Najaf Ashraf to
complete his studies; that took place when he was 27 years old. There he attended the
lectures of the late Ayatullah Uzma Agha Mirza Abdul Hadi Shirazi, and Ayatullah Uzma
Hakim, but the main of his knowledge he has took from Ayatullah Uzma Haj Sayyid Abul
Qasim Khou'i, and he later became one of his prominent students.
In 1378 A.H. (1958 A.D.), and after teaching the Sotouh stage for many years, Ayatullah
Khurasani began teaching Fiqh and Usoul of the Kharij stage in Najaf which lasted for
about twelve years. When he returned to Iran, in 1936, he took up residence in Mashhad
and worked in teaching. After a year from that he migrated to the holy city of Qom. He is
now teaching Fiqh and Usoul of the Kharij stage in the Hawzah.