Ayatullah Sayyid Shahabuddin Al-Mar'ashi An-Najafi, born on 20 Safar,
1315, was a model of piety. Whatever came into his hands, he spent it all on
his library, Madrasah, students and teachers. His own expenses were kept within
the limits of his small personal income. Hajj never became wajib on him.
Containing more than 300,000 books and more than 28,000 rare
manuscripts, his library is world famous and an everlasting monument. Ayatullah
Al-Mar'ashi An-Najafi's collection was all done single-handedly, sometimes
selling his robe to buy a rare book.
Another academic memorial is his "Addenda" to Ihqaqul Haqq of
the martyr Nurullah Shustari (Agra). The original work would not take more than
3 volumes. Ayatullah Al-Mar'ashi has extended it to 34 volumes.
He had the unique distinction of having Ijazah of riwayah from nearly
400 mashayekh- Shia, Sunni, Zaidiyah-ranging from Egypt and Jabal 'Amil to
India and Indonesia. He was died on 7 Safar, 1411.
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