Al-Allama al-Hilli, born Jamal ad-Din al-Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn Ali ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli in Hillah, Iraq, in December 1250, was an Iraqi Arab scholar of Twelver Shia Islam known as the Sage of Hillah. He was one of the most influential Twelver Shia scholars of his time and an early mujtahid, a jurist qualified for independent legal reasoning within Shia jurisprudence; later sources retrospectively applied to him the title Ayatollah, a title that originated centuries after his death. He is credited with roughly 120 documented works, with some sources attributing him more than a thousand, on Islamic law, theology and Quranic commentary. Around 1305 he moved to the Ilkhanate court in Persia, where he promoted Twelver Shiism and is credited with persuading the Ilkhan ruler Oljaitu to convert to it around 1309 to 1310, a conversion that raised Twelver Shiism's standing until the Safavid dynasty made it the state religion in 1501. He died in Hillah in December 1325.
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Roleleading Twelver theologian and mujtahid 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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Why is Al-Allama al-Hilli important to Twelver Shia law and theology?
He built reasoned theology into Twelver Shiism and brought ijtihad into its jurisprudence.
Al-Allama al-Hilli was a Twelver Shia jurist and theologian based in Hillah in southern Iraq. In his theological works he argued for the main Twelver doctrines primarily from logic and reason, and this extensive use of reason rather than traditional textual sources became the dominant mode of theological discourse in Twelver Shiism from his time onward. In legal theory he showed extensive originality by incorporating the previously disparaged term ijtihad, independent legal reasoning, into Shia jurisprudence, and his legal works were the subject of much commentary.
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Introduction
He was a leading Twelver theologian and an influential early mujtahid in Shiʿi jurisprudence.
Introduction (nationality)
of Iraqi Arab descent
Introduction (birth year)
23 or 25 December 1250
Introduction (birthplace)
Hillah, Iraq
Infobox: death_date
27 or 28 December 1325 (aged 75)
Introduction (death place)
Hillah, Iraq
Introduction, field of law
He is credited with roughly 120 documented works, with some sources attributing him more than a thousand, on Islamic law, theology and Quranic commentary.
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Wikidata Q290506, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1250-12-30
Wikidata Q290506, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1326-01-04
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