In the Name of God, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful

A Brief Account of the Life of- is Eminence

Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Fazel Lankarani

- is eminence, Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Fazel Lankarani, son of Grand Ayatullah Fazel Lankarani( may his soul rest in peace )the great marja') religious authority (of the Shia world was born in the holy city of Qum in the year 1431 A.-./ 2691 C. E.

- e completed his primary education in Qum and Yazd.- e continued his scientific studies until the year 6531 A.-./ 7791 C. E. when he received his Bachelors of Science. In addition to his high school education he also undertook theological studies in the Islamic Seminary of Qum. Despite the revolution of the Muslim nation of Iran when- owza classes very regularly off he, by virtue of serious endeavors finished the graduate( sutuh )level studies in a relatively short period of time. Afterwards, during the year 1631 A.-./ 2891 C. E. he started to take part in kharij) post- doctorate (level courses in jurisprudence and its principles) fiqh and usool (.- e attended the lectures of his great father and benefitted very much from him.- e also attended the lectures of Grand Ayatullah Waheed Khurasani for seven years.

Furthermore, he attended the classes of Ayatullah- asanzadah Aamuli and Ayatullah Jawadi Aamuli in the fields of exegesis( tafseer )of the- oly Qur'an and philosophy.- e studied the books" Shifaa" and" Asfaar" with these two outstanding teachers and benifitted greatly from them.

For twenty years now he has been teaching and lecturing to a great number of students.- e taught the books:" Ma'aalim" four times," Makaasib" three times and" Kifaayatul Osool" four times.- e has also been teaching fiqh( jurisprudence )and Osool) princilpes of jurisprudence (at the kharij level for the past Fifteen years.- is classes are very popular among the seminary students.

This book studies the casesin which wife inherits the land or deprivats. it is also one of the lessens I have written. finally I hope you can benefit form this book.

This respect

Qom Seminary- Muhammad- asan. Danesh

0102/ 01 October/ 20