Abolqasem Alidoost

Professor at Seminary

Ayatollah Abolqasem Alidoost was born in 1340 SH (1961/1962) in the city of Abarkuh, in Yazd Province. He entered school at the age of seven and completed his primary education in five years. After finishing primary school, in the summer of that same year, a seminary was opened in Abarkuh, and he began his seminary studies from that time. In 1354 SH (1975/1976), he entered the Shiraz Seminary, where he became acquainted with Ayatollah Shahid Dastgheib (may God have mercy on him) and continued his seminary studies at the Imaniyeh School in Shiraz under the supervision of Shahid Dastgheib, and he participated in the lessons of his brother, Ayatollah Sayyid Mahdi Dastgheib. At the same time, he also studied under Haj Aqa Sayyid Hashem (the son of Shahid Dastgheib) at the Hakim School. In 1355 SH (1976/1977), he migrated to the city of Qom. He learned most of the courses on al-Rasa'il, al-Makasib, and al-Kifayah under Ayatollah Sotudeh, and some of them from Ayatollahs Karimi Jahromi and Salavati. From 1361 SH (1982/1983), he attended advanced courses (Dars-e Kharij) and studied the principles of jurisprudence privately for two years under Ayatollah Khatam Yazdi. His teachers have included Ayatollahs Fazel Lankarani, Mirza Javad Tabrizi, Naser Makarem Shirazi, and mainly Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani. He studied philosophy through Sharh al-Manzumah of Mulla Hadi Sabzevari under Ayatollahs Gerami and Ansari Shirazi, and al-Asfar al-Arba'ah under scholars such as Ayatollahs Javadi Amoli, Hassan-zadeh Amoli, Mohammadi Gilani, Ansari Shirazi, and Mesbah Yazdi. From 1362 SH (1983/1984), he officially began teaching al-Suyuti's book at the al-Mahdi School in Qom, which was administered under the supervision of Ayatollah Golpaygani. After that, he taught al-Suyuti's book, Mughni, and general intermediate-level books at schools such as Rasul Akram (may peace be upon him and his family), Razaviyeh, Itrat, Masumiyeh, and others. In 1371-72 SH (1992-1993), he began teaching al-Rasa'il and al-Makasib at the school of Ayatollah Golpaygani. He then taught Kifayat al-Usool at the Imam Muhammad Baqir (peace be upon him) Jurisprudential School. He started specialized teaching of Quranic exegesis in 1377 SH (1998/1999) at the Specialized Center for Exegesis, and teaching the philosophy of exegesis in 1390 SH (2011/2012) at the Khātam al-Awṣiyā (may God hasten his relief) Higher School. He began teaching advanced principles of jurisprudence (Kharij al-Usool) in 1375 SH (1996/1997), advanced jurisprudence (Kharij al-Fiqh) in 1382 SH (2003/2004), and the philosophy of jurisprudence in 1389 SH (2010/2011) at the Khātam al-Awṣiyā (may God hasten his relief) Higher School. His specialized fields are Arabic literature, principles of jurisprudence, jurisprudence, Quranic exegesis, and philosophy of jurisprudence.