Yadollah Yazdanpanah

Professor at Seminary and University

Yadollah Yazdanpanah was born in 1342 SH (1963/1964) in the city of Amol and began his studies at the Islamic Seminary of Qom in 1361 SH (1982/1983). He studied fiqh and uṣūl under such eminent figures as Grand Ayatollahs Haj Sheikh Javad Tabrizi (may God have mercy on him) and Sayyid Ahmad Madadi (may his blessings endure), and studied the intellectual sciences under Ayatollahs Hasan-zadeh Amoli and Javadi Amoli (may their blessings endure). Professor Yazdanpanah has been teaching in the seminary and university since 1371 SH (1992/1993). Hujjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin Yazdanpanah is a member of the Supreme Council of Islamic Wisdom and heads its Department of Mysticism.