Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili

Seyyed Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili
عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی
Mousavi Ardebili in 2015
3rd Chief Justice of Iran
In office 28 June 1981 – 15 August 1989
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Mohammad Beheshti
Succeeded by	Mohammad Yazdi
Attorney-General of Iran
In office 23 February 1980 – 28 June 1981
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Fathollah Banisadr
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 15 August 1983 – 1 December 1991
Constituency	Tehran Province
Personal details
Born	(1926-01-28)28 January 1926 Ardabil, Iran
Died	23 November 2016(2016-11-23) (aged 90) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom
Party	Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republican Party
Education	Qom Seminary
Website	ardebili.com

Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili (Persian: عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی, 28 January 1926 – 23 November 2016) was an Iranian reformist politician and Twelver shi'a marja.

Education and Teaching

He began his religious studies in Ardabil and went to Qom in 1362 AH to continue his education. Two years later, he traveled to Najaf for further seminary studies and returned to Qom in 1367 AH. He returned to Ardabil in 1380 AH and moved to Tehran in 1388 AH. He finally returned to Qom in 1409 AH, where he remained until his death, teaching and writing. His teachers included Seyyed Mohammad Damad, Seyyed Hossein Boroujerdi, Morteza Haeri Yazdi, Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei, Seyyed Mohsen Hakim, Mohammad Kazem Shirazi, Abolghasem Khoei, Mohammad Reza Golpayegani, Mehdi Mazandarani, Seyyed Ahmad Khansari, and Ruhollah Khomeini. His students included Seyyed Mojtaba Rudbari and Seyyed Ali Mohaqeq Damad. He died in Tehran on 23 Safar 1438 AH. His body was then transferred to Qom and buried near the shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh.

works

His works include Fiqh al-Hudud wa al-Ta'zirat (four volumes), Fiqh al-Qada (two volumes), Fiqh al-Diyat, Fiqh al-Qisas, Fiqh al-Shahadat, Fiqh al-Mudarabah, Fiqh al-Shirkah wa al-Ta'min, al-Rasa'il al-Fiqhiyya, Maqalat fi Tafsir al-Qur'an, al-Iqtisad, Jamal Abha fi al-Radd 'ala al-Baha'iyya, Nahj al-Rashad, and Manasik al-Hajj.

Political career

Ardebili was a supporter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and was a friend of his. He made speeches in support of Khomeini in the 1970s. After the Iranian Revolution, he became a founding member of the Islamic Republican Party that was founded in 1979. Khomeini appointed him as chief of justice in 1981 after the impeachment of President Abulhassan Banisadr. As chief justice, he served as a member of the temporary council of the Presidency, along with the Prime Minister and Speaker, carrying out the duties of the president for up to two months.

References

External links

• Is the Ayatullah a Heretic?, Time, Monday, 28 April 1980