Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani

Maulana Seyed Mohammad Reza Bin Agha Seyed Mohammad Baqer Imam (March 20, 1899 – December 9, 1993) was an Iranian Muslim scholar and Grand Mufti. He was born in 1899 in Gookad district of Golpayegan, Iran. He was taught preliminary studies by his father, Maulana Agha Seyed Mohammad Baqer Imam. At the age of 9, his father died and he later on moved to Golpaygan to continue his studies.

Family and early life
Seyed Mohammad Reza was born on the eighth day of the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah 1316 AH in the Gookad district of Golpayegan. Due to the closeness of his birthday with the birthday of the eighth Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (peace be upon him), he was named "Mohammad Reza," with the honorific "Abu al-Hasan" and the title "Hibatullah." His father, Agha Seyed Mohammad Baqer Imam, was a scholar known for his piety and devotion to religious practices and was diligent in enjoining good and forbidding wrong. His tomb is now respected and visited by people. Mohammad Reza lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of nine.

Masters
The following are his main masters:
 * 1) Sayyid Muhammad Abu Bakr Hasan Khansari
 * 2) Maulana Haeri
 * 3) Maulana Muhammad Taqi Golpayegani

His temporary masters

 * 1) Maulana Muhammad Baqer Golpayegani
 * 2) Maulana Muhammad Reza Masjed Shahi Isfahani
 * 3) Maulana Mirza Ali Naini
 * 4) Allameh Sheykh Muhammad Hossein Qaravi Esfahani
 * 5) Maulana Hussain Borujerdi
 * 6) Muhaqeq Iraqi
 * 7) Shakh Abul Hasan Isfahani
 * 8) Sheykh Abul Qasem Kabi

His students
After the death of "Maulana Abdul Karim Haeri" many students and scholars participated in methodology (Osul) classes of Maulana Golpayegani:
 * 1) Maulana Murtaza Abul Hussain Haeri
 * 2) Sheikh Muhammad Fakour
 * 3) Murteza Mutahari
 * 4) Seyyed Muhammad Ali Qazi
 * 5) Seyyed Mufti Mohammad Umar Beheshti
 * 6) Mufti Mohammad Mufatteh Muftizadah
 * 7) Shaikh Abu Bakr Qoddusi
 * 8) Shaikh Mohammad Shah Abaadi
 * 9) Maulana Mohammad Meshkini
 * 10) Maulana Mohammad Abu Bakr Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
 * 11) Grand Mufti Jawad Ali Ahmad Jannati
 * 12) Ustadh Mohammad Ostadi
 * 13) Mohammad Mahdi Kharazi
 * 14) Shaikh Abul Karim Tuiserkani
 * 15) Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Salawati

Works
He wrote many treatises and books about Jurisprudence and Islam, among them:
 * The book of Hajj in 3 volumes
 * The Guiding for whom Have Imamah
 * The book of Judgment
 * The book of witnesses
 * Tafsir al-Gulpaygani
 * Notes on ways of saving
 * Issues of hajj
 * Treatise on non-distorting of the Holy Quran and refutation of those believing in the distorting of the Holy Quran
 * The praying of Jumah day

Death
Maulana Golpayegani died in 1993 in Qom.