Muḥammad Bāqir aṣ-Ṣadr is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Muḥammad Bāqir aṣ-Ṣadr as Iraqi Shia cleric, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party (1935-1980)(55 yrs).
Muḥammad Bāqir aṣ-Ṣadr was born at Kadhimiya in 1935. His recorded nationality is Ba'athist Iraq. He studied at Najaf Seminary.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at Najaf Seminary.
The recorded fields of work are fiqh, philosophy and economics.
Among his principal works are Falsafatuna and Iqtisaduna. A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Ba'athist Iraq matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Muḥammad Bāqir aṣ-Ṣadr died in 1980, aged 45. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Falsafatuna
- Notable work: Iqtisaduna
- Held posts at Najaf Seminary
- Fields: fiqh, philosophy and economics
