# Alireza Feyz

Alireza Feyz (1925 – March 3, 2019) was an Iranian author, researcher of Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic philosophy, professor at the University of Tehran and jurist.

## Birth

Alireza Feyz, son of Ayatollah Mirza Mohammad Feyz and descendant of Mohsen Fayz Kashani, was born on 1925 in Qom, Iran.

## Education

From the age of five to seven, Alireza Feyz went to a local Maktabkhaneh in Qom to learn primary concept of Islamic studies. Then he studied in Mohammadieh Elementary and High School in Qom and got his diploma there. In addition to studying in high school, he studied in the Qom Seminary and gained knowledge from several professors. From 1938 to 1953 he studied advanced concepts of Islamic jurisprudence and principles for 15 years in Qom Seminary and Hawza Najaf. He also studied Islamic philosophy with master Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai. In 1950, with the permission of eminent scholars such as Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Mohaqeq Damad and Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Khansari, he reached the level of ijtihad. In the meantime, he taught at some levels of Arabic literature, logic, Islamic jurisprudence, and Principles of Islamic jurisprudence in addition to his studies. In the late 1950s he came to Tehran and entered University of Tehran to study Islamic philosophy there. In 1953, he completed his bachelor's degree in Islamic philosophy and began teaching again in the Qom Seminary. With the opening of the doctoral course in Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran, he was one of the first students of this course in the field of philosophy. He continued his education in this field until doctorate degree. Then he wrote his doctoral dissertation entitled "Critique of Aristotle's logic" and obtained his PhD in Islamic philosophy from Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran in 1963.

## Career

From 1957, when he was a PhD course student, he taught Principles of Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic jurisprudence at the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies in University of Tehran, and finally reached the rank of full professor. For almost 20 years, he was the director of the Department of Jurisprudence and Fundamentals of Islamic Law in University of Tehran. He continued his scientific activity with universities for about 35 years. In 1981, he was praised by Ali Khamenei then President of Iran as an exemplary professor, and in 1991, as a distinguished professor at the University of Tehran, he received a plaque of honor from Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani then President of Iran. In 2003 he was selected as a permanent figure at Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and law.
During Iranian Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the officer's college and was in charge of teaching Islamic criminal jurisprudence, reviewing books and textbooks in that college.
With the start of the Dehkhoda Dictionary project, he collaborated for 12 years in preparing 14 volumes of the dictionaries.
These are some of his other activities: member of Academy of Sciences of Iran, member of The Organization for Researching and Composing University textbooks in the Humanities, member of The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, collaboration with University of Islamic Denominations, Representative of the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies in the Committee for the Promotion of Professors of the University of Tehran, collaboration with Tehran School of Law and Political Science, collaboration with Tarbiat Modares University, collaboration with University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services, collaboration with Islamic Azad University.
He retired from the University of Tehran in 2001.