Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi

Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn al-Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi al-'Amili
TitleSayyid, Allamah, Mujtahid
Personal life
Born1872,
Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq
Died31 December 1957 Lebanon
Resting placeNajaf, Iraq
EraLate modern period
RegionMiddle East
Main interest(s)Kalam, Tafsir, Hadith, Ilm ar-Rijal, Usul, Fiqh, Dawah, Pan-Islamism
Notable work(s)al-Muraja'at, Masa'il Fiqhiyya, al-Fusul al-Muhimah fi Ta'lif al-Ummah, Al-Nass wa l-ijtihad, Al-Kalimat al-gharra' fi tafdil al-Zahra, others
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationShia Islam
JurisprudenceTwelver Ja'fari jurisprudence
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Ayatollah Al Sayyed Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi, (Abdel Hussein Charafeddine, Sharafeddine, or Sharafeddin) (Arabic: آية اللّٰه السيد عبدالحسين شرف الدين الموسوي العاملي (المقدس)), was a Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar who has widely been considered a social reformer, "activist", and modern founder of the city of Tyre in Southern Lebanon. He was known for his nonviolent efforts against the French mandate in Lebanon, for which the French encouraged an unsuccessful assassination attempt against him.