Sheikh Hassan Allahyari

Sheikh Hassan Allahyari (شیخ حسن الله ياري) is an Afghan-born Shia Twelver scholar, YouTube personality, and debater currently living in the USA. He is known for his extreme and orthodox religious speeches, particularly on Youtube, Facebook, and other social media platforms in Farsi, Arabic, Urdu, and English.

He is one of the few Shia scholars who currently follow the orthodox Akhbari school of thought, which involves following the Quran and Hadith (nass) of Infallibles in each and every part of religious belief, practice, and opposes usuli concepts of ijtehad, taqlid, and guardianship of Jurist. He is popular among the Shia and Sunni population for debating staunchly on topics of disagreements among Shia and Sunni.

Early Life and Education

Though he does not talk much about his early life, he was born in Kabul, and his family emigrated during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and got settled in the USA.

He moved to Najaf for studying Shia jurisprudence under Shaykh Fayadh and also to Hawza of Qom under Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani, etc. He studied for a few years and, while he researched deeply on the primary Shia literature.

According to him, "the majority of courses taught in Shi’a seminaries (hawza) are useless and a regrettable waste of precious time". Also, "Most subjects are fake talks guised in complex terminology that are presented as genuine knowledge and guidance; many courses contain heresies like Tasawwuf, Irfan etc, that take the student away from the Noble Imams, may Allah bless their names"

Ahl e bait TV

Ahle Bait Tv was a non-profit channel that broadcasts from San Diego, California, USA, and was launched by Hassan Allahyari, in which he used to have live programs and recently shifted to media platform. The TV channel used to have offices in Tehran, Isfehan and other places. This TV channel used to conduct speeches, QnA sessions, and debates particularly with Sunni personalities using mostly a staunch approach. He also attends live calls after every speech and answers all types of queries related to each topic.

The Clergy Court in Iran closed the offices of this network in Isfahan, Qom, and Mashhad on the charge of revealing the division between Shiites and Sunnis, and subsequently, some of the network's affiliates were arrested. Abtv was accused of being affiliated with American Intelligence and getting financial support to push the cause of Israel and conspiring against the Islamic Republic. Allahyari calls these accusations false and responds to them by saying "since they cannot defend their stance in front of me, so they want to distort my image in front of the Shia population"

Positions

Against Sunni - Extreme criticism of Sunni Sect by providing valid documents from the opposition argument from Sunni books, that first three caliphs after Prophet Muhammad saws were false caliphs and urge Sunni clerics to come and defend their believes. He repeatedly announces "if one of the Sunnis can prove the caliphate of Abu bakr, he will shut down his network and become Sunni." He also uses staunch language for Aisha, Hafsa (wives of Prophet Muhammad) as hypocrites and provides proof from Sunni sources. He had many debates live with different Sunni scholars on different topics of disagreement in different languages.

Against Marjaiyyat Hassan Allahyari emphasises on the promotion of Shiism centered on demonstrations such as the guardianship of the Ahl al-Bayt and the declaration of acquittal of their enemies, which is Tawalla and Tabarah, and not believing in the unity between the Shia and the Sunnis. Nothing but only the tradition and expression of Ahle bait has authority, and one can only be acquitted in front of God by following their path. The personal opinion (fatwa) of Mujtahid or, in fact, any fallible person has no authority in any part of Shia religion. Thus, he is a staunch opponent of Usuli concepts of Taqlid, Ijtehad, Marjaiyyat and announces these concepts as betrayal, innovation, and disbelief, accusing Mujtahids of declaring their fatwas obligatory for Shia in the time of occultation, and remove them from the right path of Imams. He had many debates on the topic of Taqlid and Marjaiyyat with different usuli Shia clerics of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan in different languages.

Against Wilayat e Faqih and Islamic Republic of Iran

Strong opposition to the regime of the Islamic Republic, Wilayat Faqih, Khomieni's Revolution. According to him, every revolution before the emergence of the twelfth Shia Imam from occultation is fraud, un-Islamic, and against the teachings of Quran and Sunnah. Many lectures and debates are present on his YouTube channels.

Against mysticism, Irfan, philosophy

Strong rejection of Islamic philosophy and mysticism, Irfan based on authentic and Quranic narrative documentation. According to him, Mujtahids of Hawza has corrupted Shiaism by perpetuating the false teachings of Sufi scholars such as Ibn Arabi. He repeatedly says that Sufism, mystic philosophy of Wahdat al-wajood is infidelity and considers all Sufis, whether Shia or Sunnis, as non-Muslims by providing proofs from hadiths of Imam Ridha and other Imams.

Against Ghulat

In the lights of Shia narration, Hassan Allahyari considers anyone Ghali (exaggerator) who believes that Imams are the creators (Khaliq) and sustainers (Raziq) or turning over these affairs to Imams by God. He considers Ghulats as infidels and the worst of creation according to hadiths. Allahyari debated with some of the supporters of these beliefs from Iran and Pakistan.

Permissibility of Marriage of Non-Syed Man to Syed Woman.

More recently, Hassan Allahyari has delivered many lectures and conducted many debates on the matter of permissibility of marriage of Syed Woman to Non-Syed Man in the lights of Shia hadiths. As many of the Shias in Pakistan believe that this marriage is invalid and Haram as Syed (people in the lineage of Prophet Muhammad) are purer than non-Syed. Allahyari considers this belief as innovation of some Pakistani Shia orators and frequently debated with some of them.

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