Hillah
Sayyid Jamal al-Din Abu al-Fada'il Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Tawus (d. 673 AH) was a leading jurist of Hillah and the brother of Sayyid Radi al-Din Ali ibn Tawus. He…
Sayyid Jamal al-Din Abu al-Fada'il Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Tawus (d. 673 AH) was a leading jurist of Hillah and the brother of Sayyid Radi al-Din Ali ibn Tawus. He descended from Sayyiduna al-Hasan ibn Ali through al-Hasan al-Muthanna, and his students included al-Allama al-Hilli and Ibn Dawud al-Hilli. His works include Bushra al-Muhaqqiqin on law and Hall al-Ishkal on the narrators of hadith. His shrine stands in the centre of Hillah, on al-Ra'y Street in the al-Jibawin area, a few minutes' walk from the shrine of his grandfather Warram ibn Abi Firas.