Musa al-Sadr

Mūsá aṣ-Ṣadr (4 June 1928 – disappeared on 31 August 1978) ( , , also Musā-ye Sader and Moussa Sadr ) was an Iranian-Lebanese philosopher and Shī‘ah religious leader who disappeared in August 1978. Expectation of the Millennium: Shiʻism in History .

Lebanese imam Musa al-Sadr ( ‎; ‎; 4 June 1928 – disappeared in Libya on 31 August 1978) is a Lebanese-Iranian philosopher and Shi'a religious leader from a long line of distinguished clerics tracing their ancestry back to Jabal Amel . Born in the Chaharmardan neighbourhood of Qom , Iran , he underwent both seminary and secular studies in Iran. He belongs to the Sadr family from Jabal Amel in Lebanon, a branch of Musawi family tracing to Musa Ibn Jaafar , the seventh Shia Imam and ultimately to the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. Therefore, Musa al-Sadr is often styled with the honorific title Sayyid . He left Qom for Najaf to study theology and returned to Iran after the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état . Some years later, Sadr went to Tyre, Lebanon as the emissary of Ayatollahs Borujerdi and Hakim . Fouad Ajami called him a "towering figure in modern Shi'i political thought and praxis". He gave the Shia population of Lebanon "a sense of community". In Lebanon, he founded and revived many organizations including schools, charities, and the Amal Movement . On 25 August 1978, Sadr and two companions departed for Libya to meet with government officials at the invitation of Muammar Gaddafi . The three were last seen on 31 August. They were never heard from again. Many theories exist around the circumstances of Sadr's disappearance, none of which have been proven. Expectation of the Millennium: Shiʻism in History .

Iranian-born Lebanese imam (1928–1978) Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr ( ‎‎; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) is an Iranian-born Lebanese scholar and political leader who founded the Amal Movement . Born in the Chaharmardan neighborhood of Qom , Iran , he underwent both seminary and secular studies in Iran . He belongs to the Sadr family from Jabal Amel in Lebanon, a branch of the Musawi family tracing to Musa Ibn Jaafar , the seventh Shia Imam and ultimately to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. Therefore, Musa al-Sadr is often styled with the honorific title Sayyid . He left Qom for Najaf to study theology and returned to Iran after the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état . Some years later, Sadr went to Tyre, Lebanon as the emissary of Ayatollahs Borujerdi and Hakim . Fouad Ajami called him a "towering figure in modern Shi'i political thought and praxis". He gave the Shia population of Lebanon "a sense of community". In Lebanon, he founded and revived many organizations including schools, charities, and the Amal Movement. On 25 August 1978, Sadr and two companions Sheikh Mohamad Yaacoub and Abaass Bader el dine( fr ) departed for Libya to meet with government officials at the invitation of Muammar Gaddafi . The three were last seen on 31 August. They were never heard from again. Many theories exist around the circumstances of Sadr's disappearance, none of which have been proven. Expectation of the Millennium: Shiʻism in History .