The martyrdom of professor Motahari: teacher day

The martyrdom of professor Motahari: teacher day

The Ordibehesht twelfth coinciding with the martyrdom of Professor Morteza Motahari and the occasion of teacher day
Professor Shahid Morteza Motahari was born in a religious family in Fariman that is located 75 kilometer far from the holy city of Mashhad on the Bahman thirteenth in 1298 Sh. After he passed the stage of his childhood, he went to school and started learning elementary lessons. When he became twelve years old, he went to the theological school of Mashhad and started the basics of learning Islamic sciences.
In spite of the fact that Reza khan was against clergymen strongly and his family and friends would not like, he went to the theological school of Qom so that he could continue his studies in Islamic sciences. He was in Qom for fifteen years and could use the presence of instructors such as deceased Ayatollah Ozma Borujerdi (in jurisprudence and tenets), Hazrat Imam Khomeini (in the philosophy of Molla Sadra, theosophy, ethics and tenets for twelve years) and deceased Allame Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Tabatabaei (in philosophy; the theologies of the treat of Buali and other courses).
In spite of the fact that he was expected that he would become one of well-known and successful instructors in the theological school of Qom in the future, he migrated Tehran in 1331. He started teaching in the school of Marvi, writing and giving talks about research. The first session of the interpretation of the Islamic club of university students was formed by professor Motahari in 1334.
He started teaching at the faculty of theology and Islamic trains of Tehran University at the same year. Since he gave an exciting talk against the king, he was arrested by the police, was sent to the prison for a short time and was imprisoned along with some clergymen of Tehran.
He and other clergymen were freed from the prison after 43 days due to the migration of the clergymen of towns to Tehran and the pressure of people. He issued a statement and it was signed by him and Hazrat Allame Tabatabaei and Aytollah Hajj Sayyed Abolfazl Mojtahed Zanjani in order to collect donations for the refugees of Palestine. When he was announcing it in a talk in the Hosseinieh of Ershad, he was arrested and was in solitary cell for a short time.
He observed the preaching programs of Al-Javad Mosque from 1349 until 1351 and most of time he was a main talker until the mosque and Hosseinieh of Ershad were closed and Professor Motahari was arrested once more. Afterwards, he gave talks in the mosque of Javid, the mosque of Ark and so on. The mosque of Javid was closed after a while as well. He was prohibited to go over pulpits around 1353 and this prohibition continued until the victory of Islamic Revolution.
The most important services of professor Motahari during his useful life were the presentation of the Islamic ideology through teaching, sermonizing and writing books. This affair promoted between years 1351 and 1357 due to the increase of the preaching of left groups, the creation of Muslim left groups and the appearance of the phenomenon of '' eclecticism''.
He retired sooner than due time in 1355 because of his skirmish with a communist professor of theology faculty. Moreover, he founded the society of radical clergymen of Tehran'' during these years with the cooperation of some clergymen. It is hoped that the clergymen of towns can establish such an organization.

Shahid Morteza Motahari

Even though the relationship of professor Motahari was kept with Imam Khomeini through letter and so on after Imam Khomeini was exiled. However, he succeeded to travel Ashraf Najaf in 1355 and to visit Imam Khomeini and to talk to him about the important matters of the revolution and theological schools. After Ayatollah Sayyed Mustafa Khomeini martyred and the new stage of Islamic revolution started, Professor Motahari was in the service of revolution all of time and had a basic role in all of its stages. When Imam Khomeini resorted in Paris, he travelled there and talked to him about the important matters of revolution. In this travel, Imam Khomeini appointed him as the guardian of the formation of the Islamic council.

The martyrdom of professor Motahari

When Imam Khomeini (May God's mercy be upon him) was coming back Iran, he took the responsibility of the committee of welcoming Imam and was with the great Imam of Islamic Revolution as a sympathetic and reliable consultant until the victory of Islamic Revolution. He martyred in 1358 on the Ordibehesht eleventh on Tuesday at 22: 20 when he came out of the political thinking meetings at midnight or the bullet of uneducated and criminal group hit his brain. Imam and the nation of the Islam that were hopeful to that great man suffered from a great grief.
The thoughts of intellectual, Shahid Morteza Motahari, as an educated in the recognition of the Islam, a punctual and sympathetic person and a skillful philosopher have constantly been welcomed by educated persons and youths. He answered the doubts of his time and tried to stand against the deviations of thoughts and beliefs and lost his life on the behalf of his purpose against this scientist great jihad.