Mohsen Fayz Kashani
Persian philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Mul·lā "al-Muḥsin" "al-Fayḍ" al-Kāshānī was an Iranian Twelver Shi'i Muslim, mystic, poet, philosopher, and muhaddith . Life Mohsen Fayz Kashani was born in Kashan to a scholarly family renowned for its learning, Fayz started his education with his father, Shah Morteza. His father owned a rich library which benefited Fayz. When he reached the age of twenty, he travelled to Isfahan for further study. However, after a year in Isfahan, he moved to Shiraz to study Hadith and Fiq under Majid Bahrani, one of the leading Shi'ite scholars of his time. Bahrani died a few months later, and Fayz returned to Isfahan where he joined the circles of great scholar Shaikh Bahai and studied philosophy under Mir Damad. After performing the hajj, he stayed a short time before returning to Persia.
