Muhammad Sa'id al-Habboubi

Sayyid Muhammad Sa'id Al-Habboubi (Arabic: السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي) (1849- 1915) was an Iraqi Poet, Faqīh, and a merchant, born in Najaf to a wealthy family.

Later, he worked in trade, due to his business he had to move often between Najaf and Najad.

Habboubi quit poetry when he reached forty, and spent rest of his life teaching Fiqh in Hawza of the Najaf.

[1] At breakout of the World War I, Al-Habboubi led volunteer groups in the Ottoman Empire against British invading forces, but he died suddenly during the Siege of Kut in 1915.

[citation needed] He was buried in Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf city.