The College of Archaeology at Al-Qadisiyah University holds a scientific symposium on Sheikh Jaafar Al-Badri, his life and scientific works.

Under the patronage of the President of Al-Qadisiyah University, Professor Dr. Rahi Kalf Mahdi Al-Yasiri, and under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Archaeology, Assistant Professor Dr. Rajwan Faisal Al-Mayali, the College of Archaeology at Al-Qadisiyah University, in cooperation with the Southern Heritage Center affiliated with the Department of Islamic and Human Knowledge Affairs at the Al-Abbas’s (p) Holy Shrine, held a scientific symposium entitled “Sheikh Jaafar Al-Badiri: His Life and Scientific Works.” The symposium featured Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Badiri. The symposium reviewed the biography of the scholar Sheikh Jaafar bin Ahmed bin Saif Al-Badiri (d. 23 Sha’ban 1369 AH), one of the leading figures in jurisprudence and ijtihad in the fourteenth century AH and one of the leading scholars of Diwaniyah Governorate. He traveled to the holy city of Najaf in search of knowledge and studied under prominent scholars such as Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Al-Kadhimi and Sheikh Muhammad Taha Najaf. He eventually attained the degree of ijtihad and assumed the position of Imam of the congregation in the holy Al-Haidari shrine. The symposium was attended by academics. A distinctive cultural event, with the participation of a number of researchers and undergraduate and graduate students, in addition to the presence of a group of social figures and tribal figures in Diwaniyah Governorate. The symposium included rich scientific discussions about the role of southern scholars in supporting the religious seminary in Najaf Al-Ashraf, and the importance of documenting and reviving their scientific and intellectual heritage.