Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Milani (Arabic: علي الحسيني الميلاني; Persian: على حسينى ميلانى; b. July 1948) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia scholar.

He is the founder of the Center for Islamic Facts in Qom. He is also the author of many books on the Islamic theology.^[1]

Al-Milani was born to a prominent religious family, that emigrated from Medina, and settled in Milan, Iran in the 14th century. Al-Milani's great ancestor was Ali al-Asghar, the son of the fourth Shia Imam, Ali Zayn al-Abideen.^[2]

Al-Milani was born in Najaf in 1948. His father was Sayyid Nur al-Din al-Milani, an alem who used to occasionally lead the prayers at the Imam Husayn shrine. His grandfather was Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Milani, a leading Shia scholar in Iraq and Iran.^[3]

Al-Milani studied in the Islamic seminary of Karbala, and Najaf. He studied under scholars like Sayyid Zain Al-Abidin al-Kashani, Sayyid Hassan al-Tabatabaei al-Qomi, Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Ardebili, Sheikh Ali Muhammad al-Boroujerdi, Sayyid Nur al-Din Al-Milani, and Sayyid Abu Al-Qasim al-Khoei.^[3]

He went to Iran on the orders of his grandfather, and he attended his research in Mashhad. He remained with his grandfather until he died in 1975. al-Milani then relocated to the city of Qom. He studied in Islamic jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic jurisprudence under scholars like Sayyid Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani, Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Sheikh Kazem Tabrizi, Sheikh Murtadha al-Ha'eri, and Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Rohani.^[3]

• The Promised Savior: An Inquiry Into The Imamate of Imam Mahdi (as) From The Viewpoint of Muslim Thinkers
• A Critical Assessment of Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
• A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum's Marriage to Umar
• A Distortion in Thaqalain Tradition
• Fabricated Traditions
• Ghadir as Narrated by Ahlul Bayt (a.s.)
• The Truth about the 'Companions'
• Prohibition of Two Lawful Pleasures: A Critical Assessment of Prohibition of Mut'a of Hajj and Mut'a Marriage