His father, the late Ayatullah Mulla Muhammad al-Jawad as-Safi was a well known "Alim" and an "Arif".
His mother was Fatima, a noble woman, poet, and a lover of the Ahlul-Bayt and the daughter of Ayatullah Akhund Mullah Muhammad 'Ali - the roommate and study partner of the late Ayatullah al-Uzma Mirza Shirazi.