Morvarid was born in
Mashhad to the clerical Morvarid family, his father was Sheikh Ali Morvarid, son of Sheikh Ali-Akbar Morvarid. His mother was Halima Qodrati, daughter of Mulla Ali Qodrati. His brother, Ali-Asghar Morvarid was a prominent cleric and author. His cousin Sheikh
Hasanali Morvarid was a renowned religious scholar.
Education He carried out his primary seminary studies in Mashhad, under his grandfather Sheikh Ali-Akbar, and Sheikhs Hashim and Mujtaba Qazwini. He then travelled to
Najaf and studied under Sayyid
Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari. He also travelled to
Qom to continue his advanced seminary studies under Muhaqiq al-Damad, Sayyid
Hossein Borujerdi, Sayyid
Muhammad-Husayn Tabatabaei, Sheikh
Wahid Khursani, Sheikh
Husayn-Ali Montazeri, Mirza
Jawad Tabrizi and Sheikh
Ali Meshkini. In November 1948, he began to deliver sermons across different cities in Iran. == Personal life ==