Shaykh Abdul Karim Al-Haeri was born in 1964 in Karbala, Iraq, into a religious family known for its piety and scholarship. He began his studies in Karbala and later moved to Iran, enrolling in the Qom Seminary in 1980. Shaykh Al-Haeri studied under renowned scholars, including Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Shirazi and Ayatollah Sheikh Ahmad Bayani. He received Ijtihad certificates from prominent figures like Ayatollah Musa Shubayri Zanjani, Ayatollah Sheikh Nouri Hamadani, and others. He has been teaching in the Qom Seminary since 2002 and is recognized for his scholarly expertise, humility, and teaching abilities in Islamic jurisprudence, hadith, and narratology.