List of current maraji

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This article provides the list of maraji (plural of marja, the supreme legal authority or the source of emulation), followed by Twelver (also known as Imamiyyah) Shia Muslims around the world. The concept of a marja-i taqlid (lit. source of emulation) is central to Usuli Shi'a Islam. [1] Marja-i Taqlids provide religious interpretations on matters of law and rituals. [2] [3] Ideally, the most just and knowledgeable specialist in the field of Islamic law should become recognized throughout the Muslim world as the marja-i taqlid. In practice however this rarely happens and there are several marja taqlids among whom an individual is free to choose and emulate. [2] [3]

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Those clerics who reach the apex in the hierarchy of theological rank in the centers of Shi'a learning become marja-i taqlids. [2] [4] Since around 1940, marja-i taqlids are often referred to by their followers with the honorific title of Ayatollah al-`Uzma (Grand Ayatollah – "ayatollah" meaning "sign of God"). [2] Among the functions of marja-i taqlids is the collection and distribution of religious taxes (zakat and khums). [2] [3]

Current

NoImageNameBirth year
CE [5] 		Birth placeResidenceNotes
1 Hossein Vahid Khorasani, mourning martyrdom of Imam Ali in Qom (41545).jpg Hossein Wahid Khorasani

حسین وحید خراسانی		1 January 1921 (age 104) Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg Nishapur, Guarded Domains of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
2 Ayatollah Hossein Nooro Hamedani by Tasnimnews 02 (cropped).jpg Hossein Noori Hamedani

حسین نوری همدانی		21 March 1925 (age 100) Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg Hamadan, Guarded Domains of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
3 Naser Makarem Shirazi 2016 (cropped).jpg Naser Makarem Shirazi

ناصر مکارم شیرازی		25 February 1927 (age 98) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
4
Grand Ayatollah Mousa Zanjani 5.jpg
Sayyid Mousa Shubayri Zanjani

سید موسی شبیری زنجانی		2 March 1928 (age 97) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Qom, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
5 Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani

محمد رحمتی سیرجانی		1928 (age 96–97) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
6 Ja'far Sobhani j`fr sbHny 04.jpg Ja‘far Sobhani

جعفر سبحانی		9 April 1929 (age 96) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
7 Ali Sistani edit1.jpg Sayyid Ali Husayni Sistani

سید علی حسینی سیستانی		4 August 1930 (age 95) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iraq.svg Najaf, Iraq Official Website [6]
8 Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh

محمد إسحاق فياض 		1930 (age 94–95) Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg Jaghori, Kingdom of Afghanistan Flag of Iraq.svg Najaf, Iraq Official Website
9 Ayatollah Taqi Majlesi Isfahani.jpg Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani

محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى		1930 (age 94–95) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website [7]
10 Abdollah Javadi-Amoli 01.jpg Abdollah Javadi-Amoli

عبدالله جوادى آملى		5 May 1933 (age 92) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Amol, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
11 ayt llh mZhry (30).JPG Hossein Mazaheri

حسین مظاهری		16 November 1933 (age 91) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Isfahan, Iran Official Website
12 Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati

محمد ابراهيم جناتی 		1933 (age 91–92) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
13 `lymHmd dstGyb.jpg Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi

سید علی محمد دستغیب شیرازی		14 March 1935 (age 90) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Shiraz, Iran Official Website
14 Ayatollah Yadollah Duzduzani.jpg Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani

میرزا یدالله دزدوزانی		1935 (age 89–90) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
15 Ayatollah Shamsodin Vaezi.jpg Shamsodin Vaezi

شمس الدین الواعظی		1936 (age 88–89) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
16 `khs ayt llh mHmd `ly grmy.jpg Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi

محمدعلى گرامى قمی		1938 (age 86–87) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
17 Ayatollah Kazem Haeri.jpg Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri

سید كاظم حسينی حائريی		1938 (age 86–87) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
Has officially resigned as Marja [8]
18 Ayatollah Mahdi Khalesi.jpg Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi

محمد مهدي الخالصي		1938 (age 86–87) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq [Official Website]
19 Portrait of Ali Khamenei, October 2016).jpg Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei

سید علی حسینی خامنه ای		19 April 1939 (age 86) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran Official Website
20 Ayatollah Rahimi Azad.jpg Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad

علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد		1939 (age 85–86) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
21 Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari.jpg Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari

شيخ يعسوب دين رستگار جويباری		1940 (age 84–85) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Juybar, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
22 Ayatollah Tahir khaqani.jpg Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani

محمد محمد طاهر آل شبير الخاقاني		1940 (age 84–85) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
23 Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mehr Tabrezi

شیخ خلیل قدسی مهر تبریزی		1940 (age 84–85) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official website [9]
24 Allama Amjad Jauhari1.jpg Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi

سید صادق حسینی شيرازی		20 August 1942 (age 83) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
25 sdllh byt znjny Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani 10 (cropped).jpg Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani

اسدالله بیات زنجانی		23 December 1941 (age 83) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Zanjan, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
26 Ayatollah Shahabadi commemoration ceremony.jpg Dosti Zanjani

دوستى زنجانى		1941 (age 83–84) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Qom, Iran Official Website
27 Ayatollah Karimi Jahromi (2015).jpg Ali Karimi Jahromi

علی کریمی جهرمی		10 April 1942 (age 83) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Jahrom, Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
28 Bashir Hussain Najafi

بشير حسين النجفي		1942 (age 82–83) British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jalandhar, British India Flag of Iraq.svg Najaf, Iraq Official Website
29 Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi

الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي 		1944 (age 80–81) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq -
30 Mohammad Taqi Modaressi.jpg Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi

السيد محمد تقي المدرسي 		1 July 1945 (age 80) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
31 Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib

سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب		25 November 1945 (age 79) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
32 Ayatollah Hassan Baghdadi.jpg Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi

السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي 		1945 (age 79–80) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
33 Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi

السيد علاء الدين الغريفي 		1945 (age 79–80) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
34 Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani

سید محمد حسینی زنجانی		1947 (age 77–78) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Qom, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
35 Ayatollah Saleh Taei.jpg Saleh Taei

صالح الطائي		1948 (age 76–77) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
36 Ali Al-Saleh

علي الصالح		1948 (age 76–77) Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait -
37 syd mHmd jwd `lwy brwjrdy (6).jpg Seyed Javad Alavi Borujerdi  [ fa ]

سید جواد علوی بروجردی		16 April 1951 (age 74) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Qom, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
38 Ayatollah Mohammad Amin Mamqani.jpg Mohammad Amin Mamaqani

محمد أمين المامقاني		10 June 1951 (age 74) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Biography Official Website
39 Ayatollah Jawad Khalesi.jpeg Jawad Khalesi  [ ar ]

جواد الخالصي		13 September 1951 (age 74) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq -
40 Ayatollah Kashani.jpg Khalil Mobasher Kashani

خلیل مبشر کاشانی		1951 (age 73–74) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
41 Sayyid Husayn Esmaeel al-Sadr

السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر 		1952 (age 72–73) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
42 Fadel al-Maliki 2.jpg Fazel Maleki

فاضل المالكي		8 April 1954 (age 71) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
43 Ayatollah Ali Hassani Baghdadi.jpg Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi

سید علي الحسنی البغدادی 		1955 (age 69–70) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website
44 `khs ayt llh ythrby.jpg Seyed Mohammad Yasrebi  [ fa ]

سید محمد یثربی		1955 (age 69–70) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Qom, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website [10]
45 Sayyid Kamal al-Haydari

سید كمال الحیدری		1 January 1956 (age 69) Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website [11]
46 Ayatollah Ghazanfari Khansari.jpg Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari

سید محمد هادي غضنفری خوانساری		1957 (age 67–68) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Biography
47 Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli

سید محسن حجت كابلی		1957 (age 67–68) Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg Kingdom of Afghanistan Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan Official Website [12]
48 Seyyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani enrolls for the Assembly of Experts elections 13940927.jpg Seyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani  [ fa ]

سید محمد امین خراسانی		9 February 1958 (age 67) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Sabzevar, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
49 Mohammad Jamil Hammoud al-Amili

محمد جميل حمود العاملي		1959 (age 65–66) Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut, Lebanon Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Official website
50 Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoobi 1434.jpg Mohammad Yaqoobi

محمد اليعقوبي		9 September 1960 (age 65) Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg Najaf, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Flag of Iraq.svg Najaf, Iraq Official Website
51 Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab

سيد رضا حسینی نسب		1960 (age 64–65) State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Yazd, Imperial State of Iran Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Official Website [13] [14]
52 Ayatollah Movahedi Najafi.jpg Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi

محمد باقر موحدى نجفى		1961 (age 63–64) Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Flag of Iran.svg Iran Official Website
53 Sheikh Sannad.jpg Mohammad al-Sannad  [ fa ]

محمد السند		1962 (age 62–63) Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Official Website

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pike, John. "Twelvers / Ithna Ashari Islamic Schools of Thought". www.globalsecurity.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lara Deeb, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, Princeton University Press, pp.69-70
  3. 1 2 3 Michael W. Suleiman,Arabs in America: Building a New Future, p.55, Temple University Press
  4. ↑ Linda S. Walbridge, The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid, Oxford University Press, p.217
  5. ↑ The abbreviation CE refers to the Common Era solar calendar, while AH refers to the Islamic Hijri lunar calendar.
  6. ↑ "Biography". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28.
  7. ↑ "برچسب مرجع تقلید مراجع عظام - مرجعیت شیعه". baktashienews.blogsky.com.
  8. ↑ "Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr withdraws from political process". Mehr News Agency. 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  9. ↑ "List of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  10. ↑ "Another list of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  11. ↑ "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر حضرت آیت الله العظمی سید کمال حیدری". alhaydari.com.
  12. ↑ "مجموع مراجع الشيعة الأحياء لبداية 2017م مع محل سكناهم ومواقعهم الالكترونية". منتديات يا حسين. 22 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
  14. ↑ Islamopedia [ permanent dead link ] Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab.
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