Abbas Mahfouzi
 Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1928 (age 95–96) |
| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Website | http://www.mahfoozi.ir |
Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi (Arabic: آيت الله العظمى عباس محفوظى) (born 1928) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.[1][2][3] He has studied in seminars of Qom, Iran under Imam Khomeni , Grand Ayatollah Houssein Borujerdi and Mirza Hashem Amoli.[4][5]
Biography
Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi was born in Rudsar, a city in Iran. He started the education of Quran in his childhood. For Higher education he went to Rudsar Seminary. Later he travelled to Qom and studied in Seminars of Qom under Imam Khomeni, Houssein Borujerdi, Mirza Hashem Amoli, Mohammad Reza Golpaygani and Houssein Ali Montezari. He was a firm supporter of Supreme Leader Imam Khomeni and he supported Imam Khomeini during 1979 Iranian Revolution.[6][7]
See also
- List of current Maraji
- List of Ayatollahs
- List of members in the First Term of the Council of Experts
References
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Biography
- ^ "List of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ زندكى نامه حضرت آيت الله العظمى عباس محفوظى
- ^ آيت الله عباس محفوظى
- ^ Another Biography[permanent dead link]
- ^ Biography in English
External links
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