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 the 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]

Those clerics who reach the apex in the hirerachy 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).[2] Among the functions of Marja-i Taqlids is the collection and distribution of religious taxes (zakat and khums).[2][3]

Current

See also: List of Ayatollahs

Note: The list contains those Ayatollahs who have published a resalah, regardless of the number of followers they have. This list is just for sake of reference and should not be accepted as proof of Marjaiyat for enlisted candidates. To choose & decide Marja for religious purposes please refer to the Shia-Islamic Codifix, Sources and People of Knowledge (i.e. Ahle-e-Khoboor). The general consensus on the standard by which a believer chooses the marja he/she wishes to follow requires (among other things) that the marja be the most knowledgeable Shi'i mujtahid in all fields. However, the assessment of the most knowledgeable scholar (alam) is subjective among experts in the field.

The names are ordered by age (from Oldest to youngest).

No Image Name Birth Year
CE[5] 		Birth Year
AH[5] 		Birth Place Education Residence Website Notes
1 Lotfollah Saafi Golpaygani - لطف الله صافی گلپایگانی (1919-02-20) 20 February 1919 (age 105) 1337 Iran Iran Iraq Iraq Iran Iran Official Website -
2 Hossein Vahid Khorasani - حسين وحيد خراساني (1921-01-01) 1 January 1921 (age 103) 1339 Iran Iran Iraq Iraq Iran Iran Official Website -
3 Shamsodin Mujtahidi Najafi - الشمس الدين مجتهدى نجفى (1923-04-17) 17 April 1923 (age 101) 1341 Iran Iran Iraq Iraq
Iran Iran
Iran Iran Official Website -
4 Hossein Noori Hamedani - حسين نوري همداني 1925 (age 98–99) 1343 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
5 Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Hosayni Rouhani - السيد محمد صادق حسيني روحاني (1926-07-16) 16 July 1926 (age 97) 1344 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
6 Naser Makarem Shirazi - ناصر مكارم شيرازي (1927-02-25) 25 February 1927 (age 97) 1345 Iran Iran Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq		 Iran Iran Official Website -
7 Sayyid Mousa Shubayri Zanjani - السيد موسى شبيري زنجانی (1928-03-02) 2 March 1928 (age 96) 1346 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
8 Abbas Mahfouzi - عباس محفوظی 1928 (age 95–96) 1346 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
9 File:Ayatollah Rahmati Sirjani.jpg Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani - محمد رحمتی سیرجانی 1928 (age 95–96) 1346 Iran Iran Iraq Iraq Iran Iran Official Website -
10 Ja‘far Sobhani - جعفر سبحاني (1929-04-08) 8 April 1929 (age 95) 1347 Iran Iran Iraq Iraq Iran Iran Official Website -
11 Sayyid Ali Husayni al-Sistani - السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني (1930-08-04) 4 August 1930 (age 93) 1348 Iran Iran Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq		 Iraq Iraq Official Website[6] -
12 File:Eshaq fayyaz.jpg Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh - محمد إسحاق فياض 1930 (age 93–94) 1348 Afghanistan Afghanistan Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
13 Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani - محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى 1930 (age 93–94) 1348 Iran Iran Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq
Iran Iran Official Website [7]
14 Muhammad Hussain Najafi - محمد حسين النجفي (1932-04-10) 10 April 1932 (age 92) 1350 IndiaBritish India Pakistan Pakistan
Iraq Iraq		 Pakistan Pakistan Official website -
15 Abdollah Javadi-Amoli - عبدالله جوادى آملى (1933-05-05) 5 May 1933 (age 91) 1351 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
16 File:Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri.jpeg Hossein Mazaheri - حسين مظاهري (1933-11-16) 16 November 1933 (age 90) 1352 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
17 File:Ayatollah Ebrahim Jannati.jpg Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati - محمد ابراهيم جناتی 1933 (age 90–91) 1351 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
18 Sayyid Mohammad Sa'eed Tabatabai al-Hakeem - السيد محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم (1934-02-01) 1 February 1934 (age 90) 1352 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
19 File:Ayatollah Dastegheib Shirazi.jpg Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi - السيد علی محمد دستغیب شيرازي (1935-03-14) 14 March 1935 (age 89) 1353 Iran Iran Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq		 Iran Iran Official Website -
20 Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani - ميرزا يدالله دوزدوزاني 1935 (age 88–89) 1354 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
21 Shamsodin Vaezi - شمس الدين الواعظي 1936 (age 87–88) 1355 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
22 Isa Ahmed Qassim - عيسى احمد قاسم (1937-01-01) 1 January 1937 (age 87) 1355 Bahrain Bahrain Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq		 Iraq Iraq Official Website -
23 Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi - محمدعلى گرامى قمي 1938 (age 85–86) 1357 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
24 Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri - السيد كاظم حسيني حائري 1938 (age 85–86) 1356 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iran Iran Official Website -
25 Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi - محمد مهدي الخالصي 1938 (age 85–86) 1357 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq [Official Website] -
26 Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei - السيد علي حسيني خامنه اي (1939-04-19) 19 April 1939 (age 85) 1358 Iran Iran Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq
Lebanon Lebanon		 Iran Iran Official Website -
27 Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad - علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد 1939 (age 84–85) 1358 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
28 Sayyid Mohammad Alavi Ali Hosseini Gorgani - السيد محمد على علوى حسينى گرگانى 1940 (age 83–84) 1359 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iran Iran Official Website -
29 Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari - الشيخ يعسوب الدين رستگار جويبارى 1940 (age 83–84) 1359 Iran Iran

Iran Iran

Iran Iran Official Website -
30 Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani - محمد محمد طاهــــر آل شبيـر الخاقانـــــي 1940 (age 83–84) 1359 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
31 File:Ayatollah Shaykh Khalil Qudsi Mehr Tabrizi.jpeg Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mher Tabrezi - الشيخ الخليل قدسى مهر تبريزى 1940 (age 83–84) 1359 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official website [8]
32 Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani - اسدالله بیات زنجانی (1941-12-23) 23 December 1941 (age 82) 1360 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
33 File:Ayatollah Dosti Zanjani.jpg Dosti Zanjani - دوستى زنجانى 1941 (age 82–83) 1360 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website [citation needed]
34 File:Sayed Sadiq Shirazi.jpg Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi - السيد صادق حسيني شيرازي (1941-08-20) 20 August 1941 (age 82) 1361 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iran Iran Official Website -
35 File:Grand Ayatollah Bashir al-Najafi.jpg Bashir Hussain Najafi - بشير حسين النجفي 1942 (age 81–82) 1361 India British India Pakistan Pakistan
Iraq Iraq		 Iraq Iraq Official Website -
36 Sayyid Raghib AleKamooneh Hosseini - السيد راغب آل كمونة الحسيني 1942 (age 81–82) 1360 Iraq Iraq Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq
Iraq Iraq Biography -
37 Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi - الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي 1944 (age 79–80) 1362 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq - -
38 File:Muhammadtaghi modarresi.jpg Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi - السيد محمد تقي المدرسي (1945-07-01) 1 July 1945 (age 78) 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
39 Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib - سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب (1945-11-25) 25 November 1945 (age 78) 1364 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
40 Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi - السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي 1945 (age 78–79) 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
41 File:Ayatollah Allaedin Ghoraifi.jpg Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi - السيد علاء الدين الغريفي 1945 (age 78–79) 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
42 File:Ayatollah zanjani m.jpg Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani - السید محمد حسینی زنجانی 1947 (age 76–77) 1366 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
43 Saleh Taei - صالح الطائي 1948 (age 75–76) 1367 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
44 Ali Al-Saleh - علي الصالح 1948 (age 75–76) 1367 Kuwait Kuwait Iran Iran Kuwait Kuwait -
45 Mohammad Reza Nekoonam - محمد رضا نکونام (1949-01-09) 9 January 1949 (age 75) 1368 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
46 Sayyid Mohammad Jawad Alavi Borojerdi - السيد محمد جواد علوى بروجردى (1951-04-16) 16 April 1951 (age 73) 1370 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
47 Mohammad Amin Mamaqani - محمد أمين المامقاني (1951-06-10) 10 June 1951 (age 72) 1371 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Biography Official Website -
48 Khalil Mobasher Kashani - خلیل مبشر کاشانی 1951 (age 72–73) 1370 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
49 Sheikh Jawad Khalesi - الشيخ جواد الخالصى 1951 (age 72–73) 1370 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq [Official Website] -
50 File:Ayatollah Esmael Al Sadr.jpg Sayyid Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr - السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر 1952 (age 71–72) 1371 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
51 Fazel Maleki - فاضل المالكي (1954-04-08) 8 April 1954 (age 70) 1372 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
52 Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi - السيد علي الحسني البغدادي 1955 (age 68–69) 1374 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
53 Sayyid Mohammad Yasrebi - السيد محمد يثربى 1955 (age 68–69) 1374 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website [9]
54 File:Sayyidalhaydari.jpg Sayyid Kamal Haydari - سيد كمال الحيدري (1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 (age 68) 1375 Iraq Iraq Iran Iran
Iraq Iraq		 Iran Iran Official Website [10]
55 Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari - السيد محمد هادي غضنفري خوانساري 1957 (age 66–67) 1376 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Biography -
56 Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli - السيد محسن حجت كابلى 1957 (age 66–67) 1376 Afghanistan Afghanistan Iran Iran Afghanistan Afghanistan Official Website [11]
57 Sayyid Mohammad Amin Khorasani - السيد محمد أمين خراسانى (1958-02-09) 9 February 1958 (age 66) 1376 Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
58 File:Yaqoobi 1434 Fatimya speech.jpg Mohammad Yaqoobi - محمد اليعقوبي (1960-09-09) 9 September 1960 (age 63) 1379 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
59 File:Hossein Nassab14.jpg Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab - السيد رضا حسيني نسب 1960 (age 63–64) 1380 Iran Iran Iran Iran Canada Canada Official Website [12][13]
60 Qasem Taei - قاسم الطائي 1960 (age 63–64) 1379 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
61 Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi - محمد باقر موحدى نجفى 1961 (age 62–63) 1381 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq
Iran Iran
Iran Iran Official Website -
62 File:Ayatollah Shaykh Muhammad al-Sannad.png Sheikh Mohammad Sannad - الشيخ محمد السند 1962 (age 61–62) 1382 Bahrain Bahrain Iran Iran Iraq Iraq Official Website -
63 Sayyid Mahmoud Hassani Sorkhi - السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي (1964-12-01) 1 December 1964 (age 59) 1383 Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -

Deceased

See: List of deceased Maraji

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e Lara Deeb, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, Princeton University Press, pp.69-70
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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.
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  9. ^ "Another list of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  10. ^ "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر حضرت آیت الله العظمی سید کمال حیدری". alhaydari.com.
  11. ^ "مجموع مراجع الشيعة الأحياء لبداية 2017م مع محل سكناهم ومواقعهم الالكترونية". منتديات يا حسين.
  12. ^ "Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
  13. ^ Islamopedia[permanent dead link], Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab.

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