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 - "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[edit]

See also: List of Ayatollahs

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

No Image Name Birth Year
CE[5] 		Birth Place Residence Notes
1 Vahid Khorasani mourns for Imam Ali (cropped).jpg Hossein Vahid Khorasani

حسين وحيد خراساني 		(1921-01-01) 1 January 1921 (age 102) Qajar Iran Nishapur, Sublime State of Persia Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
2 Ayatollah Hossein Nooro Hamedani by Tasnimnews 02 (cropped).jpg Hossein Noori Hamedani

حسين نوري همداني 		1925 (age 97–98) Pahlavi Iran Hamadan, Imperial State of Iran Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
3 Naser Makarem Shirazi 2016 (cropped).jpg Naser Makarem Shirazi

ناصر مكارم شيرازي 		(1927-02-25) 25 February 1927 (age 96) Pahlavi Iran Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
4 Grand Ayatollah Mousa Zanjani 3 (cropped).jpg Sayyid Mousa Shubayri Zanjani

السيد موسى شبيري زنجانی 		(1928-03-02) 2 March 1928 (age 95) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Imperial State of Iran Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
5 عباس محفوظی سهیل.jpg Abbas Mahfouzi

عباس محفوظی 		1928 (age 94–95) Pahlavi Iran Rudsar, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
6 Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani

محمد رحمتی سیرجانی 		1928 (age 94–95) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
7 Ja'far Sobhani جعفر سبحانی 04.jpg Ja‘far Sobhani

جعفر سبحاني 		(1929-04-08) 8 April 1929 (age 94) Pahlavi Iran Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
8 Ali Sistani edit1.jpg Sayyid Ali Husayni al-Sistani

السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني 		(1930-08-04) 4 August 1930 (age 92) Pahlavi Iran Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Iraq Najaf, Iraq Official Website[6]
9 Eshaq fayyaz.jpg Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh

محمد إسحاق فياض 		1930 (age 92–93) Kingdom of Afghanistan Jaghori, Kingdom of Afghanistan Iraq Najaf, Iraq Official Website
10 Ayatollah Taqi Majlesi Isfahani.jpg Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani

محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى 		1930 (age 92–93) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website [7]
11 Ayatollah Najafi.jpg Muhammad Hussain Najafi

محمد حسين النجفي 		(1932-04-10) 10 April 1932 (age 91) India Jehanian, British India Pakistan Sargodha, Pakistan Official website
12 Abdollah Javadi-Amoli 01.jpg Abdollah Javadi-Amoli

عبدالله جوادى آملى 		(1933-05-05) 5 May 1933 (age 90) Pahlavi Iran Amol, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
13 Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri.jpeg Hossein Mazaheri

حسين مظاهري 		(1933-11-16) 16 November 1933 (age 89) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran Iran Isfahan, Iran Official Website
14 Riahi 0009.jpg Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati

محمد ابراهيم جناتی 		1933 (age 89–90) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
15 Seyed ali mohammad dastghieb.jpg Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi

السيد علی محمد دستغیب شيرازي 		(1935-03-14) 14 March 1935 (age 88) Pahlavi IranShiraz, Imperial State of Iran Iran Shiraz, Iran Official Website
16 Ayatollah Yadollah Duzduzani.jpg Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani

ميرزا يدالله دوزدوزاني 		1935 (age 87–88) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
17 Ayatollah Shamsodin Vaezi.jpg Shamsodin Vaezi

شمس الدين الواعظي 		1936 (age 86–87) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
18 Personal picture for Sheikh Isa Qassim.jpg Isa Ahmed Qassim

عيسى احمد قاسم 		(1937-01-01) 1 January 1937 (age 86) Bahrain Bahrain Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
19 عکس آیت الله محمد علی گرامی.jpg Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi

محمدعلى گرامى قمي 		1938 (age 84–85) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
20 Ayatollah Kazem Haeri.jpg Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri

السيد كاظم حسيني حائري 		1938 (age 84–85) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iran Iran Official Website
Has officially resigned as Marja[8]
21 Ayatollah Mahdi Khalesi.jpg Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi

محمد مهدي الخالصي 		1938 (age 84–85) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq [Official Website]
22 Portrait of Ali Khamenei, October 2016).jpg Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei

السيد علي حسيني خامنه اي 		(1939-04-19) 19 April 1939 (age 84) Pahlavi Iran Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Official Website
23 Ayatollah Rahimi Azad.jpg Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad

علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد 		1939 (age 83–84) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
24 Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari.jpg Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari

الشيخ يعسوب الدين رستگار جويبارى 		1940 (age 82–83) Pahlavi Iran Juybar, Imperial State of Iran Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
25 Ayatollah Tahir khaqani.jpg Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani

محمد محمد طاهــــر آل شبيـر الخاقانـــــي 		1940 (age 82–83) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
26 Ayatollah Shaykh Khalil Qudsi Mehr Tabrizi.jpeg Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mehr Tabrezi

الشيخ الخليل قدسى مهر تبريزى 		1940 (age 82–83) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official website [9]
27 Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi

السيد صادق حسيني شيرازي 		(1941-08-20) 20 August 1941 (age 81) Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
28 اسدالله بیات زنجانی Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani 10 (cropped).jpg Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani

اسدالله بیات زنجانی 		(1941-12-23) 23 December 1941 (age 81) Pahlavi Iran Zanjan, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
29 Dosti Zanjani

دوستى زنجانى 		1941 (age 81–82) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Qom, Iran Official Website
30 Grand Ayatollah Bashir al-Najafi.jpg Bashir Hussain Najafi

بشير حسين النجفي 		1942 (age 80–81) India Jalandhar, British India Iraq Najaf, Iraq Official Website
31 Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi

الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي 		1944 (age 78–79) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq -
32 Muhammadtaghi modarresi.jpg Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi

السيد محمد تقي المدرسي 		(1945-07-01) 1 July 1945 (age 77) Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
33 سید علی اصغر دستغیب.jpg Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib

سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب 		(1945-11-25) 25 November 1945 (age 77) Pahlavi Iran Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
34 Ayatollah Hassan Baghdadi.jpg Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi

السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي 		1945 (age 77–78) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
35 Ayatollah Allaedin Ghoraifi.jpg Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi

السيد علاء الدين الغريفي 		1945 (age 77–78) Kingdom of Iraq Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
36 Ayatollah zanjani m.jpg Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani

السید محمد حسینی زنجانی 		1947 (age 75–76) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
37 Ayatollah Saleh Taei.jpg Saleh Taei

صالح الطائي 		1948 (age 74–75) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
38 Ali Al-Saleh

علي الصالح 		1948 (age 74–75) Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait -
39 Ayatollah Nekunam.jpg Mohammad Reza Nekoonam

محمد رضا نکونام 		(1949-01-09) 9 January 1949 (age 74) Pahlavi Iran Golpayegan, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
40 سید محمد جواد علوی بروجردی (6).jpg Seyed Javad Alavi Borujerdi [fa]

سید جواد علوی بروجردی 		(1951-04-16) 16 April 1951 (age 72) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
41 Ayatollah Mohammad Amin Mamqani.jpg Mohammad Amin Mamaqani

محمد أمين المامقاني 		(1951-06-10) 10 June 1951 (age 71) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Biography Official Website
42 Ayatollah Jawad Khalesi.jpeg Jawad Khalesi [ar]

جواد الخالصي 		(1951-09-13) 13 September 1951 (age 71) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq -
43 Ayatollah Kashani.jpg Khalil Mobasher Kashani

خلیل مبشر کاشانی 		1951 (age 71–72) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
44 روحانی .jpg Sayyid Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr

السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر 		1952 (age 70–71) Kingdom of Iraq Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
45 Fadel al-Maliki 2.jpg Fazel Maleki

فاضل المالكي 		(1954-04-08) 8 April 1954 (age 69) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
46 Ayatollah Ali Hassani Baghdadi.jpg Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi

السيد علي الحسني البغدادي 		1955 (age 67–68) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
47 عکس آیت الله یثربی.jpg Seyed Mohammad Yasrebi [fa]

سید محمد یثربی 		1955 (age 67–68) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website [10]
48 Sayyidalhaydari.jpg Sayyid Kamal Haydari

سيد كمال الحيدري 		(1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 (age 67) Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq Iran Iran Official Website [11]
49 Ayatollah Ghazanfari Khansari.jpg Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari

السيد محمد هادي غضنفري خوانساري 		1957 (age 65–66) Pahlavi Iran Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Biography
50 Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli

السيد محسن حجت كابلى 		1957 (age 65–66) Kingdom of Afghanistan Kingdom of Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan Official Website [12]
51 Seyyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani enrolls for the Assembly of Experts elections 13940927.jpg Seyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani [fa]

سید محمد امین خراسانی 		(1958-02-09) 9 February 1958 (age 65) Pahlavi Iran Sabzevar, Imperial State of Iran Iran Iran Official Website
52 Yaqoobi 1434 Fatimya speech.jpg Mohammad Yaqoobi

محمد اليعقوبي 		(1960-09-09) 9 September 1960 (age 62) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Najaf, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Iraq Najaf, Iraq Official Website
53 Hossein Nassab14.jpg Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab

السيد رضا حسيني نسب 		1960 (age 62–63) Pahlavi Iran Yazd, Imperial State of Iran Canada Canada Official Website [13][14]
54 Ayatollah Qasem Taei.jpg Qasem Taei

قاسم الطائي 		1960 (age 62–63) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Iraq Iraq Official Website
55 Ayatollah Movahedi Najafi.jpg Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi

محمد باقر موحدى نجفى 		1961 (age 61–62) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Iran Iran Official Website
56 Ayatollah Shaykh Muhammad al-Sannad.png Mohammad al-Sannad [fa]

محمد السند 		1962 (age 60–61) Bahrain Bahrain Iraq Iraq Official Website

Deceased[edit]

See: List of deceased Maraji

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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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
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  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.
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  10. ^ "Another list of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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  13. ^ "Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
  14. ^ Islamopedia[permanent dead link] Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab.

External links[edit]

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