List of current Maraji
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
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 alphabetically (by common name of mujtahids).
| No | Image | Name | Birth Year CE[5] |
Birth Year AH[5] |
Birth Place | Education | Residence | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alavi Gorgani - علوى گرگانى Sayyid Mohammad Alavi Ali Hosseini Gorgani السيد محمد على علوى حسينى گرگانى |
1940 | 1358 |  | |  |
Official Website | - |
| 2 | .jpg) |
Alavi Borojerdi - علوى بروجردى Sayyid Mohammad Jawad Alavi Borojerdi السيد محمد جواد علوى بروجردى |
1951 | 1370 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 3 |  |
Baghdadi - بغدادي Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي |
1945 | 1364 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 4 | Baghdadi - بغدادي Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi السيد علي الحسني البغدادي |
1955 | 1374 | | | |
Official Website | - | |
| 5 | .jpg) |
Bayat Zanjani - بیات زنجانی Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani اسدالله بیات زنجانی |
1942 | 1361 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 6 |  |
Dastgheib Shirazi - دستغیب شيرازي Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi السيد علی محمد دستغیب شيرازي |
1935 | 1353 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 7 |  |
Duzduzani - دوزدوزاني Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani ميرزا يدالله دوزدوزاني |
1935 | 1354 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 8 |  |
Fayadh - فياض Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh محمد إسحاق فياض |
1930 | 1348 |  | | |
Official Website | - |
| 9 |  |
Gerami Qomi - گرامى قمي Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi محمدعلى گرامى قمي |
1938 | 1357 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 10 |  |
Ghazanfari Khansari - غضنفري خوانساري Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari السيد محمد هادي غضنفري خوانساري |
1957 | 1376 | | | |
Biography | - |
| 11 |  |
Ghoraifi - غريفي Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi السيد علاء الدين الغريفي |
1945 | 1364 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 12 |  |
Haeri - حائري Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri السيد كاظم حسيني حائري |
1938 | 1356 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 13 | Hakeem - حكيم Sayyid Mohammad Sa'eed Tabatabai al-Hakeem السيد محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم |
1936 | 1354 | | | |
Official Website | - | |
| 14 | Hatim Saadi - حاتم الساعدى Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي |
- | - | |
- | - | |||
| 15 |  |
Haydari- حيدري Sayyid Kamal Haydari سيد كمال الحيدري |
1956 | 1375 | | | |
Official Website | [6] |
| 16 | Hojjat Kabuli - حجت كابلى Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli السيد محسن حجت كابلى |
1957 | 1376 | | | |
Official Website | [7] | |
| 17 | Hosseini - حسينى Sayyid Raghib AleKamooneh Hosseini السيد راغب آل كمونة الحسيني |
- | |
|
Biography | - | |||
| 18 |  |
Hosseini Nassab - حسيني نسب Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab السيد رضا حسيني نسب |
1960 | 1380 | | | .svg.png){kind=small} |
Official Website | [8][9] |
| 19 |  |
Jannaati - جناتی Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati محمد ابراهيم جناتی |
1932 | 1350 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 20 |  |
Javadi Amoli - جوادى آملى Abdollah Javadi-Amoli عبدالله جوادى آملى |
1933 | 1352 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 21 |  |
Jooybari - جويبارى Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari الشيخ يعسوب الدين رستگار جويبارى |
1940 | 1359 | | |
Official Website | - | |
| 22 |  |
Khalesi - خالصي Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi محمد مهدي الخالصي |
1938 | 1357 | | | |
[Official Website] | - |
| 23 |  |
Khalesi - خالصي Sheikh Jawad Khalesi الشيخ جواد الخالصى |
1951 | 1370 | | | |
[Official Website] | - |
| 24 | .jpg) |
Khamenei - خامنه اي Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei السيد علي حسيني خامنه اي |
1939 | 1358 | |  | |
Official Website | - |
| 25 |  |
Khaqani - خاقاني Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani محمد محمد طاهــــر آل شبيـر الخاقانـــــي |
1940 | 1359 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 26 | Khorasani - خراسانى Sayyid Abdul Jawad Alam ul-Huda Khorasani السيد عبدالجواد علم الهدى خراسانى |
1941 | 1359 | | | |
Official Website | [10] | |
| 27 | Khorasani - خراساني Sayyid Mohammad Amin Khorasani السيد محمد أمين خراسانى |
1957 | 1376 | | | |
Official Website | - | |
| 28 |  |
Mahfouzi - محفوظی Abbas Mahfouzi عباس محفوظی |
1928 | 1346 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 29 |  |
Majlesi Isfahani - مجلسى اصفهانى Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى |
| |
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Official Website | [11] | ||
| 30 | .jpg) |
Makarem Shirazi - مكارم شيرازي Naser Makarem Shirazi ناصر مكارم شيرازي |
1927 | 1345 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 31 |  |
Maleki - مالكي Fazel Maleki فاضل المالكي |
1953 | 1372 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 32 |  |
Mamaqani - مامقاني Mohammad Amin Mamaqani محمد أمين المامقاني |
1952 | 1371 | | | |
Biography Official Website | - |
| 33 |  |
Mazaheri - مظاهري Hossein Mazaheri حسين مظاهري |
1934 | 1352 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 34 |  |
Mobasher Kashani - مبشر کاشانی Khalil Mobasher Kashani خلیل مبشر کاشانی |
1951 | 1370 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 35 |  |
Modaressi - مدرسي Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi السيد محمد تقي المدرسي |
1945 | 1364 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 36 |  |
Modaressi Yazdi - مدرسي يزدي Sayyid Abbas Moddaresi Yazdi السيد عباس مدرسي يزدي |
1945 | 1364 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 37 |  |
Movahedi Najafi - موحدى نجفى Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi محمد باقر موحدى نجفى |
1961 | 1381 | | |
|
Official Website | |
| 38 |  |
Najafi - نجفي Bashir Hussain Najafi بشير حسين النجفي |
1942 | 1361 |  |  | |
Official Website | - |
| 39 |  |
Najafi - نجفي Muhammad Hussain Najafi محمد حسين النجفي |
1932 | 1350 | | | |
Official website | - |
| 40 |  |
Najafi - نجفى Shamsodin Mujtahidi Najafi الشمس الدين مجتهدى نجفى |
1923 | 1341 | | |
|
Official Website | |
| 41 |  |
Nekoonam - نکونام Mohammad Reza Nekoonam محمد رضا نکونام |
1948 | 1367 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 42 | .jpg) |
Noori Hamedani - نوري همداني Hossein Noori Hamedani حسين نوري همداني |
1926 | 1344 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 43 |  |
Qassem - قاسم Isa Ahmed Qassim عيسى احمد قاسم |
1937 | 1355 |  | | |
Official Website | - |
| 44 |  |
Rahimi Azad - رحیمی آزاد Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد |
1939 | 1358 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 45 |  |
Rahmati Sirjani - رحمتی سیرجانی Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani محمد رحمتی سیرجانی |
1928 | 1347 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 46 |  |
Rouhani - روحاني Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Hosayni Rouhani السيد محمد صادق حسيني روحاني |
1926 | 1344 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 47 |  |
Saafi Golpaygani - صافی گلپایگانی Lotfollah Saafi Golpaygani لطف الله صافی گلپایگانی |
1919 | 1337 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 48 |  |
Saanei - صانعي Yousuf Saan'ei يوسف صانعي |
1937 | 1355 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 49 |  |
Sadr - صدر Sayyid Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر |
1952 | 1371 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 50 | Saleh - صالح Ali Al-Saleh علي الصالح |
1948 | 1367 |  | | |
- | ||
| 51 | Sannad - السند Sheikh Mohammad Sannad الشيخ محمد السند |
1962 | 1382 | | | |
Official Website | - | |
| 52 |  |
Shirazi - شيرازي Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi السيد صادق حسيني شيرازي |
1942 | 1361 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 53 | .jpg) |
Shubairi Zanjani - شبيري زنجانی Sayyid Mousa Shubayri Zanjani السيد موسى شبيري زنجانی |
1927 | 1345 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 54 |  |
Sistani - سيستاني Sayyid Ali Husayni al-Sistani السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني |
1930 | 1348 | | | |
Official Website[12] | - |
| 55 |  |
Sobhani - سبحاني Ja'far Sobhani جعفر سبحاني |
1928 | 1346 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 56 |  |
Sorkhi - صرخي Sayyid Mahmoud Hassani Sorkhi السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي |
1964 | 1383 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 57 | Tabrezi - تبريزى Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mher Tabrezi الشيخ الخليل قدسى مهر تبريزى |
- | - | |
- | |
Official website | [13] | |
| 58 |  |
Taei - طائي Qasem Taei قاسم الطائي |
1960 | 1379 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 59 |  |
Taei - طائي Saleh Taei صالح الطائي |
1958 | 1377 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 60 |  |
Vaezi - واعظي Shamsodin Vaezi شمس الدين الواعظي |
1936 | 1355 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 61 | .jpg) |
Vahid Khorasani - وحيد خراساني Hossein Vahid Khorasani حسين وحيد خراساني |
1921 | 1339 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 62 |  |
Yaqoobi - يعقوبي Mohammad Yaqoobi محمد اليعقوبي |
1960 | 1379 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 63 |  |
Yasrebi - يثربى Sayyid Mohammad Yasrebi السيد محمد يثربى |
- | - | | | |
Official Website | [14] |
| 64 |  |
Zanjani - زنجانی Sayyid Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani السید محمد حسینی زنجانی |
1947 | 1366 | | | |
Official Website | - |
| 65 |  |
Zanjani - زنجانى Dosti Zanjani دوستى زنجانى |
1941 | 1360 | | | |
Biography | [15] |
Deceased
See also
References
- Pike, John. "Twelvers / Ithna Ashari Islamic Schools of Thought". www.globalsecurity.org.
- Lara Deeb, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, Princeton University Press, pp.69-70
- Michael W. Suleiman,Arabs in America: Building a New Future, p.55, Temple University Press
- Linda S. Walbridge, The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid, Oxford University Press, p.217
- The abbreviation CE refers to the Common Era solar calendar, while AH refers to the Islamic Hijri lunar calendar.
- Biography of Grand Ayatollah Kamal Haydari in Persian
- List of Maraji (Updated) as of 2017
- "Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
- Islamopedia, Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab.
- List Of Maraji (2)
- List Of Maraji
- "Biography". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28.
- "List of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- "Another list of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- List Of Maraji in Persian
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