Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
When he was 10 his family moved to Najaf, where he studied various Islamic studies including Arabic language, rhetoric, logic, Islamic philosophy, the Hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, eventually studying under Grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. When al-Khoei died in 1992 he supported Ali al-Sistani as the chair of the marjaiya in Najaf. [5]
All Twelver Shia Muslims follow the Islamic rulings of a Grand Ayatollah. Under Saddam Hussein , the clerics were oppressed. At present, the most prominent among them is Ali al-Sistani ; who also serves as the head of the Najaf Seminary .
al-Sayyid Ali al-Hussayni al-Milani السيد علي الحسيني الميلاني: 1948 (age 76–77) Najaf, Iraq: Qom, Iran: Official Website: 37 al-Sayyid Ali al-Musawi al-Sabziwari السيد علي الموسوي السبزواري: 1948 (age 76–77) Najaf, Iraq: Najaf, Iraq - 38 Muhammad Baqir al-Irawani محمد باقر ...
Ayatollah (UK: / ˌ aɪ ə ˈ t ɒ l ə /, also US: / ˌ aɪ ə ˈ t oʊ l ə /; Arabic: اية الله, romanized: ʾāyatu llāh; Persian: آیتالله, romanized: âyatollâh [ɒːjjætˌolˈlɒːh]) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy. it came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh محمد إسحاق فياض : 1930 (age 94–95) Jaghori, Kingdom of Afghanistan: Najaf, Iraq: Official Website: 9 Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى: 1930 (age 94–95) Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran: Iran: Official Website [7] 10 Abdollah Javadi-Amoli عبدالله جوادى ...
[35] [42] He also first endorsed Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani rather than Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the marja for Shia in matters of religion, before claiming the role for himself. [43] In a 2009 interview, Fadlallah said that he did not believe wilayat al-faqih has a role in modern Lebanon. [44]
Al-Hakim was born in Najaf, the son of Ayatollah Abdul al-Sahib al-Hakim, the son of late grand Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim. [2] His mother is the daughter of Iraqi scholar and statesman, Muhammad Bahr al-Uloom. Besides his studies in secular schools, he joined the Islamic Seminary at an early age in 1977.
This trend led to the invention of a new title called Ayatollah al-Uzma (lit. ' Great Sign of God ' ). [ 13 ] In the beginning, about half a dozen people were addressed with the latter title; as of 2015, the number of people who claimed that title was reportedly over 50.