List of current maraji

Maraji (plural of marja) are the supreme legal authority followed by Twelver Shia Muslims, also known as Imamiyyah, around the world. The concept of a Marja al-taqlid (lit. 'source of emulation') is central to Usuli Shi'a Islam. Marja al-taqlid provides religious interpretations on matters of law and rituals. Ideally, the most just and knowledgeable specialists in the field of Islamic law become recognized as the marja-i taqlid. In practice, this rarely happens and there are several marja al-taqlid whom an individual may choose to emulate.

Clerics who reach the apex of Shi'a theological hierarchy, in centers of learning, become marja-i taqlids. Approximately since 1940, marja-i taqlids are often referred to by their followers with the honorific of Ayatollah al-`Uzma (Arabic: Grand Ayatollah, where "ayatollah" means "sign of God"). Among the responsibilities of marja-i taqlids are the collection and distribution of religious taxes, such as zakat and khums.

Current

No Image Name Birth year
CE		 Birth place Residence Notes
1 Hossein Wahid Khorasani

حسین وحید خراسانی		 1 January 1921 (age 105) Iran Nishapur, Qajar IranIran Qom, Iran Official Website
2 Hossein Noori Hamedani

حسین نوری همدانی		 21 March 1925 (age 101) Iran Hamadan, Qajar IranIran Qom, Iran Official Website
3 Naser Makarem Shirazi

ناصر مکارم شیرازی		 25 February 1927 (age 99) Iran Shiraz, Imperial State of IranIran Qom, Iran Official Website
4 Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani

محمد رحمتی سیرجانی		 1928 (age 97–98) Iran Sirjan, Imperial State of IranIran Qom, Iran Official Website
5 Ja‘far Sobhani

جعفر سبحانی		 9 April 1929 (age 97) Iran Tabriz, Islamic republic of IranIran Qom, Iran Official Website
6 Sayyid Ali Husayni Sistani

سید علی حسینی سیستانی		 4 August 1930 (age 96) Iran Mashhad, Islamic republic of IranIraq Najaf, Iraq Official Website
8 Abdollah Javadi-Amoli

عبدالله جوادى آملى		 5 May 1933 (age 93) Iran Amol, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
9 Hossein Mazaheri

حسین مظاهری		 16 November 1933 (age 92) Iran Isfahan, Islamic republic of IranIran Isfahan, Iran Official Website
10 Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi

سید علی محمد دستغیب شیرازی		 14 March 1935 (age 91) IranShiraz, Islamic republic of IranIran Shiraz, Iran Official Website
11 Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani

میرزا یدالله دزدوزانی		 1935 (age 90–91) Iran Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
12 Shamsodin Vaezi

شمس الدین الواعظی		 1936 (age 89–90) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
13 Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi

محمدعلى گرامى قمی		 1938 (age 87–88) Iran Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
14 Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri

سید كاظم حسينی حائريی		 1938 (age 87–88) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIran Iran Official Website
Has officially resigned as Marja
15 Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad

علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد		 1939 (age 86–87) Iran Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
16 Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari

شيخ يعسوب دين رستگار جويباری		 1940 (age 85–86) Iran Juybar, Islamic republic of IranIran Qom, Iran Official Website
17 Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani

محمد محمد طاهر آل شبير الخاقاني		 1940 (age 85–86) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
18 Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mehr Tabrezi

شیخ خلیل قدسی مهر تبریزی		 1940 (age 85–86) Iran Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official website
19 Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi

سید صادق حسینی شيرازی		 20 August 1942 (age 84) Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Kingdom of IraqIran Qom, Iran Official Website
20 Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani

اسدالله بیات زنجانی		 23 December 1941 (age 84) Iran Zanjan, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
21 Dosti Zanjani

دوستى زنجانى		 1941 (age 84–85) Iran Islamic republic of IranIran Qom, Iran Official Website
22 Ali Karimi Jahromi

علی کریمی جهرمی		 10 April 1942 (age 84) Iran Jahrom, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
23 Bashir Hussain Najafi

بشير حسين النجفي		 1942 (age 83–84) India Jalandhar, British IndiaIraq Najaf, Iraq Official Website
24 Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi

الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي 		1944 (age 81–82) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq -
25 Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi

السيد محمد تقي المدرسي 		1 July 1945 (age 81) Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
26 Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib

سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب		 25 November 1945 (age 80) Iran Shiraz, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
27 Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi

السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي 		1945 (age 80–81) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
28 Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi

السيد علاء الدين الغريفي 		1945 (age 80–81) Kingdom of Iraq Baghdad, Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
29 Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani

سید محمد حسینی زنجانی		 1947 (age 78–79) Iran Qom, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
30 Saleh Taei

صالح الطائي		 1948 (age 77–78) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
31 Ali Al-Saleh

علي الصالح		 1948 (age 77–78) Kuwait KuwaitKuwait Kuwait -
32 Seyed Javad Alavi Borujerdi

سید جواد علوی بروجردی		 16 April 1951 (age 75) Iran Qom, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
33 Mohammad Amin Mamaqani

محمد أمين المامقاني		 10 June 1951 (age 75) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Biography Official Website
34 Jawad Khalesi [ar]

جواد الخالصي		 13 September 1951 (age 75) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq -
35 Khalil Mobasher Kashani

خلیل مبشر کاشانی		 1951 (age 74–75) Iran Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
36 Sayyid Husayn Esmaeel al-Sadr

السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر 		1952 (age 73–74) Kingdom of Iraq Baghdad, Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
37 Fazel Maleki

فاضل المالكي		 8 April 1954 (age 72) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
38 Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi

سید علي الحسنی البغدادی 		1955 (age 70–71) Kingdom of Iraq Kingdom of IraqIraq Iraq Official Website
39 Seyed Mohammad Yasrebi

سید محمد یثربی		 1955 (age 70–71) Iran Qom, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
40 Sayyid Kamal al-Haydari

سید كمال الحیدری		 1 January 1956 (age 70) Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Kingdom of IraqIran Iran Official Website
41 Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari

سید محمد هادي غضنفری خوانساری		 1957 (age 68–69) Iran Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Biography
42 Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli

سید محسن حجت كابلی		 1957 (age 68–69) Kingdom of Afghanistan Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan Afghanistan Official Website
43 Seyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani [fa]

سید محمد امین خراسانی		 9 February 1958 (age 68) Iran Sabzevar, Islamic republic of IranIran Iran Official Website
44 Mohammad Jamil Hammoud al-Amili

محمد جميل حمود العاملي		 1959 (age 66–67) Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Official website
45 Mohammad Yaqoobi

محمد اليعقوبي		 9 September 1960 (age 66) First Republic of Iraq Najaf, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)Iraq Najaf, Iraq Official Website
46 Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab

سيد رضا حسینی نسب		 1960 (age 65–66) Iran Yazd, Islamic republic of IranCanada Canada Official Website
47 Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi

محمد باقر موحدى نجفى		 1961 (age 64–65) First Republic of Iraq Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)Iran Iran Official Website
48 Mohammad al-Sannad [fa]

محمد السند		 1962 (age 63–64) Bahrain BahrainIraq Iraq Official Website

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lara Deeb, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, Princeton University Press, pp.69-70
  3. 1 2 3 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. ↑ 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 28 December 2010.
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