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 - "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

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 Hossein Vahid Khorasani

حسين وحيد خراساني
(1921-01-01) 1 January 1921 1339 Iran Iraq Iran Official Website -
2 Shamsodin Mujtahidi Najafi

شمس الدين مجتهدى نجفى
(1923-04-17) 17 April 1923 1341 Iran Iraq
Iran
Iran Official Website -
3 Hossein Noori Hamedani

حسين نوري همداني
1925 (age 9697) 1343 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
4 Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Hosayni Rouhani

السيد محمد صادق حسيني روحاني
(1926-07-16) 16 July 1926 1344 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
5 Naser Makarem Shirazi

ناصر مكارم شيرازي
(1927-02-25) 25 February 1927 1345 Iran Iran
Iraq
Iran Official Website -
6 Sayyid Mousa Shubayri Zanjani

السيد موسى شبيري زنجانی
(1928-03-02) 2 March 1928 1346 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
7 Abbas Mahfouzi

عباس محفوظی
1928 (age 9394) 1346 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
8 Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani

محمد رحمتی سیرجانی
1928 (age 9394) 1346 Iran Iraq Iran Official Website -
9 Ja‘far Sobhani

جعفر سبحاني
(1929-04-08) 8 April 1929 1347 Iran Iraq Iran Official Website -
10 Sayyid Ali Husayni al-Sistani

السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني
(1930-08-04) 4 August 1930 1348 Iran Iran
Iraq
Iraq Official Website[6] -
11 Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh

محمد إسحاق فياض
1930 (age 9192) 1348 Afghanistan Iraq Iraq Official Website -
12 Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani

محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى
1930 (age 9192) 1348 Iran Iran
Iraq
Iran Official Website [7]
13 Muhammad Hussain Najafi

محمد حسين النجفي
(1932-04-10) 10 April 1932 1350 British India Pakistan
Iraq
Pakistan Official website -
14 Abdollah Javadi-Amoli

عبدالله جوادى آملى
(1933-05-05) 5 May 1933 1351 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
15 Hossein Mazaheri

حسين مظاهري
(1933-11-16) 16 November 1933 1352 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
16 Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati

محمد ابراهيم جناتی
1933 (age 8889) 1351 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
17 Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi

السيد علی محمد دستغیب شيرازي
(1935-03-14) 14 March 1935 1353 Iran Iran
Iraq
Iran Official Website -
18 Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani

ميرزا يدالله دوزدوزاني
1935 (age 8687) 1354 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
19 Shamsodin Vaezi

شمس الدين الواعظي
1936 (age 8586) 1355 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
20 Isa Ahmed Qassim

عيسى احمد قاسم
(1937-01-01) 1 January 1937 1355 Bahrain Iran
Iraq
Iraq Official Website -
21 Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi

محمدعلى گرامى قمي
1938 (age 8384) 1357 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
22 Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri

السيد كاظم حسيني حائري
1938 (age 8384) 1356 Iraq Iraq Iran Official Website -
23 Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi

محمد مهدي الخالصي
1938 (age 8384) 1357 Iraq Iraq Iraq [Official Website] -
24 Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei

السيد علي حسيني خامنه اي
(1939-04-19) 19 April 1939 1358 Iran Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Iran Official Website -
25 Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad

علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد
1939 (age 8283) 1358 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
26 Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari

الشيخ يعسوب الدين رستگار جويبارى
1940 (age 8182) 1359 Iran

Iran

Iran Official Website -
27 Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani

محمد محمد طاهــــر آل شبيـر الخاقانـــــي
1940 (age 8182) 1359 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
28 Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mehr Tabrezi

الشيخ الخليل قدسى مهر تبريزى
1940 (age 8182) 1359 Iran Iran Iran Official website [8]
29 Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi

السيد صادق حسيني شيرازي
(1941-08-20) 20 August 1941 1361 Iraq Iraq Iran Official Website -
30 Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani

اسدالله بیات زنجانی
(1941-12-23) 23 December 1941 1360 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
31 Dosti Zanjani

دوستى زنجانى
1941 (age 8081) 1360 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
32 Bashir Hussain Najafi

بشير حسين النجفي
1942 (age 7980) 1361 British India Pakistan
Iraq
Iraq Official Website -
33 Sayyid Raghib AleKamooneh Hosseini

السيد راغب آل كمونة الحسيني
1942 (age 7980) 1360 Iraq Iran
Iraq
Iraq Biography -
34 Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi

الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي
1944 (age 7778) 1362 Iraq Iraq Iraq - -
35 Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi

السيد محمد تقي المدرسي
(1945-07-01) 1 July 1945 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
36 Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib

سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب
(1945-11-25) 25 November 1945 1364 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
37 Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi

السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي
1945 (age 7677) 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
38 Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi

السيد علاء الدين الغريفي
1945 (age 7677) 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
39 Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani

السید محمد حسینی زنجانی
1947 (age 7475) 1366 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
40 Saleh Taei

صالح الطائي
1948 (age 7374) 1367 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
41 Ali Al-Saleh

علي الصالح
1948 (age 7374) 1367 Kuwait Iran Kuwait -
42 Mohammad Reza Nekoonam

محمد رضا نکونام
(1949-01-09) 9 January 1949 1368 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
43 Seyed Javad Alavi Borujerdi

سید جواد علوی بروجردی
(1951-04-16) 16 April 1951 1370 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
44 Mohammad Amin Mamaqani

محمد أمين المامقاني
(1951-06-10) 10 June 1951 1371 Iraq Iraq Iraq Biography Official Website -
45 Jawad Khalesi

جواد الخالصي
(1951-09-13) 13 September 1951 1370 Iraq Iraq Iraq [Official Website] -
46 Khalil Mobasher Kashani

خلیل مبشر کاشانی
1951 (age 7071) 1370 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
47 Sayyid Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr

السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر
1952 (age 6970) 1371 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
48 Fazel Maleki

فاضل المالكي
(1954-04-08) 8 April 1954 1372 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
49 Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi

السيد علي الحسني البغدادي
1955 (age 6667) 1374 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
50 Seyed Mohammad Yasrebi

سید محمد یثربی
1955 (age 6667) 1374 Iran Iran Iran Official Website [9]
51 Sayyid Kamal Haydari

سيد كمال الحيدري
(1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 1375 Iraq Iran
Iraq
Iran Official Website [10]
52 Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari

السيد محمد هادي غضنفري خوانساري
1957 (age 6465) 1376 Iran Iran Iran Biography -
53 Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli

السيد محسن حجت كابلى
1957 (age 6465) 1376 Afghanistan Iran Afghanistan Official Website [11]
54 Seyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani

سید محمد امین خراسانی
(1958-02-09) 9 February 1958 1376 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
55 Mohammad Yaqoobi

محمد اليعقوبي
(1960-09-09) 9 September 1960 1379 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
56 Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab

السيد رضا حسيني نسب
1960 (age 6162) 1380 Iran Iran Canada Official Website [12][13]
57 Qasem Taei

قاسم الطائي
1960 (age 6162) 1379 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
58 Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi

محمد باقر موحدى نجفى
1961 (age 6061) 1381 Iraq Iraq
Iran
Iran Official Website -
59 Mohammad al-Sannad

محمد السند
1962 (age 5960) 1382 Bahrain Iran Iraq Official Website -

Deceased

See: List of deceased Maraji

See also

References

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  2. Lara Deeb, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, Princeton University Press, pp.69-70
  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.
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