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Sistani began his religious education as a child, first in Mashhad in his father's hawza, and continuing later in Qom. In Qom he studied under Grand Ayatollah Hossein Borujerdi. Later in 1951, Sistani traveled to Iraq to study in Najaf under Grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim Khoei. Sistani rose to the rank of mujtahid in 1960 at thirty-one. [16] [17]
India Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Mosawi Ichgami Kashmiri (1910 - 1959) [46] Saudi Arabia Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri [47] India Fakhr Ul Islam Alhaj Allama Syed Taqi Hasan Naqvi Wafa Sahab Qibla known as Raees Ul Fuqaha (1921-1998) President of Idara E Jaferia, Principal of Madarsa and Hawza Ilmia Jaferia (Qadeem) and founder of Jaferia ...
All orthodox 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 .
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric.
Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed-Ridha al-Husayni al-Sistani (Arabic: محمد رضا الحسيني السيستاني, born 18 August 1962), is an Iraqi Islamic scholar, and the eldest son of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. [1] Al-Sistani primarily runs his father's office and oversees the financial and administrative work. [2] [3]
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First, he held a rare meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a prominent cleric revered by millions of Shi'ites who played a central role in ending the deadly intra-Shi'ite clashes in 2022 ...
The statements are later transcribed and posted on Sistani's official webpage, with the Grand Ayatollah's official stamp, indicating the authenticity of the remarks. Sheikh Abdul-Mahdi Al-Karbalai is noted for having announced Grand Ayatollah Sistani's famous Fatwa (edict) obligating Iraqis to vote, and with the rise of terrorism, to join the ...