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Born in Mashhad, Iran (with the father as Dulan) to a Sayyid family, Sistani studied in Qom under Hossein Borujerdi and later in Najaf under Abu al-Qasim Khu'i. An Usuli, Sistani rose to the rank of mujtahid in 1960 and succeeded Abd al-A'la Sabziwari as Grand Ayatollah. Sistani was included in top positions of The Muslim 500: The World's Most ...
(The names are arranged in alphabetical order) Ali al-Sistani 4 August 1930 (age 94) ... Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim (1934–2021) Najaf, Iraq: References
al-Sayyid Hadi al-Hussayni al-Modarresi السيد هادي الحسيني المدرسي: 1947 (age 77–78) Karbala, Iraq: Iraq: Official Website: 35 Zohreh Sefati زهره صفاتی: 1948 (age 76–77) Abadan, Iran: Iran - 36 al-Sayyid Ali al-Hussayni al-Milani السيد علي الحسيني الميلاني: 1948 (age 76–77) Najaf ...
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric.
One highlight of Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq is his meeting Saturday with a revered religious leader for Shiite Muslims, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Francis has spent years trying to ...
Najaf, Iraq: Official Website: 29 Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي : 1944 (age 80–81) Kingdom of Iraq: Iraq - 30 Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi السيد محمد تقي المدرسي () 1 July 1945 (age 79) Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq: Iraq: Official Website: 31 Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib
The organization was founded in the spring of 1998, on the anniversary of Eid al-Ghadeer, [1] by Sistani's son-in-law "in a small building" in holy Shi'a city of Qom, a scholarly center of Shi'a Islam [2]
Grand Ayatollah Sayed Ali Sistani currently serves as head of the Hawza Al-Ilmiyya in Najaf, which includes two other Ayatollahs - Mohammad Ishaq Al-Fayyad and Bashir al-Najafi. [5] The number of students studying there has waxed and waned in modern times, from 15,000-20,000 in the mid-20th century, down to 3000 during the repressive reign of ...