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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]
Najaf, Iraq: Najaf, Iraq - 80 Seyyed Nasir Hosseini سید نصیر حسینی: 1967 (age 57–58) Yasuj, Iran: Iran - 81 Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei سید مجتبی حسینی خامنهای 8 September 1969 (age 55) Mashhad, Iran: Iran: Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei) [2] 82 Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi
It was established by Shaykh Tusi (385 AH/995 CE – 460 AH/1067 CE), [2] and continued as a center of study after the establishment of modern Iraq in 1921. [3] [4] 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]
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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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