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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 ...
Ali al-Sistani 4 August 1930 (age 94) Mashhad, Iran: Bashir al-Najafi: 1942 (age 82–83) Jalandhar, British India: Muhammad al-Fayadh: 1930 (age 94–95) Ghazni, Afghanistan: Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim (1934–2021) Najaf, Iraq
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.
The city of Najaf is home to Al-Najaf SC and Naft Al-Wasat SC that play in the premier Iraq Stars League, and the second tier Iraqi Premier Division League, respectively. Najaf has two football stadiums, the An-Najaf Stadium (also referred to as the old stadium) with a capacity of 12,000 spectators, and the newer Al-Najaf International Stadium ...
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 ...
hostile to the Shia clerical hierarchy and "particularly to Ayatollah Sistani, (a native of Iran, though he has lived in Najaf since 1952); [13] believe their former leader Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim was the Mahdi and he was the reincarnation of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib; [14] believe spreading chaos will hasten the return of the Hidden Imam. [6] [7] [8]
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a marja, one of the five members of the Hawza of Najaf and the second most senior Shia cleric in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. [3] Al-Hakim is the son of Ayatollah Muhammad Ali al-Hakim, grandson of Sayyid Ahmad al-Hakim, and grand-nephew of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al ...