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).[2] Among the functions of Marja-i Taqlids is the collection and distribution of religious taxes (zakat and khums).[2][3]

Current
See also: List of Ayatollahs

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 Lotfollah Saafi Golpaygani - لطف الله صافی گلپایگانی (1919-02-20) 20 February 1919 1337 Iran Iraq Iran Official Website -
2 Hossein Vahid Khorasani - حسين وحيد خراساني (1921-01-01) 1 January 1921 1339 Iran Iraq Iran Official Website -
3 Shamsodin Mujtahidi Najafi - الشمس الدين مجتهدى نجفى (1923-04-17) 17 April 1923 1341 Iran Iraq
Iran
Iran Official Website -
4 Hossein Noori Hamedani - حسين نوري همداني 1925 (age 95–96) 1343 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
5 Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Hosayni Rouhani - السيد محمد صادق حسيني روحاني (1926-07-16) 16 July 1926 1344 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
6 Naser Makarem Shirazi - ناصر مكارم شيرازي (1927-02-25) 25 February 1927 1345 Iran Iran
Iraq		 Iran Official Website -
7 Sayyid Mousa Shubayri Zanjani - السيد موسى شبيري زنجانی (1928-03-02) 2 March 1928 1346 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
8 Abbas Mahfouzi - عباس محفوظی 1928 (age 92–93) 1346 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
9 Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani - محمد رحمتی سیرجانی 1928 (age 92–93) 1346 Iran Iraq Iran Official Website -
10 Ja‘far Sobhani - جعفر سبحاني (1929-04-08) 8 April 1929 1347 Iran Iraq Iran Official Website -
11 Sayyid Ali Husayni al-Sistani - السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني (1930-08-04) 4 August 1930 1348 Iran Iran
Iraq		 Iraq Official Website[6] -
12 Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh - محمد إسحاق فياض 1930 (age 90–91) 1348 Afghanistan Iraq Iraq Official Website -
13 Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani - محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى 1930 (age 90–91) 1348 Iran Iran
Iraq
Iran Official Website [7]
14 Muhammad Hussain Najafi - محمد حسين النجفي (1932-04-10) 10 April 1932 1350 British India Pakistan
Iraq		 Pakistan Official website -
15 Abdollah Javadi-Amoli - عبدالله جوادى آملى (1933-05-05) 5 May 1933 1351 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
16 Hossein Mazaheri - حسين مظاهري (1933-11-16) 16 November 1933 1352 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
17 Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati - محمد ابراهيم جناتی 1933 (age 87–88) 1351 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
18 Sayyid Mohammad Sa'eed Tabatabai al-Hakeem - السيد محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم (1934-02-01) 1 February 1934 1352 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
19 Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi - السيد علی محمد دستغیب شيرازي (1935-03-14) 14 March 1935 1353 Iran Iran
Iraq		 Iran Official Website -
20 Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani - ميرزا يدالله دوزدوزاني 1935 (age 85–86) 1354 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
21 Shamsodin Vaezi - شمس الدين الواعظي 1936 (age 84–85) 1355 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
22 Isa Ahmed Qassim - عيسى احمد قاسم (1937-01-01) 1 January 1937 1355 Bahrain Iran
Iraq		 Iraq Official Website -
23 Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi - محمدعلى گرامى قمي 1938 (age 82–83) 1357 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
24 Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri - السيد كاظم حسيني حائري 1938 (age 82–83) 1356 Iraq Iraq Iran Official Website -
25 Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi - محمد مهدي الخالصي 1938 (age 82–83) 1357 Iraq Iraq Iraq [Official Website] -
26 Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei - السيد علي حسيني خامنه اي (1939-04-19) 19 April 1939 1358 Iran Iran
Iraq
Lebanon		 Iran Official Website -
27 Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad - علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد 1939 (age 81–82) 1358 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
28 Sayyid Mohammad Alavi Ali Hosseini Gorgani - السيد محمد على علوى حسينى گرگانى 1940 (age 80–81) 1359 Iraq Iraq Iran Official Website -
29 Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari - الشيخ يعسوب الدين رستگار جويبارى 1940 (age 80–81) 1359 Iran

Iran

 Iran Official Website -
30 Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani - محمد محمد طاهــــر آل شبيـر الخاقانـــــي 1940 (age 80–81) 1359 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
31 Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mher Tabrezi - الشيخ الخليل قدسى مهر تبريزى 1940 (age 80–81) 1359 Iran Iran Iran Official website [8]
32 Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani - اسدالله بیات زنجانی (1941-12-23) 23 December 1941 1360 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
33 Dosti Zanjani - دوستى زنجانى 1941 (age 79–80) 1360 Iran Iran Iran Official Website
34 Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi - السيد صادق حسيني شيرازي (1941-08-20) 20 August 1941 1361 Iraq Iraq Iran Official Website -
35 Bashir Hussain Najafi - بشير حسين النجفي 1942 (age 78–79) 1361 British India Pakistan
Iraq		 Iraq Official Website -
36 Sayyid Raghib AleKamooneh Hosseini - السيد راغب آل كمونة الحسيني 1942 (age 78–79) 1360 Iraq Iran
Iraq
Iraq Biography -
37 Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi - الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي 1944 (age 76–77) 1362 Iraq Iraq Iraq - -
38 Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi - السيد محمد تقي المدرسي (1945-07-01) 1 July 1945 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
39 Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib - سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب (1945-11-25) 25 November 1945 1364 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
40 Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi - السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي 1945 (age 75–76) 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
41 Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi - السيد علاء الدين الغريفي 1945 (age 75–76) 1364 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
42 Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani - السید محمد حسینی زنجانی 1947 (age 73–74) 1366 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
43 Saleh Taei - صالح الطائي 1948 (age 72–73) 1367 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
44 Ali Al-Saleh - علي الصالح 1948 (age 72–73) 1367 Kuwait Iran Kuwait -
45 Mohammad Reza Nekoonam - محمد رضا نکونام (1949-01-09) 9 January 1949 1368 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
46 Sayyid Mohammad Jawad Alavi Borojerdi - السيد محمد جواد علوى بروجردى (1951-04-16) 16 April 1951 1370 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
47 Mohammad Amin Mamaqani - محمد أمين المامقاني (1951-06-10) 10 June 1951 1371 Iraq Iraq Iraq Biography Official Website -
48 Khalil Mobasher Kashani - خلیل مبشر کاشانی 1951 (age 69–70) 1370 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
49 Sheikh Jawad Khalesi - الشيخ جواد الخالصى 1951 (age 69–70) 1370 Iraq Iraq Iraq [Official Website] -
50 Sayyid Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr - السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر 1952 (age 68–69) 1371 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
51 Fazel Maleki - فاضل المالكي (1954-04-08) 8 April 1954 1372 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
52 Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi - السيد علي الحسني البغدادي 1955 (age 65–66) 1374 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
53 Sayyid Mohammad Yasrebi - السيد محمد يثربى 1955 (age 65–66) 1374 Iran Iran Iran Official Website [9]
54 Sayyid Kamal Haydari - سيد كمال الحيدري (1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 1375 Iraq Iran
Iraq		 Iran Official Website [10]
55 Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari - السيد محمد هادي غضنفري خوانساري 1957 (age 63–64) 1376 Iran Iran Iran Biography -
56 Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli - السيد محسن حجت كابلى 1957 (age 63–64) 1376 Afghanistan Iran Afghanistan Official Website [11]
57 Sayyid Mohammad Amin Khorasani - السيد محمد أمين خراسانى (1958-02-09) 9 February 1958 1376 Iran Iran Iran Official Website -
58 Mohammad Yaqoobi - محمد اليعقوبي (1960-09-09) 9 September 1960 1379 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
59 Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab - السيد رضا حسيني نسب 1960 (age 60–61) 1380 Iran Iran Canada Official Website [12][13]
60 Qasem Taei - قاسم الطائي 1960 (age 60–61) 1379 Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website -
61 Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi - محمد باقر موحدى نجفى 1961 (age 59–60) 1381 Iraq Iraq
Iran
Iran Official Website -
62 Sheikh Mohammad Sannad - الشيخ محمد السند 1962 (age 58–59) 1382 Bahrain Iran Iraq Official Website -
63 Sayyid Mahmoud Hassani Sorkhi - السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي (1964-12-01) 1 December 1964 1383 Iraq Iraq 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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