List of current maraji explained
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. Ideally, the most just and knowledgeable specialist in the field of 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 hierarchy 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 – "ayatollah" meaning "sign of God").[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.
The names are ordered by age (from oldest to youngest).
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Twelvers / Ithna Ashari Islamic Schools of Thought. John. Pike. www.globalsecurity.org.
- Lara Deeb, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, Princeton University Press, pp.69-70
- Michael W. Suleiman,Arabs in America: Building a New Future, p.55, Temple University Press
- Linda S. Walbridge, The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid, Oxford University Press, p.217
- The abbreviation CE refers to the Common Era solar calendar, while AH refers to the Islamic Hijri lunar calendar.
- Web site: Biography. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101228083930/http://www.sistani.org/local.php?modules=nav&nid=1. 2010-12-28.
- Web site: برچسب مرجع تقلید مراجع عظام - مرجعیت شیعه. baktashienews.blogsky.com.
- Web site: 2022-08-29 . Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr withdraws from political process . 2022-09-02 . Mehr News Agency . en.
- Web site: List of Maraji (2017) . 2018-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182120/http://iraq.iraq.ir/vb/showthread.php?t=253437 . 2018-08-19 . dead .
- Web site: Another list of Maraji (2017) . 2018-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182120/http://iraq.iraq.ir/vb/showthread.php?t=253437 . 2018-08-19 . dead .
- Web site: پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر حضرت آیت الله العظمی سید کمال حیدری. alhaydari.com.
- Web site: مجموع مراجع الشيعة الأحياء لبداية 2017م مع محل سكناهم ومواقعهم الالكترونية. منتديات يا حسين. 22 July 2017 .
- Web site: Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110613125121/http://www.al-shia.org/html/far/8sites/view.php?cat=3. 2011-06-13.
- http://islamopediaonline.org/readFatwa.php?fid=1897 Islamopedia
