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Bookmark or Share- List of ayatollahs - WikipediaThis is a partial list of ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only the names of ayatollahs.
- Ayatollah - WikipediaOnly a few of the most important ayatollahs are accorded the rank of Grand Ayatollah (Ayatollah Uzma, "Great Sign of God"). When an ayatollah gains a significant following and they are recognized for religiously correct views, they are considered a Marja'-e-Taqlid, which in common parlance is "grand ayatollah". [24]
- Ayatollah - wikishiaĀyatollāh (Arabic: آیة الله) (the Sign of Allah), is a title that is used for top ranking Shi'a faqihs (Jurists). Using ayatollah in this meaning became prevalent since the early fourteenth/twentieth century. After the establishment of the Seminary in Qom by Shaykh 'Abd al-Karim Ha'iri Yazdi, other great faqihs also became referred to with this title.
- Ali al-Sistani - WikipediaʿAlī Ḥusaynī Sīstānī (Persian: علی حسینی سیستانی; Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني; born 4 August 1930) is an Iranian Islamic scholar. [1] [2] [3] A Grand Ayatollah and marja, Sistani is considered the leading religious leader of Twelver Shia Muslims.Born in Mashhad to a sayyid family, Sistani studied in Qom under Hossein Borujerdi and later in Najaf ...
- Ayatollah - (Islamic World) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations - FiveableAyatollahs play a crucial role in interpreting Islamic texts and guiding followers on religious matters, making them central figures in the Sunni-Shia split as they embody the differences in leadership and authority between the two sects.
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