List_of_ayatollahs

List of ayatollahs

List of ayatollahs

Add article description

This 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. To see lists of grand ayatollahs, or hujjatul islams, see the following articles: List of maraji; List of hujjatul Islams.[1]

Current

The names are ordered with age in descending order. (oldest to youngest).

More information No, Image ...

Deceased

The names are ordered by date of death (descending) as an arbitrary standard.

More information No, Image ...
  • India Al-Allamah, Al-Faqeeh, Al-Adeeb Ayatollah Shaikh Ali Hazeen Lahiji (17th century)[44]
  • India Ayatollah Aga Syed Mehdi Kashmiri (d.1892)[7]
  • India Ayat-ul-Ilm-e-wat-Tuqa Ayatullah Syed Imdad Ali – First Ameed Jamia-e-Imania, Banaras[44]
  • India Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat[44]
  • India Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928)[44]
  • India Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur[44]
  • India Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[44]
  • India Alam-ul-Aalaam Ayatullah Syed Muzaffar Husain Al-Husaini – First Haadi (Supreme Authority) Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (d.1944)[44]
  • India Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri – Founder of Sultanul Madaris son of Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[44]
  • India Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Mosawi Ichgami Kashmiri (1910 - 1959)[45]
  • Saudi Arabia Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri[46]
  • India Fakhr Ul Islam Alhaj Allama Syed Taqi Hasan Naqvi Wafa Sahab Qibla known as Raees Ul Fuqaha (1921-1998) President of Idara E Jaferia, Principal of Madarsa and Hawza Ilmia Jaferia (Qadeem) and founder of Jaferia Technical Institute

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza; Nasr, Seyyed Hossein; Dabashi, Hamid (1989). Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-844-7.
  2. [2]
    "Will Khamenei's Son Play a Role in Iranian Succession?". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Mehri Taban", Agha Tehrani
  4. [4]
    "کوه توحید و عرفان، سید علی قاضی". Saghiyekosar.ir. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. [5]
    "IRANSEDA Network-کتاب گویا-شرح حال و حکایات سیدعلی قاضی". Iranseda.ir. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  6. [6]
    کتاب عتش/کتاب اسؤه عارفان 157 صفحه
  7. [7]
    "SHIAS OF KASHMIR: Past Tense, Present Imperfect". saisaonline.org. South Asian Institute of Strategic Affairs (SAISA). 11 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  8. [8]
    https://www.dana.ir/news/926961.doc/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84%DB%8C---%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1--%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AA
  9. [9]
    "The power behind the scene: Khoeiniha - Tehran Bureau | FRONTLINE | PBS". PBS.
  10. [10]
    "33 High Iranian Officials die in Bombimg at Party Meeting; Chief Judge is Among Victims". The New York Times. 29 June 1981.
  11. [11]
    Bill, James A.; Leiden, Carl (1984). Politics in the Middle East. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-09506-8.
  12. [12]
    https://hawzah.net/fa/Magazine/View/4789/4819/40141/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%AC
  13. [13]
    "ایرنا - نگاهی به زندگینامه آیت الله حیدری ایلامی/مردی از تبار معرفت و شجاعت". www.irna.ir. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. [14]
    "Ruhollah Khatami, Religious Leader, 84". The New York Times. 29 October 1988.
  15. [15]
    "خليل‌زاده‌ (مروج‌)، بيوك‌ (آيت‌الله‌)". daneshnameh.irdc.ir. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  16. [16]
    https://www.arabianbusiness.com/511424-iranian-ayatollah-dies-during-speech?ln=en [dead link]
  17. [17]
    "حضرت آیت الله طاهری به ملکوت اعلی پیوست". www.ataheri.ir. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  18. [18]
    "Iranian officials mourn powerful cleric - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". 21 October 2014.
  19. [19]
    "Major Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Vaez Tabasi Passes Away". 4 March 2016.
  20. [20]
    Cowell, Alan (8 January 2017). "Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ex-President of Iran, Dies at 82". The New York Times.
  21. [21]
    https://fars.iqna.ir/fa/news/3712359/%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%88-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C
  22. [22]
    "غلامرضا حسنی، امام جمعه سابق ارومیه درگذشت". 21 May 2018.
  23. [23]
    "Top Iranian cleric Shahroudi dies". Reuters. 24 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023.
  24. [24]
    "مراسم شام غریبان ارتحال آیت‌الله سیدحاتمی برگزار شد". 7 January 2019.
  25. [25]
    "محمد مؤمن؛ فقیهِ قدرت". BBC News فارسی.
  26. [26]
    "آیت الله محمدی لنگرودی درگذشت". خبرگزاری حوزه (in Persian). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  27. [27]
    "Iran Assembly of Experts member Hashem Bathaei-Golpaygani dies of coronavirus". 16 March 2020.
  28. [28]
    "Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini Passes Away at 94". 24 April 2020.
  29. [29]
    "نشر آثار آيت الله العظمى علم الهدى".
  30. [30]
    "Ayatollah Yazdi passes away". 9 December 2020.
  31. [31]
    "Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, a senior cleric, dies at 86". January 2021.
  32. [32]
    "آیت‌الله سید محمد ضیاء‌آبادی درگذشت". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 8 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  33. [33]
    "نماینده مردم اردبیل در مجلس خبرگان رهبری درگذشت". TABNAK (in Persian). 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  34. [34]
    "Announcing a week of public mourning in Amol". 25 September 2021.
  35. [35]
    "آیت‌الله ناصری درگذشت/ Ayatollah Naseri Passed away". ایسنا / ISNA (in Persian). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  36. [36]
    "Ayatollah Mustafavi, one of the prominent professors of Islamic philosophy, died". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  37. [37]
    "«شیخ علی تهرانی» شوهرخواهر علی خامنه‌ای درگذشت". ایران اینترنشنال (in Persian). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  38. [38]
    "عضو مجلس خبرگان رهبری درگذشت". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  39. [39]
    Gambrell, Jon (26 April 2023). "Senior Iran cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead in bank". The Hour. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  40. [40]
    "آیت‌الله «علی ارومیان» درگذشت". The Islamic Republic News Agency (in Persian). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  41. [41]
    "آیت الله عبدالنبی نمازی درگذشت". جهان نيوز (in Persian). 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  42. [42]
    "Ayatollah Emami Kashani passes away". Tehran Times. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  43. [43]
    "Senior Lebanese Shia Scholar Ayatollah Ali Al-Kourani Passes Away". Iqna.ir. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  44. [44]
    Rizvi, Syed Saeed Akhter. "Indian Ulema List (Source- Khursheed Khawar:Tazkratul ulamae hind o pak)". islamic-laws.com. Ma'arif Publications. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  45. [45]
    Syed Mohammad Mosawi was born in 1329 hijrah in Ichgam, Kashmir. Studied in Jamia Nazimiyyah, Sultan-ul-Madaris, Shia Arabic College and Lucknow University. After Completion of Sadr-ul-Fazil, Emad-ul-Adab, Emad-ul-Kalam and Fazil-ul-Adab moved to Najaf and received for Ijtihad. During his stay in Najaf Seminary learned from the best teachers of Hawzah and attained the degree of Ijtihad. He studied for about 23 years in Najaf.
  46. [46]
    Grand Saudi Shia Cleric "Sheikh Mohammed Ali Al Amri" Passed Away in Medina jafrianews.com

Further reading

  1. The book "Durr-e-Mansoor dar Halaat-e-Ulama-e-Zangipur"
  2. The research work of Dr. Inayet Ali on "life of Jawad-ul-Ulama" from Aligarh Muslim University.
  3. The booklet "Haqnuma" published Jamia-Imania,Banaras.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article List_of_ayatollahs, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.