Abdul Hadi al-Shirazi | |
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السيد عبد الهادي الحسيني الشيرازي | |
Personal | |
Born | 1882 |
Died | July 13, 1962 | (aged 79–80)
Resting place | Imam Ali Shrine |
Religion | Islam |
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Parent | Ismail al-Shirazi (father) |
Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
Relatives | Mirza Shirazi (first cousin, once removed & uncle-in-law) Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (second cousin, once removed & brother-in-law) |
Muslim leader | |
Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
Grand Ayatollah Mirza Abd al-Hadi al-Husayni al-Shirazi (Arabic: عبد الهادي الحسيني الشيرازي; Persian: عبدالهادى حسينى شيرازى; 1882 – July 13, 1962) was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja' and poet.[1][2][3] After the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Esfehani, al-Shirazi was considered to be one of the highest ranking scholars in Iraq, along with Muhsin al-Hakim (possibly higher ranking than al-Hakim)[4] and some less popular jurists like Muhammad-Husayn Kashif al-Ghitaa, Mahmoud al-Shahroudi, and Muhammad-Ridha Al Yasin.[5] His brother-in-law, Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi was the leading scholar in Karbala.
He was one of the leading scholars that issued an anti-communist fatwa during the rise of the "red tide" in Iraq under Abd al-Karim Qasim.