Hossein Wahid Khorasani | |
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شیخ حسین وحید خراسانی | |
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| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Personal | |
| Born | Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh 1 January 1921 |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Esmail Khorasani (father) |
| Relatives | Sadeq Larijani (son-in-law) |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Period in office | 1972–2024 |
| Post | Chancellor of Qom Seminary |
| Website | http://wahidkhorasani.com/ |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver Shia |
| Jurisprudence | Jafari, (Usuli) |
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani (Persian: حسین وحید خراسانی; born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh (Persian: محمدحسین ملاصالح); 1 January 1921) is an Iranian author and Shia marja'.
He is the current head of the Qom Seminary.[1] Khorasani is considered to be the most learned Shia religious authority alive by a number of scholars.[2]
- ^ Acta orientalia: ediderunt societates orientales Batava, Danica, Norvegica. E.J. Brill. 2007. p. 48.
- ^ "al-Qa'ilun Bi A'lamiyat Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Sheikh Wahid al-Khorasani" [Declarations of Khorasani's leading religious authority]. sratali.rigala.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-18.