Muhsin al-Hakim

Muhsin al-Hakim
السيد محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم
Personal
Born(1889-05-31)31 May 1889
Died2 June 1970(1970-06-02) (aged 81)
Resting placeImam Ali Shrine
ReligionIslam
NationalityIraqi
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Muslim leader
Based inNajaf, Iraq
Period in office1946–1970
PredecessorAbu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
SuccessorAbu al-Qasim al-Khoei , Ruhollah Khomeini

Muhsin al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (Arabic: محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم, romanizedMuḥsin al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Ḥakīm; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority. He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and of the majority of the Shia world in 1961, after the death of Hossein Borujerdi.[1] He died in 1970.[2]

  1. ^ Ayatollah Mohsin al-Hakim
  2. ^ Corboz, Elvire (2015). "Khomeini in Najaf: The Religious and Political Leadership of an Exiled Ayatollah". Die Welt des Islams. 55 (2): 222. doi:10.1163/15700607-00552p03.