Sheikh Murtadha al-Ansari al-Tostari | |
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الشيخ مرتضى الأنصاري التستري | |
Title | Grand Ayatollah |
Personal | |
Born | 1781 |
Died | 1864 (aged 82–83) |
Resting place | Imam Ali Shrine |
Religion | Islam |
Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia |
Other names | Sahib al-Makasib, Arabic: صاحب المكاسب Sheikh al-Ta'ifa, Arabic: شيخ الطائفة |
Organization | |
Institute | Najaf Seminary |
Muslim leader | |
Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
Period in office | 1849–1864 |
Predecessor | Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi |
Successor | Mirza Shirazi |
Post | Grand Ayatollah |
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Murtadha al-Ansari al-Tostari (1781–1864), (Arabic: مرتضی الأنصاري التستري;[1][2][3] Persian: مرتضی انصاری شوشتری[4][5]), also transliterated as Mortaza Ansari Shushtari, was a Shia jurist who "was generally acknowledged as the most eminent jurist of the time."[6][7]
Ansari has also been called the "first effective" model or Marja of the Shia[8] or "the first scholar universally recognized as supreme authority in matters of Shii law".[9]