Murtadha al-Shirazi | |
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السيد مرتضى الحسيني الشيرازي | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Children | Mustafa Muhammad-Jawad (deceased) Mehdi |
| Parent | Muhammad al-Shirazi (father) |
| Denomination | Twelver Shīʿā |
| Relatives | Mirza Shirazi (great-great grandfather) Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (grandfather) Sadiq al-Shirazi (uncle) Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi (cousin) |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
Ayatollah Sayyid Murtadha al-Hussaini al-Shirazi (Arabic: مرتضى الحسيني الشيرازي, Persian: مرتضی حسینی شیرازی; b. 1964) is a Shia mujtahid and author. He is the second son of late grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad al-Shirazi. He teaches a number of higher level classes in Islamic law, legal theory and Quranic exegesis at the religious seminary of Najaf, Iraq.