Sadiq al-Shirazi

Sadiq Shirazi
السيد صادق الحسيني شيرازي
Shirazi in 2019
Personal
Born (1942-08-20) August 20, 1942 (age 82)
ReligionIslam
Children
ParentMirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (father)
DenominationShi'a
SectTwelver
JurisprudenceJa'fari (Usuli)
MovementShirazi[1]
RelativesMirza Shirazi (great-great grandfather)
Mohammad al-Shirazi (brother)
Hassan al-Shirazi (brother)
Mujtaba al-Shirazi (brother)
Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (brother-in-law)
Mohammed Kadhim al-Qazwini (brother-in-law)
Signature
Muslim leader
Based inQom, Iran
WebsiteOfficial Website

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Hussayni al-Shirazi (Arabic: صادق الحسيني الشيرازي; Persian: سید صادق حسینی شیرازی; born August 20, 1942) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja'.[2][3]

He hails from an influential transnational clerical family, and is the younger brother of Muhammad al-Shirazi, and considered his successor.[4][5]

  1. ^ Matthiesen, T., 2020. 3 Pearl Roundabout. In Sectarian Gulf (pp. 33-49). Stanford University Press.
  2. ^ "Biography Summary » Office of the Grand Shia Jurist Ayatollah Sayid Sadiq Al-Shirazi". Office of the Grand Shia Jurist Ayatollah Sayid Sadiq Al-Shirazi. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  3. ^ al-Jibouri, Kamil Salman. Mu'jam al-'Udaba' Min 'Asr al-Jahili Hata Sanat 2002 [Glossary of Scholars: From the Jahiliyyah to 2002 AD] (in Arabic). Vol. 3. Beirut, Lebanon: Daar al-Kitab al-'Ilmiya. p. 169.
  4. ^ Monsutti, Alessandro (2007). The Other Shiites: From the Mediterranean to Central Asia. Peter Lang. p. 261. ISBN 978-3-03911-289-0.
  5. ^ Halverson, Jeffry R. (2012). Searching for a King: Muslim Nonviolence and the Future of Islam. Potomac Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-61234-470-6.