Sadiq Shirazi | |
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السيد صادق الحسيني شيرازي | |
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Religion | Islam |
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Parent | Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (father) |
Denomination | Shi'a |
Sect | Twelver |
Jurisprudence | Ja'fari (Usuli) |
Movement | Shirazi[1] |
Relatives | Mirza 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) |
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Muslim leader | |
Based in | Qom, Iran |
Website | Official 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]