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Ali al-Sistani
Ali Sistani | |
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علی سیستانی | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 4 August 1930 |
| Children | 2, including Muhammad-Ridha |
| Parent | Muhammad-Baqir Sistani (father) |
| Main interest(s) | Religious jurisprudence |
| Relatives | Jawad Shahristani (son-in-law) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shia |
| Jurisprudence | Jaʽfari (Usuli) |
| Creed | Twelver |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Period in office | 1993–present |
| Predecessor | Abd al-A'la Sabziwari, Mohammad Fazel Lankarani |
| Website | Official website |
ʿAlī Ḥusaynī Sīstānī[1][2][3] (Persian: علی حسینی سیستانی; Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني; born 4 August 1930) is an Islamic scholar and the dean of the Hawza of Najaf in Iraq.[4][5][6][7] A Grand Ayatollah and marja, Sistani is considered one of the leading religious leaders of Twelver Shia Muslims. Sistani has been a vocal critic of foreign interference in Iraqi affairs[8][9] and has warned foreign actors against imposing their will on the Iraqi people.[10][11]
Born in Mashhad, Iran (with the father as Dulan) to a Sayyid family, Sistani studied in Qom under Hossein Borujerdi and later in Najaf under Abu al-Qasim Khu'i. An Usuli, Sistani rose to the rank of mujtahid in 1960 and succeeded Abd al-A'la Sabziwari as Grand Ayatollah. Sistani was included in top positions of The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential Muslims from 2004 to 2024 and named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2004 and 2005.
- ^ "Birth place: Mashhad, Iran, Birth name: Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani". CNN.
- ^ "Sistani.org". Sistani.org.
- ^ "Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani was born on 9th Rabi Al-Awwal 1349 A.H. in the holy city of Mashhad". Sistani.org.
- ^ "IRAQ: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani". Council on Foreign Relations. When Khoei died in 1992, Sistani was selected by his peers to head the most important hawza—or network of schools—in Najaf.
- ^ Dehghanpisheh, Babak (13 February 2005). "WHAT SISTANI WANTS". Newsweek. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ Dagres, Holly (15 March 2019). "A photo op in Najaf reveals an Iran that could be". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ "صوت/ تدریس آیت الله سیستانی به زبان فارسی در نجف". مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 10 April 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2024.; Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني;
- ^ "السيد السيستاني يشدد على منع التدخلات الخارجية وحصر السلاح بيد الدولة" (in Arabic). INA.
- ^ "In Iraq, Ali Sistani criticizes foreign interference". L'Orient Jour.
- ^ "Foreign actors must not 'impose will' on protests: top Iraq cleric". France24. "No person or group, no side with a particular view, no regional or international actor may seize the will of the Iraqi people and impose its will on them," Sistani said in his weekly sermon read by a representative in the Shiite holy city of Karbala.
- ^ "نص الخطبة الثانية التي ألقاها ممثل المرجعية الدينية العليا فضيلة العلاّمة السيد أحمد الصافي في يوم الجمعة (3/ ربيع الأول/ 1441 هـ) الموافق (1/11/2019)" (in Arabic). Sistani.org. وليس لأي شخص أو مجموعة أو جهة بتوجه معين أو أي طرف اقليمي أو دولي أن يصادر إرادة العراقيين في ذلك ويفرض رأيه عليهم
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