Ayatollah Mohammad al-Yaqoobi ( ar, محمد اليعقوبي; born 9 September 1960) is a prominent
Iraq
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i
Twelver
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Shi'a
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Marja'
Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...
. He is the second most widely followed
Marja'
Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...
in Iraq, the most widely followed being
Ali al-Sistani
Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani ( ar, علي الحسيني السيستاني; fa, , Ali-ye Hoseyni-ye Sistāni; born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian–Iraqi Twelver Shia Ayatollah and marja'. He has been described ...
. As well as heading the Al-Sadr Religious University in Najaf, he established one of the largest women's
Hawza
A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.
The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold so ...
s in
Iraq
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, and oversees many charitable organisations within
Iraq
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. He is an active figure within Iraqi politics, and is considered by the
Hawza
A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.
The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold so ...
to be the spiritual successor of
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and the school of
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, with the former famously naming Yaqoobi his successor in an audio recording.
Education
Yaqoobi graduated with a BA in Civil Engineering from the
University of Baghdad in 1982 and joined the
Hawza Najaf in 1988. In Najaf, he studied under various scholars, most notably Ayatollah
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ar, أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; fa, ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential t ...
, under whom he was ordained with his religious turban, and Ayatollah
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. He maintained a close relationship with Grand Ayatollah
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, who, amongst others, granted him his ''Ijtihad'' in 1998. Amongst these testimonies is the Ijtihad testimony of
Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani (Persian: محمد صادقی تهراني) (born 1926 - died March 21, 2011) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja.
He has studied in seminaries of Qum, Iran under Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Muh ...
, the well known expert exegete of the Quran and student of
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his ''T ...
who in particular highlights Yaqoobi's expertise in deriving religious law from the Quran.
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See also
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List of Maraji
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Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
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Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
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Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
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Najaf
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Hawza
A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.
The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold so ...
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
People from Najaf
Iraqi grand ayatollahs
Iraqi Islamists
Shia Islamists
University of Baghdad alumni