Grand Ayatollah Qasem Taei (; 1960 – 16 September 2023) was an Iraqi
Twelver
Twelver Shi'ism (), also known as Imamism () or Ithna Ashari, is the Islamic schools and branches, largest branch of Shia Islam, Shi'a Islam, comprising about 90% of all Shi'a Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers to its adherents' belief in twel ...
Shi'a
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor ( caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community ( imam). However, his right is understoo ...
Marja.
Taei studied in seminaries of
Najaf
Najaf is the capital city of the Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. It is widely considered amongst the holiest cities of Shia Islam an ...
, Iraq under
Grand Ayatollah
Marja (; plural ''marājiʿ''; ) is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia religious cleric, with the authority given by a hawzah (a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated) to make legal decisions within the confines of Sh ...
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed al-Sadr (; born 23 March 1943 – 19 February 1999) was a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shiite cleric and marja'. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shia leaders during the rule of Saddam Huss ...
. He was the author of many Islamic books. He died of a heart condition on 16 September 2023, at the age of 63.
وفاة المرجع الديني قاسم الطائي بعد صراع مع المرض
See also
* List of current maraji
This article provides the list of marjas, ''maraji'' (plural of ''marja'', the supreme legal authority or the source of emulation), followed by Twelver (also known as ''Imamiyyah'') Shia Muslims around the world. The concept of a ''marja-i taqlid'' ...
* List of deceased maraji
This article provides the list of deceased ''marjas, maraji'' (plural of ''marja'', the supreme legal authority or the source of emulation), both current and deceased, followed by Twelver (also known as ''Imamiyyah'') Shia Muslims around the world ...
*List of maraji
Maraji are the supreme legal authority for Twelver Shia Muslims. The following articles contain lists of maraji.
* List of current maraji
* List of deceased maraji
See also
*Marja'
*Ijtihad
*Hawza
*Risalah (fiqh)
Risalah () is the Arabic wo ...
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Publications
1960 births
2023 deaths
Iraqi grand ayatollahs
Iraqi Islamists
Shia Islamists
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