Mousa Shubairi Zanjani

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid
Mousa Shubairi Zanjani
موسی شبیری زنجانی
Personal life
Born (1928-03-02) 2 March 1928 (age 96)
Qom, Iran
NationalityIranian
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationTwelver Shia Islam
Muslim leader
Based inQom, Iran
PostGrand Ayatollah
Period in office1995–Present
WebsiteOfficial Website

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (Persian: موسی شبیری زنجانی, born 2 March 1928) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

He was born in Qom to Sayyid Ahmed Shubairi Zanjani in Azerbaijani family.

He has studied in the Qom Seminary under Sayyid Hossein Borujerdi and Mohaqeq Damad, as well as in the Najaf Seminary under Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, and Sayyid Abd al-Hadi Shirazi.[5]

He currently resides and teaches in the seminary of Qom. He is a leading expert on the discipline of Ilm ar-Rijal, which seeks to authentically and efficiently pass judgment on the reliability of narrators of Hadith. He leads the prayers in the Fatima Masumeh Shrine.[6]

His students include: Sayyid Muhammad-Kadhim al-Tabatabaei, Sayyid Abd al-Hadi al-Mas'udi, and Sayyid Adil al-Alawi.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Directory of Iranian Officials. Central Intelligence Agency. p. 107.
  2. ^ Brumberg, Daniel; Farhi, Farideh (2016-04-04). Power and Change in Iran: Politics of Contention and Conciliation. Indiana University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-253-02079-6.
  3. ^ "Jadal Fi Iran Ba'd Liqaa Marja' Dini Kabir Bishakshiyat Islahiya Baynahum al-Ra'is al-Sabiq Khatami". France 24 (in Arabic). 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. ^ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018-06-05). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8156-5432-2.
  5. ^ "Ayat Allah Shubayri Zanjani Keest". www.entekhab.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. ^ "Samahat al-Marja' al-Dini Ayatullah al-Udhma al-Sayyid Musa al-Shubayri al-Zanjani Dam Thiluh". www.hajij.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  7. ^ "Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Musa Shubayri Zanjani". al-Hoda Centre for Islamic Research (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
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