Grand Ayatollah Muhammad al-Yaqoobi | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | September 9, 1960 |
| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam |
| Other names | Arabic: محمد اليعقوبي |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Period in office | 2003–present |
| Predecessor | Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Website | www |
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Ayatollah Mohammad al-Yaqoobi (Arabic: محمد اليعقوبي; born 9 September 1960) is a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'.[1][2] He is the second most widely followed Marja' in Iraq, the most widely followed being Ali al-Sistani.[3] As well as heading the Al-Sadr Religious University in Najaf, he established one of the largest women's Hawzas in Iraq, and oversees many charitable organisations within Iraq.[4][5] He is an active figure within Iraqi politics, and is considered by the Hawza 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.[6]
- ^ "List of Maraji in Arabic". iraqshia.net. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
- ^ "سماحة المرجع اليعقوبي (دام ظله)". www.yaqoobi.com (in Persian). Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ Fotini Christia, Elizabeth Dekeyser and Dean Knox, To Karbala: Surveying Religious Shia from Iran and Iraq, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016)
- ^ "Najaf's return as a religious tourist destination". BBC. February 27, 2010.
- ^ "Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs". www.atimes.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ Mervin Sabrina, Les mondes chiites et l'Iran, Karthala (2007)