Grand Ayatollah Muhammad al-Yaqoobi | |
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Religion | Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam |
Other names | Arabic: محمد اليعقوبي |
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Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
Period in office | 2003–present |
Predecessor | Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr |
Post | Grand Ayatollah |
Website | www |
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Twelver Shi'ism |
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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]