List of current Maraji


This article provides the list of Maraji, followed by Twelver Shia Muslims around the world. The concept of a Marja-i Taqlid is central to Usuli Shi'a Islam. Marja-i Taqlids provide religious interpretations on matters of law and rituals. Ideally, the most just and knowledgeable specialist in the field of the Islamic law should become recognized throughout the Muslim world as the Marja-i Taqlid. In practice however this rarely happens and there are several marja taqlids among whom an individual is free to choose and emulate.
Those clerics who reach the apex in the hirerachy of theological rank in the centers of Shi'a learning become Marja-i Taqlids. Since around 1940, Marja-i Taqlids are often referred to by their followers with the honorific title of Ayatollah al-`Uzma. Among the functions of Marja-i Taqlids is the collection and distribution of religious taxes.

Current

Note: The list contains those Ayatollahs who have published a resalah, regardless of the number of followers they have. This list is just for sake of reference and should not be accepted as proof of Marjaiyat for enlisted candidates. To choose & decide Marja for religious purposes please refer to the Shia-Islamic Codifix, Sources and People of Knowledge. The general consensus on the standard by which a believer chooses the marja he/she wishes to follow requires that the marja be the most knowledgeable Shi'i mujtahid in all fields. However, the assessment of the most knowledgeable scholar is subjective among experts in the field.
The names are ordered alphabetically.
NoImageNameBirth Year
CE		Birth Year
AH		Birth PlaceEducationResidenceWebsiteNotes-
1Alavi Gorgani -
Sayyid Mohammad Alavi Ali Hosseini Gorgani
19401358 Iraq Iraq Iran--
2Alavi Borojerdi -
Sayyid Mohammad Jawad Alavi Borojerdi
19511370 Iran Iran Iran--
3Baghdadi -
Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi
19451364 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
4Baghdadi -
Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi
19551374 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
5Bayat Zanjani -
Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani
19421361 Iran Iran Iran--
6Dastgheib Shirazi -
Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi
19351353 Iran Iran
Iraq		 Iran--
7Duzduzani -
Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani
19351354 Iran Iran Iran--
8Fayadh -
Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh
19301348 Afghanistan Iraq Iraq--
9Gerami Qomi -
Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi
19381357 Iran Iran Iran--
10Ghazanfari Khansari -
Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari
19571376 Iran Iran Iran--
11Ghoraifi -
Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi
19451364 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
12Haeri -
Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri
19381356 Iraq Iraq Iran--
13Hakeem -
Sayyid Mohammad Sa'eed Tabatabai al-Hakeem
19361354 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
14Hatim Saadi -
Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi
-- Iraq---
15Haydari-
Sayyid Kamal Haydari
19561375 Iraq Iran
Iraq		 Iran-
16Hojjat Kabuli -
Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli
19571376 Afghanistan Iran Afghanistan-
17Hosseini -
Sayyid Raghib AleKamooneh Hosseini
- Iran
Iraq
Iraq--
18Hosseini Nassab -
Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab
19601380 Iran Iran Canada-
19Jannaati -
Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati
19321350 Iran Iran Iran--
20Javadi Amoli -
Abdollah Javadi-Amoli
19331352 Iran Iran Iran--
21Jooybari -
Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari
19401359 Iran
Iran		 Iran--
22Khalesi -
Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi
19381357 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
23Khalesi -
Sheikh Jawad Khalesi
19511370 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
24Khamenei -
Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei
19391358 Iran Iran
Iraq
Lebanon		 Iran--
25Khaqani -
Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani
19401359 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
26Khorasani -
Sayyid Abdul Jawad Alam ul-Huda Khorasani
19411359 Iran Iran Iran-
55Sobhani -
Ja'far Sobhani
19281346 Iran Iraq Iran--
56Sorkhi -
Sayyid Mahmoud Hassani Sorkhi
19641383 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
57Tabrezi -
Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mher Tabrezi
-- Iran- Iran-
58Taei -
Qasem Taei
19601379 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
59Taei -
Saleh Taei
19581377 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
60Vaezi -
Shamsodin Vaezi
19361355 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
61Vahid Khorasani -
Hossein Vahid Khorasani
19211339 Iran Iraq Iran--
62Yaqoobi -
Mohammad Yaqoobi
19601379 Iraq Iraq Iraq--
63Yasrebi -
Sayyid Mohammad Yasrebi
-- Iran Iran Iran-
64Zanjani -
Sayyid Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani
19471366 Iran Iran Iran--
65Zanjani -
Dosti Zanjani
19411360 Iran Iran Iran-

Deceased