List of deceased Maraji


This article provides the list of deceased Maraji, both current and deceased, 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. Among the functions of Marja-i Taqlids is the collection and distribution of religious taxes.

Deceased

''Note: The names are ordered by date of death as an arbitrary standard.

Till 350 AH">Hijri">AH/960 CE">Common Era">CE

Following are ulema who have spent their major life spans before 350 AH/960 CE:
S No
Image
Name
Year of Birth
CE
AH
Year of Death
CE
AH
Birth
Education
Death
Website
Notes
1-Aban -
Abu Sa'id Aban ibn Taghlib ibn Rubah al-Bakri al-Jurairi al-Kindi al-Rabie al-Kufi
-
-
-
758
141
Iraq Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia,
2-Abu Baseer -
Yehya Bin al-Qasim al-Hadhdha’
-
-
-
-
150
---
3-Ibn Muslim -
Mohammad bin Muslim
-
-
-
-
-
---
4-Zakariya Qummi -
Zakariya bin Adam-e-Qummi
-
-
-
-
-
----,
5-Yunus -
Yunus bin Abdul-Rahman
-
-
-
825-826
210
----,
6-Safwan -
Abu Muhammad Safwan ibn Yahya al Bajali Bayya' al-Sabiri
-
-
-
-
-
----,
7-Abu Umayr -
Muhammad bin Abu-Umayr
-
-
-
-
-
----
8-Mughirah -
Abdullah bin al-Mughirah
-
-
-
-
-
----
9-Ali al-Uraidhi - علي العريضي
Abu Hasan Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
-
757-
140-
835+
220+
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia-
10-Rad -
al-Hassan bin Mahboob al-Rad al‑Kufi
-
-
-
839
224
----,
11-Abi-Nasr -
Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi-Nasr
-
-
-
-
-
----
12-Uthman al-Amri -
Uthman ibn Sa’id al-Asadi
-
-
-
-
267-
----
13-Abū Is’hāq -
Abū Is’hāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’eed ibn Hilāl Thaqafī Isfahānī
-
-
-
896+
283
Iraq Iraq Iran-
14-Ahwāzī -
Abū Muhammad Husein ibn Sa’īd ibn Hamād ibn Mehrān Ahwāzī
-
-
896+
283+
Iraq Iraq Iran
15-Mohammad al-Amri -
Mohammad bin Saeed al-Amri
-
-
-
-
305
----
16-Ummani -
al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi `Aqil al-`Ummani
-
-
-
941
329
----,
17-Qummi - قمي'
Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi
علي بن القمي
-
-
941
329
----
18-Kulayni - الكليني
Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
محمد بن يعقوب الكليني
864
250
941
329
Iran Iraq Iraq,
19-Iskāfī -
Abū Alī Muhammad ibn Humām ibn Suhail Iskāfī
-
872
258
947
336
Iraq Iraq Iraq-

351 AH">Islamic calendar">AH/961 CE">Common Era">CE to 1200 AH/1785 CE">Common Era">CE

Following are ulema who have spent their major life span between 350 AH/961 CE & 1200 AH/1785 CE:
S No
Image
Name
Year of Birth
CE
AH
Year of Death
CE
AH
Birth
Education
Death
Website
Notes
1-Ibn-e Qūliwayh -
Sheikh Abul-Qāsim Ja’far ibn Muhammad son of Ja’far ibn Mūsā ibn Masrūr ibn Qūliwayh-e Qummī
-
-
-
0977
367
Iran Iran Iran-
2-Ayyashi - عياشي
Ayyashi al-Samarqandi
عياشي السمرقندي
-
-
0978
368
----
3-Abū Ghālib Zurārī
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Suleimān ibn Hasan ibn Jahm ibn Bukair ibn A’yun Shaybānī Kūfī Baghdadi
-
898
285
0978
368
Iraq Iraq Iraq-
4-Iskafi -
Ibn Junayd al-Iskafi
-
-
-
0991
381
----
5-Shaykh Saduq -
Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi
918
305
0993
383
Iran Iraq Iran--
6-Saheb, Al Kafat - صاحب
Ismail ibne Ibad
صاحب بن عباد
-
-
0993
383
Iran Iran Iran
7-Al-Sharif al-Radi or Razi - الرضي
Sayyid al-Razi
الشريف الرضي
970
359
1015
406
Iraq Iraq Iraq-
8-Shaykh Mufid - شيخ مفيد
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi
أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن النعمان البغدادي
948
336
1022
413
Iraq Iraq Iraq-
9Ibn Sīnā - ابن سینا
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sīnā
-
980
Safar 370
1037
4 Ramadan 428
Iran Iran Iran-
10-Sayyid Murtadhā - سيد مرتضى
Abu al-Qāsim ‘Alī ibn Husayn al-Syyid al-Murtadhā Alam al-Huda
أبو القاسم علي بن الحسين السيد المرتضى علم الهدى
965
355
1044
436
----,
11-Halabi - حلبي
Abu al-Salah al-Halabi
أبو الصلاح الحلبي
-
-
1055
447
----
12-Najjashi - النجاشي
Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najjashi
احمد بن علي النجاشي
-
-
1058
450
---
13- Shaykh Tusi - شیخ طوسی
Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Hasan Tusi
ابوجعفر محمد بن حسن طوسی
995
385
1068
460
---
14-Ibn Barraj - بن براج
Qazi Abdul-Aziz al-Halabi
قاضي عبد العزيز الحلبي
-
-
1088
481
---
15-Hākim Haskāni, Ibn-e-Haddād -
Qāzi Hākim AbulQāsīm Ubeidullāh Ibn Abdullāh Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Haskāni Qurashī Āmirī Neishābūrī
-
-
1097
490
----
16-Allamah Tabarsi - العلامة الطبرسي
Amin al-Islam Abu Ali Fadal ibn Hassan ibn al-Fadl al-Tabarsi
أمين الإسلام الطبرسي
1074
468
1153
548
---
17-Rawandi
Qutubuddin Rawandi
-
-
-
1177
573
----
18-Ibne Ashob
Ibne Shahr Ashob
-
-
-
1177
588
----
19-Hilli
Muhammad Ibn Idrees Hilli
-
1148
543
1202
598
Iraq Iraq Iraq
20-KASHMIRI
Sayyed Hussain Qummi
Iran Iran India
21-Muntajabuddīn
Muntajabuddīn Alī Ibn Ubaidullāh Ibn Hasan Ibn Bābiwayh Qummī
-
-
504
1204
600
Iran Iran Iran-
21-Ibn Taoos
Syed Razi Al Deen Abul Qasim Ali Ibn Moosa Ibn Jafar Ibn Taoos
-
-
5 Moharrum 579
1266
664
Iraq Iraq Iraq
22-Nasiruddin Toosi
Khwajah Nasiruddin Toosi
-
-
597
1274
673
----,
23-Ghayas ud Deen
Syed Abd al Karim Ibn Jamal ud Deen Ahmed Ibn Moosa Ibn Jafar ibn Taoos
-
1250
648
1294
693
----
24-Mohaqiq Hilli
Jafar ibne Yahya ibn Hasan ibne Saeed
-
1204
602
1277
676
----
25-Irbeli
Abul Hasan Ali ibne Isā ibne Abulfath Irbeli
-
-
-
1294
693
----
26-Allamah Hilli
Abu Mafsoor Hasan ibn Yusuf ibne Ali ibn Mazaher
-
1250
19 Ramadan 648
1326
11 Muharram 726
---
27-Mahaqqeqeen Hilli
Fakhrul Mahaqqeqeen Hilli
-
-
-
1368
771
----
28-Shaheed Awwal
Abu Abd Allah Shams ud Deen Mohammed ibn Jamal ud Deen Makki
-
1334
734
1384
786
Lebanon Saudi Arabia Syria-
29-Miqdad
Fazil Miqdad
-
-
-
1423
826
-----
30-Asadi
Ahmed bin Fahd Hilli Asadi
-
-
757
1437
841
---
31-Bayādhi
Ali bin Yūnus Nabāti Bayādhi
-
1402
804
1472
877
----
32-Kaf’ami
Taqiyuddin Ibrahim Kaf’ami
-
-
-
1500
905
----
33-Muhaqqiq al-Karaki
Nuraddin Ali ibn Abdul-Aal al-Karki
-
-
870
1533
940
----
34-Shaheed Saani
Jamal ud Deen ibn Noor ud Deen Ali ibn Fazil Ahmed ibn jamal ud Deen ibn Taqi ibn Mohammed Saleh
-
1505
911
1559
966
Lebanon Iraq Saudi Arabia-
35-Muqaddas Ardebili
Mohammed ibn Ahmed Ardebili
-
-
-
1585
Safar 993
Iran Iraq Iraq
36-Shaheed Salis
Qazi Nurullah Shustari
-
1549
956
1610
1019
Iran Iraq India-
37-Shaykh Bahai
Mohammed bin Hasan al Harthi Jeehi Amili Bahai
-
1546
17 Moharram 953
1622
12 Shawwal 1031
Lebanon Iran Iran
38-Mulla Sadra
-

1640
1050
----
39-Allameh Majlisi Awwal
Mohammad Taqi Majlisi
-
-
-
1660
1070
----
40-Mulla Mazandarani
Saleh Mazandarani
-
-
-
1670
1081
----
41-Muhaqqiq Sabzwari
Muhammad Baqir Sabzwari
-
-
-
1679
1090
----
42-Mulla Faiz Kashani
Mohammed Mohsin Faiz Kashani
-
1599
1007
1680
1091
Iran Iran Iran
43-Muhaqqiq Khwansari
Husain Khwansari
-
-
-
1687
1098
----
44-Shaykh Ameli
Shaykh Hurr Ameli
-
-
8 Rajab 1033
1693
21 Ramadan 1104
---
45-Allamah Bahrani
Sayyed Hashim Bahrani
-
-
-
1696
1107
----
46Allamah Majlisi Sani
Mohammad Baqir Majlisi
-
1628
1037
1699
1111
Iran Iran Iran
47-Jazaeri
Sayyed Ne’matullah Jazaeri
-
-
-
1700
1112
----
48-Aqa Khunsari
Jamaluddin Mohammad Khunsari
-
-
-
1713
1125
----
49-Mirza Afandi
Mirza Abdullah Isfahani Afandi
-
-
-
1718
1130
----
50-'Fazil-e-Hindi
Muhammad Bahauddin Fazil bin Hasan bin Muhammad Isfahani
-
-
1062
1725
1137
---,
51-Sahib Hadaeq
Yusuf bin Ahmed
-
-
-
1772
1186
----
52-Wahid Al-Bihbahani
Muhammad Baqir bin Muhammad Akmal
-
-
1118
1793
1207
----,
53-Mulla Naraqi
Mohammad Mahdee Naraqi
-
1716
1128
1794
1209
Iran Iran Iran
54-Allamah Bahrul Uloom
Sayyed Mohammad Mahdi Bahrul Uloom
-
1742
Shawwal 1155
1797
1212
Iraq Iraq Iraq

Between 1201 AH/1786 CE">Common Era">CE and 1300 AH/1883 CE">Common Era">CE

Following are ulema who have spent their major life span after 1201 AH/1785 CE & 1300 AH/1883 CE:
S No
Image
Name
Year of BirthYear of DeathBirth
Education
Death
Website
Notes
1-Ayatullah Ameli
Sayyed Jawad Husainee Ameli

1811
1226
-
2-Ayatullah Kashifal Ghita
Shaikh Ja’far Kashifal Ghita

1813
1228
-
3-Mirzaye Qummi


1815
1231
4-Tabatabai
Sayyed Ali Tabatabai

1816
1231
5-Ghufraan Ma'ab - غفران ماب
Syed Dildar Ali Naqvi Naseerabadi
سيد دلدار على نصيرابادى
1753
17 Rabi-us-sani 1166
3 May 1820
19 Rajab-ul-Murajjab1235
India India - Iran - Iraq India, -
6-Mulla Naraqi
Ahmad Naraqi
1771
1185
1826+
1241+
Iran Iran Iran-
7-Ayatullah Mujahid
Sayyed Mohammad Mujahid

1827
1242
8-Shabbar
Sayyed Abdullah Shabbar

1827
1242
9-Mirza Mujtahid
Mirza Maseeh Mujtahid

1830
1245
10-Shafti
Sayyed Mohammad Baqir Shafti

1844
1260
Iran Iraq Iran
11-Mulla Barghani
Mohammad Taqi Barghani

1848
1264
12-Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din bin Saleh
1779
1194
1848
1264
Lebanon Iraq Iran-
13Saheb e Jawahir - Najafi
Sheikh Muhammad Hassan Najafi
1785
1200
1850
1265
Iraq Iraq Iraq-
14-Aalam-ul-ulama
Sayyed Sibt-e-Hussain

1868
1952
15Mulla Sabzewari
Hadi Sabzewari

1872
1289
Iran Iran Iran
16Shaikh Ansari
Murtaza bin Muhammad Amin Ansari
-
1799
1214
1880
1298
Iran Iraq Iraq
17Mulla Keni
Ali Keni

1889
1306
18-Meer Husain
Meer Hamid Husain

1889
1306
19-Mulla Hamadani
Husain Quli Hamadani

1893
1311
20Mirzaye Shirazi
Sayyed Mohammad Hassan Shirazi

1894
1312
Iran Iraq Iraq
21-Mirza Rashti
Mirza Habibullah Rashti

1894
1312
Iran Iraq Iraq
22-Abul Hasan Kaskmiri
Allama Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri Lucknowi


1313
India India- Iraq Iraq
23Mirza Jilweh
Mirza Abul Hasan Jilweh

1896
1314
Iran Iran Iran
24Allamah Ashrafi
Mulla Muhammad Ashrafi
1804
1219
1898
1315
Iran Iran - Iraq Iran
25Allamah Assadabadi
Sayyed Jamaluddin Assadabadi

1896
1314

Between 1301 AH/1884 CE">Common Era">CE to 1400 AH/1980 CE">Common Era">CE

Following are ulema who have spent their major life span after 1301 AH/1884 CE to 1400 AH/1980 CE:
S No
Image
Name
Year of BirthYear of DeathBirth
Education
Death
Website
Notes
1-Khalkhali Ardabaili
Syed Murtaza Khalkhali Ardabaili
-
-
-
1317
Iran Iraq Iraq-
2Mirza Ashtiyani
Mirza Mohammad Hasan Ashtiyani

1900
1318
Iran Iraq Iran
3Muhaddis Noori
Mirza hussain Noori ibn e Mohammed Taqi Noori Tabrisi
1838
1254
1902
1320
Iran Iraq Iraq
4Aqa Hamadani
Reza Hamadani

1904
1322
Iran Iraq Iraq
5-Najafi
Mohammad Taha Najafi
1825
1241
1905
1323
Iraq Iraq Iraq
6-Kashmiri
Sayed Murtaza Kashmiri
1851
1268
1905
1323
India
7Shaikh Behari
Mohammad Behari

1907
1325
Iran Iran Iran
8Mirza Khalili
Mirza Hossein Khalili
1815
1230
1908
1326
Iraq Iraq Iraq
9Shaikh Noori
Fazlullah Noori
1843
1259
1909
1327
Iran Iraq Iran
10Hakeem Qashqai
Jahangir Khan Qashqai
1827
1243
1910
1328
Iran Iran Iran
11Abutaleb Zanjani
Seyyed Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani
1843
1259
1911
1329
Iran Iraq Iran
12Mulla Khurasani
Mohammad Kazim Khurasani
1839
1255
1911
1329
Iran Iraq Iraq
13-Tabrizi
Reza Tabrizi
1848
1265
1912
1331
-
14-Karbala'i
Seyed Ahmad Tehrani Karbala'i

1913
1332
-
15Shaikh Behari
Mohammad Baqir Behari

1914
1333
Iran Iraq Iran
16Rashti
Mohammad Ali Rashti
1836
1252
1915
1334
-
17Ayatullah Yazdi
Sayyed Mohammad Kazim Tabatabai Yazdi

1918
1337
Iran Iraq Iraq
18Allamah Sadr
Sayyed Isma’il Sadr

1920
1338
Iran Iraq Iraq
19Mirza Shirazi
Mirza Mohammad Taqi Shirazi

1920
1338
20-Sheikh ol-Shari'a Esfahani
Fat'hullah Namazi Shirazi
1849
1266
1921
1339
Iran Iraq Iraq
21Mulla Kashani
Habibullah Shareef Kashani

1922
1340
Iran Iran Iran
22-Aqa Iraqi
Nuruddin Iraqi

1923
1341
23-Durcheye
Sayyed Mohammad Baqir Durcheye

1924
1342
24Khalessi
Mohammad Mahdi Khalessi

1925
1343
25Aqa Tabrizi
Mirza Jawad Malelki Tabrizi
1875
1292
3 July 1925
11 Zilhijjah 1343
Iran Iraq Iran
26Isfahani
Nurullah Isfahani

1927
1345
27-Lari
Sayyed Abdul Husain Lari

1928
1346
28Baqer ul Uloom
Mohammad Baqer Rizvi Lucknowi

1928
India Iraq Iraq
29-Allamah Balaghi


1934
1352
30Dehkurdi
Sayyed Abul Qasim Dehkurdi

1934
1353
31Qazwini
Sayyed Moosa Zarabadi Qazwini

1934
1353
32Hasan al-Sadr
Sayyed Hasan Sadr

1935
1354
33Mirza Naini
Ayatollah Mirza Hussein Naini
1860
1936
1355
Iran
Iran
Iraq
Iraq
34Shaikh Haeri
Abdul Kareem Haeri
1850
1274
1936
17 Zilqad 1355
Iran Iran Iran
35Shaheed Mudaress
Sayyid Hassan Mudaress

1937
1355
36Muhaddis Qummi
Shaykh Abbas Ibne Muhammad Reza Abul Qasim Qummi

1290
1940
23 Zilahjj 1359
Iran Iraq Iraq
37Hasanali Isfahani
Shaykh Hasanali Isfahani Gharawi
1279
1862
1941
17 Sha’ban 1361
Iran Iran - Iraq Iran
38Araki
Aqa Ziyauddin Araki

1942
1360
39-Mufti Ash-Shia Ardbaili
Syed Muhammad Taqi Mufti Ash-Shia Ardbaili
-
-
-
1361
Iran Iraq Iraq
40-Durcheye
Sayyed Mohammad Mahdi Durcheye

1945
1364
41Mirza Isfahani
Mirza Mahdi Isfahani

1946
1365
42Aqa Qummi
Husain Qummi Tabatabei

1946
1365
43Isfahani
Sayyed Abul Hasan Isfahani
1860
1946
1365
Iran Iraq Iraq
44:ar: محمد كاظم الشيرازي| Shirazi
Sheikh Muhammad Kazem Shirazi

1875
1292
1946
1365
Iran Iraq Iran--
45Aqa Qazi Tabatabei
Sayyed Ali Aqa
Qazi Tabatabei
1866
1283
1947
1366
Iran Iraq Iraq--
46Shahabadi
Mohammad Ali Shahabadi
1875
1950
1368
47Shaikh Nahawandi
Ali Akbar Nahawandi

1950
1369
48Ayatullah Khunsari
Sayyed Mohammad Taqi Khunsari

1274
1951
1371
Iran Iraq Iran
49Kabuli
Sardar Kabuli

1952
1371
Afghanistan
50Mohsin al-Ameen
Sayyed Mohsin Ameen

1952
1371
Lebanon Iraq Lebanon
51Kuh Kamari
Sayyid Muhammad Hujjat Hussain Kuh-Kamari ''
1892
1310
1952
1371
Iran Iraq Iran--
52Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din al-Sadr
1882
1299
1954
1373
Iraq Iran Iran--
53Shaikh Kashif al-Ghita
Mohammed Hussain Kashif al-Ghita
1872
1214
1954
1373
Iraq Iraq Iraq
54Gulpaygani
Sayyed Jamaluddin Gulpaygani

1957
1377
55Ameli
Sayyed Sharafuddin Ameli

1958
1377
56 Mahdi Shirazi -
Sayyid Mirza Mahdi Hussaini Shirazi
1887
1304
1960
1380
Iraq Iraq Iraq-
57Borujerdi
Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi
1875
1292
30 March 1961
13 Shawaal 1381
Iran Iraq Iran
58Kashani
Sayyed Abul Qasim Kashani
1882
1961
1381
Iran Iraq Iran
59Allamah Amini
Abdul Hossein Amini

1970
1389
66-Shaikh Kuhistani
Mohammad Kuhistani

1972
1392
67-Allamah Sha’rani


1973
1393
68Shahroudi
Sayyed Mahmood Husseini Shahroudi

1974
1394
69-Behbahani
Sayyed Ali Musawi Behbahani

1975
1395
70Milani
Sayyed Mohammad Hadi Milani
1892
1313
1975
1395
Iraq Iraq Iran
71Aqa Arbab
Raheem Arbab
1880
1297
1976
1396
Iran Iran Iran
72Ustad Shaheed Mutahhari
Murtaza Mutahhari
مرتضی مطهری
1920
1979
1399
Iran Iran Iran
73:ar:أحمد المستنبط|Mustanbat Najafi
Sayyid Ahmed Mustanbat Najafi
سيد أحمد مستنبط نجفي
1925
1324
1979
1399
Iran Iraq Iraq--
74Shaheed Khamis, Baqir al-Sadr
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
1935
1980
1400
Iraq Iraq Iraq
75-Shaikh Mugni’ah
Mohammad Jawad Mugni’ah

1980
1400

After 1400 AH/1980 CE">Common Era">CE

Following are ulema who have spent their major life span after 1400 AH/1980 CE: