Mohammed Ridha al-Sistani


Muhammad-Ridha al-Husayni al-Sistani, is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia scholar, and the son of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
al-Sistani primarily runs his fathers office and oversees the financial and administrative work.
He firmly believes in Iraq's sovereignty and its right not to be interrupted by any foreign side, and only Iraqis have the right to choose the type of governance they want, again without the interference of any imposing foreign entity.

Early life and education

Early life

al-Sistani was born to Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, and the daughter of Sayyid Muhammad-Hassan al-Shirazi. He comes a from a respectable lineage of scholars, traced back to the 17th century.
His family claim descent from the fourth Shia Imam, Ali ibn Husayn.

Education

He joined the Najaf seminary in September, 1974, and studies under senior scholars such as Sheikh Hadi al-Askari, Sheikh Abbas al-Quchani, Sayyid Hasan al-Murtadhawi, Sheikh Mahdi Morvarid and Sayyid Ahmed al-Madadi. He conducted his jurisprudence studies under the leading jurist of his time, Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei in September, 1979, until al-Khoei stopped teaching before he passed away. He attended the principles of jurisprudence classes of his father, Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, in March, 1991.
He began teaching manasik in September 2003, and continues til this day.

Political stances

His position on recent developments in Iraq may have been allegedly close to the position of Iran, however, he has stated that any intervention is not designed to be permanent. He has also stated that he firmly believes in the sovereignty of Iraq and its right not to be interrupted by any foreign side, and only Iraqis have the right to choose the type of governance they want, again without the interference of any imposing foreign side.

Works

al-Sistani has written a number of books in jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence. Some of them include:
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