Yousef Madani Tabrizi
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Grand Ayatollah
Sayyid Yousef Madani Tabrizi (Persian: السيد يوسف مدنی تبریزی) (born 1928) is an Iranian
Twelver Shi'a Marja
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He has studied in seminaries of Qum, Iran
under Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei. He is the author of many Islamic holy books
.
Ayatollah
Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin...
Sayyid Yousef Madani Tabrizi (Persian: السيد يوسف مدنی تبریزی) (born 1928) is an Iranian
Iranian peoples
The Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...
Twelver Shi'a Marja
Marja
Marja , also known as a marja-i taqlid or marja dini , literally means "Source to Imitate/Follow" or "Religious Reference"...
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He has studied in seminaries of Qum, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
under Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei. He is the author of many Islamic holy books
Islamic holy books
Islamic holy books are the texts which Muslims believe were dictated by God to various Islamic prophets throughout the history of mankind. All these books, in Muslim belief, promulgated the code and laws of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur'an, the final holy scripture, was sent because all the...
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See also
- List of maraji
- List of current Maraji