Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi

Abd al-Hadi Shirazi
سید عبد الهادی حسینی شیرازی
Personal life
Born1882 (1882)
DiedJuly 13, 1962(1962-07-13) (aged 79–80)
Resting placeImam Ali Shrine
NationalityIranian
Children
  • Musa
  • Muhammad-Ali
  • Muhammad-Ibrahim
ParentIsmail Shirazi (father)
RelativesMirza Shirazi (first cousin, once removed & uncle-in-law)
Mirza Mahdi Shirazi (second cousin, once removed & brother-in-law)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Muslim leader
Based inNajaf, Iraq

Grand Ayatollah Mirza Abd al-Hadi Husayni Shirazi (Persian: عبدالهادى حسينى شيرازى; Arabic: عبد الهادي الحسيني الشيرازي; 1882 – July 13, 1962) was an Iranian Shia marja' and poet. After the death of Abu al-Hasan Esfehani, Shirazi was considered to be one of the highest ranking scholars in Iraq, along with Muhsin al-Hakim (possibly higher ranking than al-Hakim) and some less popular jurists like Muhammad-Husayn Kashif Ghitaa, Mahmoud Shahroudi, and Muhammad-Ridha Al Yasin. His brother-in-law, Mirza Mahdi Shirazi was the leading scholar in Karbala.

He was one of the leading scholars that issued an anti-communist fatwa during the rise of the "red tide" in Iraq under Abd al-Karim Qasim.