Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi

Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi
السيد محمد تقي الحسيني المدرسي
Personal life
Born (1945-07-01) July 1, 1945
Children
  • Salih
  • Muhammed-Ridha
  • Murtadha
  • Muhsin
  • Sajjad
  • Sadiq
ParentMohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (father)
Notable work(s)From the Guidance of the Quran
Islamic Mysticism
RelativesHadi al-Modarresi (brother)
Ali Akbar al-Modarresi (brother)
Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (grandfather)
Muhammad al-Shirazi (maternal uncle)
Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari (uncle-in-law)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceTwelver Shīʿā
Muslim leader
Based inKarbala, Iraq
Period in office2003–present
WebsiteOfficial website

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi al-Husayni al-Modarresi (Arabic: محمد تقي الحسيني المدرسي; Persian: محمد تقى حسينى مدرسى; b. 1945) is an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja' and political theorist.

al-Modarresi is the author of over 400 books on theology, historiography, jurisprudence, philosophy, logic, and social science. The Anglican Centre in Rome has stated that "Grand Ayatollah al-Modarresi is probably the second most senior Shia cleric after al-Sistani.