Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi
Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi | |
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السيد محمد تقي الحسيني المدرسي | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | July 1, 1945 |
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| Parent | Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (father) |
| Notable work(s) | From the Guidance of the Quran Islamic Mysticism |
| Relatives | Hadi 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 | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shīʿā |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Karbala, Iraq |
| Period in office | 2003–present |
| Website | Official 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.