Sadiq al-Shirazi
Sadiq Shirazi | |
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السيد صادق الحسيني شيرازي | |
Shirazi in 2019 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | August 20, 1942 |
| Children |
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| Parent | Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (father) |
| Relatives | Mirza Shirazi (great-great grandfather) Mohammad al-Shirazi (brother) Hassan al-Shirazi (brother) Mujtaba al-Shirazi (brother) Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (brother-in-law) Mohammed Kadhim al-Qazwini (brother-in-law) |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shi'a |
| Sect | Twelver |
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari (Usuli) |
| Movement | Shirazi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Website | Official Website |
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Hussayni al-Shirazi (Arabic: صادق الحسيني الشيرازي; Persian: سید صادق حسینی شیرازی; born August 20, 1942) is an Iraqi-born Iranian Shia marja'.
He hails from an influential transnational clerical family, and is the younger brother of Muhammad al-Shirazi, and considered his successor.