List of hujjatul Islams
This is a partial list of hujjatul Islams, a title given to mid ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics.[1]
The next higher clerical rank is ayatollah, followed by grand ayatollah. This list contains only the names of those who have attained the rank hojjatol Eslam/ hojjatol Eslam wa Muslimeen. To see the list of ayatollahs or grand ayatollahs,[2] see the following articles: List of ayatollahs; List of current maraji; List of deceased maraji.
Hierarchy of titles for Shia Muslim clerics:[3]
- Grand ayatollah (marja')
- Ayatollah
- Hujjatol Islam
Current
This is a list of hujjatul Islams who are alive. The list is arranged in descending order of age, (oldest to youngest).
| No | Image | Name | Birth date CE |
Birth place | Residence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehdi Karroubi مهدی کروبی |
26 September 1937 | Aligudarz, Iran | Iran | Currently under house arrest[4] | |
| 2 | Ghodratollah Alikhani قدرت‌الله علیخانی |
1939 (age 85–86) | Takestan County, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 3 | al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi السيد محمد التيجاني السماوي |
2 February 1943 | Gafsa, Tunisia | Tunisia | Ex-Sunni preacher[5] | |
| 4 | Seyed Mohammad Khatami سید محمد خاتمی |
14 October 1943 | Ardakan, Iran | Iran | 5th President of Iran | |
| 5 | Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani غلامحسین محمدی گلپایگانی |
1943 (age 81–82) | Golpayegan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 6 | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri علی‌اکبر ناطق‌نوری |
6 October 1944 | Nur, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 7 | Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai سید محمد جواد پیشوایی |
1944 (age 80–81) | Bandar-e Anzali, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 8 | Mohsin Qara'ati محسن قرائتی |
1945 (age 79–80) | Kashan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 9 | Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi عبدالحسين معزی |
1945 (age 79–80) | Tehran, Iran | London, United Kingdom | Representative of Ali Khamenei in England[6] | |
| 10 | Ahmad Salek احمد سالک |
1946 (age 78–79) | Isfahan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 11 | Seyed Hadi Khamenei سید هادی خامنه‌ای |
1947 (age 77–78) | Mashhad, Iran | Iran | Younger brother of current Supreme Leader of Iran[7] | |
| 12 | Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji محمد تقی خلجی |
31 March 1948 | Isfahan, Iran | Iran | Arrested in 2010[8] | |
| 13 | Rasoul Montajabnia رسول منتجب‌نیا |
13 July 1948 | Shiraz, Iran | Iran | Official Website | |
| 14 | Hassan Rouhani حسن روحانی |
12 November 1948 | Sorkheh, Iran | Iran | 7th President of Iran | |
| 15 | Subhi al-Tufayli صبحي الطفيلي |
1948 (age 76–77) | Brital, Lebanon | Lebanon | Former leader of Hezbollah | |
| 16 | Mohammad Hassan Rahimian محمد حسن رحیمیان |
1948 (age 76–77) | Isfahan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 17 | Abdolmoghim Nasehi عبدالمقیم ناصحی |
March 11, 1949 | Tehran, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 18 | Allahshukur Hummet Pashazadeh Allahşükür Hümmət Paşazadə الله شكورحمت باشازاده |
26 August 1949 | Cil, Azerbaijan SSR | Azerbaijan | Current Sheikh-ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus[9] | |
| 19 | Ali Fallahian علی فلاحیان |
23 October 1949 | Najafabad, Iran | Iran | Second Minister of Intelligence of Iran | |
| 20 | Mohammad Jafar Montazeri محمدجعفر منتظری |
1949 (age 75–76) | Qom, Iran | Iran | Current Attorney General of Iran | |
| 21 | Hadi Ghaffari هادی غفاری |
25 June 1950 | Azarshahr, Iran | Iran | Alleged killer of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda[10] | |
| 22 | Abdollah Noori عبدالله نوری |
1950 (age 74–75) | Isfahan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 23 | Mohammad Yazbek محمد يزبك |
1950 (age 74–75) | Bodai, Lebanon | Lebanon | One of the founders of Hezbollah[11] | |
| 24 | Kazem Seddiqi کاظم صدیقی |
4 March 1951 | Abhar, Iran | Iran | Current temporary Friday prayer leader in Tehran | |
| 25 | Syed Jawad Naqvi سید جواد نقوی |
5 March 1952 | Haripur, Pakistan | Pakistan | Official Website | |
| 26 | Seyed Mohammad Ali Mosavi سیدمحمدعلی موسوی |
1952 (age 72–73) | Qom, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 27 | Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard سید محمدحسن ابوترابی‌فرد |
30 January 1953 | Qom, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 28 | Mahmoud Salavati محمود صلواتی |
21 March 1953 | Khomeyni Shahr, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 29 | Mohammad Ali Rahmani محمدعلی رحمانی |
25 March 1953 | Quchan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 30 | Mohsen Rohami محسن رهامی |
24 May 1953 | Khodabandeh, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 31 | Naim Qassem نعيم قاسم |
1953 (age 71–72) | Kfar Fila, Lebanon | Lebanon | Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah | |
| 32 | Majid Ansari مجید انصاری |
30 March 1954 | Khanuk, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 33 | Ali Qazi Askar علی قاضی عسکر |
26 May 1954 | Isfahan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 34 | Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari عبدالواحد موسوی لاری |
1954 (age 70–71) | Mohr, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 35 | Hadi Ghabel هادی قابل |
27 June 1955 | Torbat-e Jam, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 36 | Ali Younesi علی یونسی |
26 August 1955 | Nahavand, Iran | Iran | Fourth Minister of Intelligence in Iran | |
| 37 | Abdul Mahdi al-Salami عبد المهدي السلامي |
1955 (age 69–70) | Karbala, Iraq | Karbala, Iraq | Representative of Ali al-Sistani in Iraq[12] | |
| 38 | Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای |
29 September 1956 | Isfahan, Iran | Iran | Fifth Minister of Intelligence in Iran | |
| 39 | Seyyed Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard سید عبدالنبی موسوی فرد |
1956 (age 68–69) | Jahrom, Iran | Iran | Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Khuzestan & Friday prayer leader in Ahvaz | |
| 40 | Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir جلال الدين علي الصغير |
14 September 1957 | Najaf, Iraq | Iraq | - | |
| 41 | Heydar Moslehi حیدر مصلحی |
1957 (age 67–68) | Shahreza, Iran | Iran | Sixth Minister of Intelligence in Iran | |
| 42 | Abdul Fattah Nawab سید عبدالفتاح نواب |
1957 (age 67–68) | Shahreza, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 43 | Abbas Amirifar عباس امیری‌فر |
1957 (age 67–68) | Iran | Iran | - | |
| 44 | Mohammad-Ali Abtahi محمدعلی ابطحی |
29 September 1958 | Mashhad, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 45 | Morteza Aghatehrani مرتضی آقاتهرانی |
1958 (age 66–67) | Isfahan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 46 | Ahmad Marvi احمد مروی |
1958 (age 66–67) | Mashhad, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 47 | Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria محمدناصر سقای بی‌ریا |
1958 (age 66–67) | Kermanshah, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 48 | Abdol Hassan Navab سید ابوالحسن نواب |
1958 (age 66–67) | Shahreza, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 49 | Qasem Ravanbakhsh قاسم روانبخش |
1958 (age 66–67) | Meybod, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 50 | Mohsen Kadivar محسن کدیور |
8 June 1959 | Fasa, Iran | Iran | Research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University[13] | |
| 51 | Asgar Dirbaz عسگر دیرباز |
1959 (age 65–66) | Mianeh, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 52 | Mohammad Sadegh Salehimanesh محمدصادق صالحی‌منش |
1959 (age 65–66) | Yazd, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 53 | Ali Banaei علی بنایی |
1959 (age 65–66) | Qom, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 54 | Mostafa Pourmohammadi مصطفی پورمحمدی |
9 March 1960 | Qom, Iran | Iran | Official Website | |
| 55 | Seyed Hassan Eslami Ardakani سید حسن اسلامی اردکانی |
23 December 1960 | Karbala, Iraq | Iran | - | |
| 56 | Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini سید محمدرضا میرتاج‌الدینی |
30 December 1960 | Tabriz, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 57 | Mohsen Qomi محسن قمی |
1960 (age 64–65) | Pakdasht, Iran | Iran | Current member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| 58 | Habib Boromand Dashghapu حبیب برومند داشقاپو |
21 March 1961 | Germi, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 59 | Seyed Mohammad Bagher Kharazi سید محمدباقر خرازی |
26 June 1961 | Qom, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 60 | Ahmad Mazani احمد مازنی |
1961 (age 63–64) | Bandar-e Gaz, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 61 | Seyed Mir Ghesmat Mosavi Asl سید میرقسمت موسوی‌اصل |
1961 (age 63–64) | Germi, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 62 | al-Sayyid Mustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد مصطفى الموسوي القزويني |
1961 (age 63–64) | Karbala, Iraq | Orange County,United States of America | - | |
| 63 | Syed Fida Hussain Bukhari سید فدا حسین بخاری |
1961 (age 63–64) | Punjab, Pakistan | United Kingdom | - | |
| 64 | Seyed Esmaeil Khatib سید اسماعیل خطیب |
1961 (age 63–64) | Qaen, Iran | Iran | Current Minister of Intelligence in Iran | |
| 65 | Mansour Leghaei منصور لقائى |
14 May 1962 | Abadan, Iran | Sydney, Australia | Official Website | |
| 66 | Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi سید مهدی قریشی |
1963 (age 61–62) | Urmia, Iran | Iran | Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in West Azerbaijan and Friday Prayer leader in Urmia | |
| 67 | Ahmad Vaezi احمد واعظی |
1963 (age 61–62) | Rey, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 68 | Hossein Taeb حسین تائب |
1963 (age 61–62) | Tehran, Iran | Iran | Current head of the IRGC's Intelligence Organisation[14] | |
| 69 | Mojtaba Zonnour مجتبی ذوالنور |
1963 (age 61–62) | Malayer, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 70 | Hamid Hawali Shahriari حمید حوالی شهریاری |
1963 (age 61–62) | Tehran, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 71 | Rasul Jafarian رسول جعفریان |
30 June 1964 | Khvorasgan, Iran | Iran | Official Website | |
| 72 | al-Sayyid Hassan al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد حسن الموسوي القزويني |
16 October 1964 | Karbala, Iraq | Dearborn Heights, United States of America | Official Website | |
| 73 | Alireza Qaeminia علیرضا قائمی‌نیا |
1964 (age 60–61) | Urmia, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 74 | Alireza Salimi علیرضا سلیمی |
1964 (age 60–61) | Mahallat County, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 75 | Nasrollah Pejmanfar نصرالله پژمان‌فر |
1964 (age 60–61) | Tehran, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 76 | Seyed Mohammad Vaez Mousavi سید محمد واعظ موسوی |
1964 (age 60–61) | Shabestar, Iran | Iran | Official Website | |
| 77 | Alireza Panahian علیرضا پناهیان |
17 April 1965 | Tehran, Iran | Iran | Official Website | |
| 78 | Ali Salman Ahmed Salman علي سلمان أحمد سلمان |
30 October 1965 | Bilad Al Qadeem, Bahrain | Bahrain | Currently facing life in prison[15] | |
| 79 | Mohammad Ali Shomali محمدعلى شمالى |
22 December 1965 | Tehran, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 80 | Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari محمدجواد حاج‌علی‌اکبری |
1965 (age 59–60) | Damavand, Iran | Iran | One of the Temporary Friday Prayer leaders in Tehran | |
| 81 | Seyyed Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei سید مصطفی حسینی خامنه‌ای |
1965 (age 59–60) | Mashhad, Iran | Iran | Eldest son of the Current Supreme Leader in Iran (Ali Khamenei)[16] | |
| 82 | Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki محمد حسن قدردان قراملکی |
1965 (age 59–60) | Tabriz, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 83 | Seyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi سید احمدرضا شاهرخی |
1966 (age 58–59) | Khorramabad, Iran | Iran | Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Lorestan & Friday Prayer leader in Khorramabad | |
| 84 | Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi سید کلب جواد نقوی |
1966 (age 58–59) | Lucknow, India | India | - | |
| 85 | Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh محمدهادى مفتح |
9 April 1967 | Hamburg, Germany | Hamburg, Germany | Head of Islamic Centre Hamburg | |
| 86 | Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati میراحمدرضا حاجتی |
1967 (age 57–58) | Masjed Soleyman, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 87 | Ali Shirazi علی شیرازی |
22 November 1969 | Rafsanjan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 88 | Seyed Sajjad Izdehi سید سجاد ایزدهی |
1970 (age 54–55) | Mazandaran, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 89 | Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim سید عمار الحكيم |
1971 (age 53–54) | Najaf, Iraq | Iraq | Official Website | |
| 90 | Mohammad Bagheri محمد باقری |
1971 (age 53–54) | Najaf, Iraq | Iran | - | |
| 91 | Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri سید کاظم سیدباقری |
1971 (age 53–54) | Kerman, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 92 | Sayyed Hassan Khomeini سيد حسن خمينی |
23 July 1972 | Qom, Iran | Iran | Grandson of the First Supreme Leader of Iran (Ruhollah Khomeini) | |
| 93 | Reza Nouri رضا نوری |
1972 (age 52–53) | Bojnord, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 94 | Ruhollah Beigi Eilanlu روح‌الله بیگی ئیلانلو |
1973 (age 51–52) | Miandoab, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 95 | Qais Hadi Sayyid Hassan al-Khazali قيس هادي سيد حسن الخزعلي |
20 June 1974 | Sadr City, Iraq | Iraq | - | |
| 96 | al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr السید مقتدى الصدر |
4 August 1974 | Najaf, Iraq | Iraq | Leader of the Sadrist Movement[17] | |
| 97 | Seyed Masoud Hosseini Khamenei سید مسعود حسینی خامنه‌ای |
1974 (age 50–51) | Mashhad, Iran | Iran | Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)[18] | |
| 98 | Hassan Namazi حسن نمازی |
1975 (age 49–50) | Qom, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 99 | Syed Ali Raza Rizvi سيد على رضا رضوى |
1976 (age 48–49) | Lahore, Pakistan | London, United Kingdom | - | |
| 100 | Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh سید عباس موسوی مطلق |
20 January 1977 | Dorud, Iran | Iran | Official Website | |
| 101 | al-Sayyid Mohammad al-Mahdi al-Husseini al-Modaressi السید محمد المهدي الحسيني المدرسي |
1977 (age 47–48) | Kuwait | United States of America | Official Website | |
| 102 | Mohammad Qomi محمد قمی |
1980 (age 44–45) | Qom, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 103 | Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati سید علی ناصر سعيد عبقاتی |
Unknown? | Lucknow, India | India | - | |
| 104 | Syed Hamid al-Hassan سید حمید الحسن |
Unknown? | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | - | |
| 105 | Taha طه |
Unknown? | Iran | Istanbul, Turkey | Gay mullah |
Deceased
This is a list of hujjatul Islams that have died. The list is arranged in descending order of their date of passing.
| No | Image | Name | Year of birth CE |
Year of death CE |
Place of birth | Place of death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi سيد احمد موسوى هندى |
1800 | 1869 (aged 68–69) | Kintoor, India | Khomeyn, Iran | Paternal Grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini | |
| 2 | Mirza Hasan Tahirzadeh میرزا حسن طاهرزاده |
30 May 1837 | 21 June 1893 (aged 56) | Shusha, Russian Empire | Tbilisi, Russian Empire | Fourth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus | |
| 3 | Mirza Reza Kermani میرزا رضا کرمانی |
1854 | 10 August 1896 (aged 41–42) | Kerman, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Assassinated Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar[19] | |
| 4 | Akhundzadeh Abd al-Salam آخونــدزاده عبدالســلام |
13 January 1843 | 18 November 1907 (aged 64) | Salyan, Russian Empire | Tbilisi, Russian Empire | Fifth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus | |
| 5 | Seyed Jamalodin Vaeiz Esfahani سید جمال‌الدین واعظ اصفهانی |
1862 | 4 June 1908 (aged 45–46) | Hamadan, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Killed by a hitman ordered by Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar | |
| 6 | Mirza Ali Aqa Tabrizi میرزا علی‌آقا تبریزی |
19 January 1861 | 31 December 1911 (aged 50) | Tabriz, Iran | Tabriz, Iran | - | |
| 7 | Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani شیخ محمد خیابانی |
1879 | 1920 (aged 40–41) | Khameneh, Iran | Tabriz, Iran | - | |
| 8 | Mohammad Pishnamaz Zadeh محمد پیشنماززاده |
15 May 1853 | 1937 (aged 83–84) | Ganja, Russian Empire | Ganja, Soviet Union | Seventh Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus | |
| 9 | Bachir Moustafa Hammoud بشیر مصطفی حمود |
1906 | 1945 (aged 38–39) | Choukine, Lebanon | Choukine, Lebanon | - | |
| 10 | Ahmad Rida أحمد رضا |
1872 | 1953 (aged 80–81) | Nabatieh, Ottoman Syria | Nabatieh, Lebanon | - | |
| 11 | Seyed Mojtaba Mir-Lohi سيد مجتبی میرلوحی |
1924 | 18 January 1956 (aged 31–32) | Tehran, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Founder of Fada'iyan-e Islam[20]
Was executed by firing squad[21] | |
| 12 | Ahmed Aref El-Zein أحمد عارف الزين |
10 July 1884 | 13 October 1960 (aged 76) | Shhur, Lebanon | Khorasan, Iran | - | |
| 13 | Seyed Esmail Balhki سید اسماعیل بلخی |
1918 | 14 July 1968 (aged 49–50) | Balkhab, Afghanistan | Kabul, Afghanistan | - | |
| 14 | Seyed Mostafa Khomeini سید مصطفی خمینی |
12 December 1930 | 23 October 1977 (aged 46) | Qom, Iran | Najaf, Iraq | Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini. | |
| 15 | Muhammad Latif Ansari محمد لطیف انصاری |
30 September 1887 | 1979 (aged 91–92) | British India | Kenya | - | |
| 16 | Abbas Mohammad Montazeri عباس محمد منتظری |
21 March 1944 | 28 June 1981 (aged 37) | Najafabad, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq, alongside Mohammad Beheshti and 31 others[22] | |
| 17 | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar محمدجواد باهنر |
5 September 1933 | 30 August 1981 (aged 47) | Kerman, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq[23] | |
| 18 | Habibollah Ashouri حبیب‌الله آشوری |
1936 | 18 September 1981 (aged 44–45) | Gonabad, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Executed by firing squad | |
| 19 | Seyed Abdolkarim Hasheminejad سید عبدالکریم هاشمی‌نژاد |
1932 | 30 September 1981 (aged 48–49) | Behshahr, Iran | Mashhad, Iran | Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq | |
| 20 | Seyed Hassan Emami سید حسن امامی |
1903 | 1981 (aged 77–78) | Tehran, Iran | Lausanne, Switzerland | Fled Iran after the Iranian Revolution, was connected with the Shah | |
| 21 | Syed Arif Hussain al-Hussaini سید عارف حسين الحسينى |
25 November 1946 | 5 August 1988 (aged 41) | Parachinar, India | Peshawar, Pakistan | - | |
| 22 | Sayyid Abbas al-Musawi سید عباس الموسوي |
26 October 1952 | 16 February 1992 (aged 39) | Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon | Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon | Co-founder of Hezbollah. Assassinated by Israel | |
| 23 | Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini سید احمد خمینی |
14 March 1946 | 17 March 1995 (aged 49) | Qom, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini | |
| 24 | Syed Hassan Naqvi سید حسن نقوى |
1935 | 18 October 1996 (aged 60–61) | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | - | |
| 25 | Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi سید علی اختر رضوی |
19 September 1948 | 10 February 2002 (aged 53) | Bihar, India | Bihar, India | - | |
| 26 | Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi سيد سعيد اختر رضوي |
5 January 1927 | 20 June 2002 (aged 75) | Bihar, India | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | - | |
| 27 | al-Sayyid Abd al-Majid al-Musawi al-Khoei السید عبد المجيد الموسوي الخوئي |
16 August 1962 | 10 April 2003 (aged 40) | Najaf, Iraq | Najaf, Iraq | - | |
| 28 | Ahmed al-Waeli al-Laithi al-Kinani أحمد الوائلي الليثي الكناني |
1928 | 14 July 2003 (aged 74–75) | Najaf, Iraq | Kadhimiya, Iraq | Known for his presentation style in Iraq | |
| 29 | Allama Hassan Turabi علامہ حسن ترابی |
1953 | 14 July 2006 (aged 52–53) | Shigar, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | - | |
| 30 | Abdul Amir al-Jamri عبدالأمير الجمري |
1 March 1938 | 18 December 2006 (aged 68) | Bani Jamra, Bahrain | Manama, Bahrain | - | |
| 31 | Ali Davani علی دوانی |
27 September 1929 | 8 January 2007 (aged 77) | Davan, Iran | Tehran, Iran | - | |
| 32 | Sayyid Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim سید عبد العزيز الحكيم |
1952 | 26 August 2009 (aged 56–57) | Najaf, Iraq | Tehran, Iran | 66th Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| 33 | Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri علی گلزاده غفوری |
14 May 1923 | 1 January 2010 (aged 86) | Qazvin, Iran | Tehran, Iran | - | |
| 34 | Abdullah al-Dahdouh عبد الله الدهدوه |
1966 | 12 March 2012 (aged 45–46) | Tangier, Morocco | Brussels, Belgium | An ex-Sunni convert to Shia Islam, was murdered by Moroccan Sunnis in Belgium. | |
| 35 | Ahmad Ghabel احمد قابل |
1954 | October 22, 2012 (aged 57–58) | Torbat-e Jam, Iran | Mashhad, Iran | Sentenced to prison, died while under hospital arrest | |
| 36 | Hassan bin Mohammad bin Shehata bin Musa al-Anani حسن بن محمد بن شحاتة بن موسى العناني |
10 November 1946 | 23 June 2013 (aged 66) | Sharqia Governorate, Egypt | Giza Governorate, Egypt | An ex-Sunni scholar who converted to Shia Islam, was murdered by an angry mob of Sunnis in front of his home in Egypt alongside 4 others. | |
| 37 | Muhammad Musa Shariefi محمد موسی شریفی |
1942 | 11 December 2013 (aged 70–71) | Kargil, India | Kargil, India | - | |
| 38 | Mirza Mohammed Athar میرزا محمد اظر |
1 January 1937 | 26 February 2016 (aged 79) | Lucknow, India | New Delhi, India | - | |
| 39 | Jafar Shojouni جعفر شجونی |
1932 | 6 November 2016 (aged 83–84) | Fuman, Iran | Tehran, Iran | [24] | |
| 40 | Qasim Umar Sokoto قاسم عمر سوکوتو |
Unknown? | 5 February 2018 | Sokoto, Nigeria | Sokoto, Nigeria | - | |
| 41 | Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی |
21 March 1936 | 17 May 2018 (aged 82) | Rafsanjan, Iran | Tehran, Iran | [25] | |
| 42 | Ahmad Ahmadi احمد احمدی |
6 September 1933 | 8 June 2018 (aged 84) | Malayer, Iran | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 43 | Seyed Ali Akbar Mousavi Hosseini سید علی‌اکبر موسوی حسینی |
1939 | 21 June 2018 (aged 78–79) | Tehran, Iran | Tehran, Iran | - | |
| 44 | Hussayn bin al-Haj Muhammad Qasim al-Kurani al-Yateri al-Ameli حسين بن الحاج محمد قاسم الكوراني الياطري العاملي |
1955 | 12 September 2019 (aged 63–64) | Yater, Lebanon | Beirut, Lebanon | - | |
| 45 | Talib Jauhari طالب جوہری |
27 August 1929 | 21 June 2020 (aged 90) | Patna, India | Karachi, Pakistan | - | |
| 46 | Ruhollah Hosseinian روح الله حسینیان |
5 March 1956 | 25 August 2020 (aged 64) | Shiraz, Iran | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 47 | Syed Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi سید کلب صادق نقوی |
22 June 1939 | 24 November 2020 (aged 81) | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | - | |
| 48 | Seyed Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati سید محمد علی شهیدی محلاتی |
9 July 1949 | 28 November 2020 (aged 71) | Mahallat, Iran | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 49 | Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur سید علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور |
August 30, 1947 | 7 June 2021 (aged 73) | Tehran, Iran | Tehran,Iran | [26] | |
| 50 | Abdillahi Nassir عبداللهی ناصر |
1 June 1932 | 11 January 2022 (aged 89) | Mombasa, Kenya | Mombasa, Kenya | - | |
| 51 | Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi آغا سید حامد علی شاہ موسوی |
12 May 1930 | 25 July 2022 (aged 92) | Tharparkar, British India | Islamabad, Pakistan | - | |
| 52 | Mohammad Reza Ashtiani Araghi محمد رضا آشتیانی عراقی |
1940 | 23 June 2023 (aged 82–83) | Qom, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 53 | Hassan Sane'i حسن صانعی |
1934 | 21 July 2023 (aged 88–89) | Nikabad, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 54 | Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah سید حسن نصرالله |
31 August 1960 | 27 September 2024 (aged 64) | Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon | Beirut, Lebanon | Former Leader of Hezbollah until 2024, after being assassinated by Israel. | |
| 55 | Nabil Qaouk نبيل قاووق |
20 May 1964 | 28 September 2024 (aged 60) | Ebba, Lebanon | Dahieh, Lebanon | Former deputy head of Hezbollah's executive council. Assassinated by Israel. | |
| 56 | Sayyid Hashem Safieddine سید هاشم صفي الدين |
1964 | 3 October 2024 (aged 59–60) | Deir Qanoun En Nahr, Lebanon | Dahieh, Lebanon | Assassinated by Israel | |
| 57 | Mohammad Esmail Shooshtari محمداسماعیل شوشتری |
1949 | 21 November 2024 (aged 74–75) | Quchan, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 58 | Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria محمدناصر سقای بی‌ریا |
22 January 1959 | 14 January 2025 (aged 65) | Kermanshah, Iran | Iran | - | |
| 59 | Mohammad Moghiseh محمد مقیسه |
1956 | 18 January 2025 (aged 68–69) | Sabzevar, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Assassinated and killed by gunshot. | |
| 60 | Ali Razini علی رازینی |
23 May 1953 | 18 January 2025 (aged 71) | Razan, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Assassinated and killed by gunshot. |
See also
- List of Ayatollahs
- List of current Maraji
- List of deceased Maraji
- List of provincial representatives appointed by Supreme Leader of Iran
- List of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams
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