Not to be confused with Mohammed Yaqoub or Muhammad al-Yaqoubi.
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad al-Yaqoobi
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Born
(1960-09-09) September 9, 1960 (age 63)
Najaf, Iraq
Religion
Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam
Other names
Arabic: محمد اليعقوبي
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Based in
Najaf, Iraq
Period in office
2003–present
Predecessor
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
Post
Grand Ayatollah
Website
www.yaqoobi.com
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Ayatollah Mohammad al-Yaqoobi (Arabic: محمد اليعقوبي; born 9 September 1960) is a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'.[1][2] He is the second most widely followed Marja' in Iraq, the most widely followed being Ali al-Sistani.[3] As well as heading the Al-Sadr Religious University in Najaf, he established one of the largest women's Hawzas in Iraq, and oversees many charitable organisations within Iraq.[4][5] He is an active figure within Iraqi politics, and is considered by the Hawza to be the spiritual successor of Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and the school of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, with the former famously naming Yaqoobi his successor in an audio recording.[6]
^"List of Maraji in Arabic". iraqshia.net. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
^"سماحة المرجع اليعقوبي (دام ظله)". www.yaqoobi.com (in Persian). Retrieved August 22, 2023.
^Fotini Christia, Elizabeth Dekeyser and Dean Knox, To Karbala: Surveying Religious Shia from Iran and Iraq, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016)
^"Najaf's return as a religious tourist destination". BBC. February 27, 2010.
^"Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs". www.atimes.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^Mervin Sabrina, Les mondes chiites et l'Iran, Karthala (2007)
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