Muhsin al-Hakim
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Muhsin al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim was an Iraqi Shia religious authority. He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and of the majority of the Shia world in
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Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
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Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei was a major Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja and dean of the Hawza of Najaf. Khoei was widely considered the most influential Twelver Shia Muslim scholar of his time.
Muhsin al-Hakim
…on June 2, 1970, at the age of 81, in his hometown of Najaf. He was recognized as the most influential Shia authority upon his death, following which Abu al-Qasim Khoei became the most prominent Grand Ayatollah in Iraq. Aqa Najafi Quchani…
Khoei in the 1970s
An Imam Khoei foundation building in New York.
Khoei (right) with Ali Sistani (left)
Ayatollah Khoei is brought in front of Saddam Hussein after Shia uprisings in 1991.