Marja'
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marja-170-12753375
title:
Marja'
text:
Marja' is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia religious cleric, with the authority given by a hawzah to make legal decisions within the confines of Islamic law for followers and clerics below him in rank. The highest ranking marjiʿ is known as the marja al-mutlaq or marja al-taqlid al-mutlaq. A marji' is usually also a grand ayatollah. Sources differ as to when the institution of the marja˓ emerged, with Murtadha al-Ansari and Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni both being called the f
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description:
Highest clerical rank in Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marja%27
date created:
2004-05-22T20:42:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:24:17Z
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