# List of current maraji

This article provides the list of maraji (plural of marja, the supreme legal authority or the source of emulation), followed by Twelver (also known as Imamiyyah) Shia Muslims around the world. The concept of a marja-i taqlid (lit. source of emulation) is central to Usuli Shi'a Islam. Marja-i Taqlids provide religious interpretations on matters of law and rituals. Ideally, the most just and knowledgeable specialist in the field of Islamic law should become recognized throughout the Muslim world as the marja-i taqlid. In practice however this rarely happens and there are several marja taqlids among whom an individual is free to choose and emulate.
Those clerics who reach the apex in the hierarchy of theological rank in the centers of Shi'a learning become marja-i taqlids. Since around 1940, marja-i taqlids are often referred to by their followers with the honorific title of Ayatollah al-`Uzma (Grand Ayatollah – "ayatollah" meaning "sign of God"). Among the functions of marja-i taqlids is the collection and distribution of religious taxes (zakat and khums).

## Current

| No | Name | Birth year CE | Birth place | Residence | Notes |
| 1 | Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei سید علی حسینی خامنه ای | (1939-04-19) 19 April 1939 (age 85) | Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran | Tehran, Iran | Official Website |
| 2 | Hossein Noori Hamedani حسین نوری همدانی | (1925-03-21) 21 March 1925 (age 99) | Hamadan, Imperial State of Iran | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 3 | Naser Makarem Shirazi ناصر مکارم شیرازی | (1927-02-25) 25 February 1927 (age 98) | Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 4 | Sayyid Mousa Shubayri Zanjani سید موسی شبیری زنجانی | (1928-03-02) 2 March 1928 (age 97) | Qom, Imperial State of Iran | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 5 | Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani محمد رحمتی سیرجانی | 1928 (age 96–97) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 6 | Ja‘far Sobhani جعفر سبحانی | (1929-04-09) 9 April 1929 (age 95) | Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 7 | Sayyid Ali Husayni Sistani سید علی حسینی سیستانی | (1930-08-04) 4 August 1930 (age 94) | Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran | Najaf, Iraq | Official Website |
| 8 | Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayadh محمد إسحاق فياض | 1930 (age 94–95) | Jaghori, Kingdom of Afghanistan | Najaf, Iraq | Official Website |
| 9 | Muhammad Taqi Majlesi Isfahani محمد تقى مجلسى اصفهانى | 1930 (age 94–95) | Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 10 | Abdollah Javadi-Amoli عبدالله جوادى آملى | (1933-05-05) 5 May 1933 (age 91) | Amol, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 11 | Hossein Mazaheri حسین مظاهری | (1933-11-16) 16 November 1933 (age 91) | Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran | Isfahan, Iran | Official Website |
| 12 | Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati محمد ابراهيم جناتی | 1933 (age 91–92) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 13 | Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi سید علی محمد دستغیب شیرازی | (1935-03-14) 14 March 1935 (age 89) | Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran | Shiraz, Iran | Official Website |
| 14 | Mirza Yadollah Duzduzani میرزا یدالله دزدوزانی | 1935 (age 89–90) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 15 | Shamsodin Vaezi شمس الدین الواعظی | 1936 (age 88–89) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 16 | Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi محمدعلى گرامى قمی | 1938 (age 86–87) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 17 | Sayyid Kazim Hussaini al-Haeri سید كاظم حسينی حائريی | 1938 (age 86–87) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iran | Official Website Has officially resigned as Marja |
| 18 | Mohammad Mehdi Khalesi محمد مهدي الخالصي | 1938 (age 86–87) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | [Official Website] |
| 19 | Hossein Wahid Khorasani حسین وحید خراسانی | (1921-01-01) 1 January 1921 (age 104) | Nishapur, Guarded Domains of Iran | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 20 | Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad علی اصغر رحیمی آزاد | 1939 (age 85–86) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 21 | Sheikh Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari شيخ يعسوب دين رستگار جويباری | 1940 (age 84–85) | Juybar, Imperial State of Iran | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 22 | Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khaqani محمد محمد طاهر آل شبير الخاقاني | 1940 (age 84–85) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 23 | Sheikh Khalil Qudsi Mehr Tabrezi شیخ خلیل قدسی مهر تبریزی | 1940 (age 84–85) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official website |
| 24 | Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi سید صادق حسینی شيرازی | (1942-08-20) 20 August 1942 (age 82) | Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 25 | Asadollah Bayyat Zanjani اسدالله بیات زنجانی | (1941-12-23) 23 December 1941 (age 83) | Zanjan, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 26 | Dosti Zanjani دوستى زنجانى | 1941 (age 83–84) | Imperial State of Iran | Qom, Iran | Official Website |
| 27 | Ali Karimi Jahromi علی کریمی جهرمی | (1942-04-10) 10 April 1942 (age 82) | Jahrom, Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 28 | Bashir Hussain Najafi بشير حسين النجفي | 1942 (age 82–83) | Jalandhar, British India | Najaf, Iraq | Official Website |
| 29 | Sheikh Noori Hatim Saadi الشيخ نوري حاتم الساعدي | 1944 (age 80–81) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | - |
| 30 | Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi السيد محمد تقي المدرسي | (1945-07-01) 1 July 1945 (age 79) | Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 31 | Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib سید علی‌اصغر دستغیب | (1945-11-25) 25 November 1945 (age 79) | Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 32 | Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي | 1945 (age 79–80) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 33 | Sayyid Allaedin Ghoraifi السيد علاء الدين الغريفي | 1945 (age 79–80) | Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 34 | Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani سید محمد حسینی زنجانی | 1947 (age 77–78) | Qom, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 35 | Saleh Taei صالح الطائي | 1948 (age 76–77) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 36 | Ali Al-Saleh علي الصالح | 1948 (age 76–77) | Kuwait | Kuwait | - |
| 37 | Seyed Javad Alavi Borujerdi [fa] سید جواد علوی بروجردی | (1951-04-16) 16 April 1951 (age 73) | Qom, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 38 | Mohammad Amin Mamaqani محمد أمين المامقاني | (1951-06-10) 10 June 1951 (age 73) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Biography Official Website |
| 39 | Jawad Khalesi [ar] جواد الخالصي | (1951-09-13) 13 September 1951 (age 73) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | - |
| 40 | Khalil Mobasher Kashani خلیل مبشر کاشانی | 1951 (age 73–74) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 41 | Sayyid Husayn Esmaeel al-Sadr السيد حسين إسماعيل الصدر | 1952 (age 72–73) | Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 42 | Fazel Maleki فاضل المالكي | (1954-04-08) 8 April 1954 (age 70) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 43 | Sayyid Ali Hassani Baghdadi سید علي الحسنی البغدادی | 1955 (age 69–70) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraq | Official Website |
| 44 | Seyed Mohammad Yasrebi [fa] سید محمد یثربی | 1955 (age 69–70) | Qom, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 45 | Sayyid Kamal al-Haydari سید كمال الحیدری | (1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 (age 69) | Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq | Iran | Official Website |
| 46 | Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari سید محمد هادي غضنفری خوانساری | 1957 (age 67–68) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Biography |
| 47 | Sayyid Muhsin Hojjat Kabuli سید محسن حجت كابلی | 1957 (age 67–68) | Kingdom of Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Official Website |
| 48 | Seyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani [fa] سید محمد امین خراسانی | (1958-02-09) 9 February 1958 (age 67) | Sabzevar, Imperial State of Iran | Iran | Official Website |
| 49 | Mohammad Jamil Hammoud al-Amili [ar] محمد جميل حمود العاملي | 1959 (age 65–66) | Beirut, Lebanon | Lebanon | Official website |
| 50 | Mohammad Yaqoobi محمد اليعقوبي | (1960-09-09) 9 September 1960 (age 64) | Najaf, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) | Najaf, Iraq | Official Website |
| 51 | Sayyid Reza Hosseini Nassab سيد رضا حسینی نسب | 1960 (age 64–65) | Yazd, Imperial State of Iran | Canada | Official Website |
| 52 | Mohammad Baqer Movahedi Najafi محمد باقر موحدى نجفى | 1961 (age 63–64) | Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) | Iran | Official Website |
| 53 | Mohammad al-Sannad [fa] محمد السند | 1962 (age 62–63) | Bahrain | Iraq | Official Website |