Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
Nakshwani was born to Emad Nakshawani, the son of Hujjat al-Islam Murtadha Nakshawani (d. 1990), who served as a representative of grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei in Kufa. His mother is the daughter of the late sheikh, Muhammad-Taqi al-Irawani. He has an ethnic Azerbaijani background on his father's side, and claims descent from Muhammad through Musa al-Kadhim, the seventh Shia Imam. His uncle, Baqir al-Irawani is a jurist and teacher at the Islamic seminary of Najaf. In 1987, his family migrated to England, United Kingdom