محسن الحكيم
Al-Hakim was born in Najaf, the son of Ayatollah Sayyid Abdul al-Sahib, and the grandson of the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim; the latter is considered one of the greatest Shiite scholars of the 20th century. In addition to his studies in secular schools, he joined the Islamic seminary at an early age in 1976.