Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Saeed al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (; February 1, 1936https://www.tasnimnews.com/ar/news/2021/09/03/2565320/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85 – September 3, 2021) was a senior Iraqi Shi'a marja. He was one of the Big Four Grand Ayatollahs of the Hawza of  Najaf. He was one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.Ayatollah Sistani is Iraq’s Bulwark against Iran: Wikileaks, Informed Comment, February 12, 2010 He was born in Najaf, Iraq.

In 2003, Saeed al-Hakim was targeted in an attempted assassination, when his house in Najaf was bombed.Bomb kills 3 at cleric's home, CNN, 2003-08-24IRAQ’S SHIITES UNDER OCCUPATION , International Crisis Group, 2003-09-09

Saeed al-Hakim died on September 3, 2021 in Najaf from a heart attack at the age of 85.Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem dies in Iraq

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