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Mousa Shubairi Zanjani
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He was born in Qom , Iran . He has studied in the Qom Seminary under Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi and Mohaqeq Damad. He currently resides and teaches in the Seminary of Qom . He is a leading expert on the discipline of Ilm ar-Rijal , which seeks to authentically and efficiently pass judgment on the reliability of narrators of Hadith . He leads the prayers in the Fatima Masumeh Shrine .1
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iranian twelver shi'a marja
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iranian twelver shia marja'
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