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Muhammad Hussain Najafi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “first twelver shi'a alim from pakistan to be elevated to the status of marjiyyat”. Today it says “pakistani twelver shia marja”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Grand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh”. It now reads “Shia Ayatollah and Marja from Pakistan (1932–2023) Grand Ayatollah Shaikh”.
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At the present there are two maraji of Pakistani descent, the first one is Basheer Hussain Najafi and second one is he himself. As Basheer Hussain Najafi has chosen to reside in Najaf , Iraq , Muhammad Hussain Najafi is the only marja in Pakistan. He is running Hawza in Sargodha .1 He has been included in the last 5 editions of "The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential Muslims" since 2010. He is one of the 9 marja's mentioned in the most recent edition.2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “first twelver shi'a alim from pakistan to be elevated to the status of marjiyyat”. Today it says “pakistani twelver shia marja”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Grand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh”. It now reads “Shia Ayatollah and Marja from Pakistan (1932–2023) Grand Ayatollah Shaikh”. Read the current article and compare.
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first twelver shi'a alim from pakistan to be elevated to the status of marjiyyat
Now
pakistani twelver shia marja
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