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Muhammad Sa'id al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a marja , one of the four members of the Hawza of Najaf and one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani . al-Hakim is the son of Ayatollah Muhammad Ali al-Hakim , grandson of Sayyid Ahmad al-Hakim , and grand nephew of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim . His second cousin, Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim leads the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq , one of the largest Shia political parties in Iraq . In 2003, he was targeted in an attempted assassination, when his house in Najaf was bombed. Three people were killed but al-Hakim suffered only minor injuries. He had previously been threatened that he would be killed if he didn't leave Najaf. Originally the Sunni fundamentalist Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (who later became al-Qaeda in Iraq ) was blamed. However, the bombing has also been attributed to followers of rival shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr . Al-Hakim is one of the Ulama signatories of the Amman Message , which gives a broad foundation for defining Muslim orthodoxy.1
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Sa'id al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a marja residing in Najaf .
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim ( ; born 1 February 1934 ) is a senior Iraqi Twelver Shi'a marja , one of the Big Four Grand Ayatollahs of the Hawza of Najaf and one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani .
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Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Grand Ayatollah (1936-2021) Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Saeed al- Tabataba'i al-Hakim ( ; February 1, 1936 – September 3, 2021) was an Iraqi senior Shi'a marja , one of the Big Four Grand Ayatollahs of the Hawza of Najaf and one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani . "وفاة المرجع الدینی السید محمد سعید الطباطبائی الحکیم- الأخبار الشرق الأوسط - وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء" .
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Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Grand Ayatollah (1936-2021) Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Saeed al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim ( Arabic : محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم ; February 1, 1936 – September 3, 2021) was an Iraqi senior Shi'a marja , and one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq. He was considered a strong nominee for the grand religious authority in Najaf , after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani . "وفاة المرجع الدینی السید محمد سعید الطباطبائی الحکیم- الأخبار الشرق الأوسط - وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء" . "السيد محمد سعيد الحكيم" . شبكة الإمامين الحسنين عليهما السلام الثقافية (in Arabic) .
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iraqi twelver shi'a marja residing in najaf
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senior iraqi twelver shi'a marja
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