Abbas Mahfouzi
Abbas Mahfouzi | |
|---|---|
آيت‌الله العظمى عباس محفوظى | |
 Mahfouzi in 2016 | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 9 August 1928 |
| Died | 10 September 2024 (aged 96) Qom, Iran |
| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Website | http://www.mahfoozi.ir |
Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi (Arabic: آيت‌الله العظمى عباس محفوظى[clarification needed], Persian: آيت‌الله العظمى عباس محفوظى; 9 August 1928 – 10 September 2024) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.[1][2][3][4] He studied in seminars of Qom, Iran under Ruhollah Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Houssein Borujerdi and Mirza Hashem Amoli.[5][6]
Biography
[edit]Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi was born in Rudsar, Iran. He started the education of Quran in his childhood. For higher education, he went to Rudsar Seminary. Later he traveled to Qom and studied in Seminars of Qom under Imam Khomeni, Houssein Borujerdi, Mirza Hashem Amoli, Mohammad Reza Golpaygani and Houssein Ali Montezari. He was a firm supporter of Khomeni and he supported Khomeini during 1979 Iranian Revolution.[7][8]
Mahfouzi died on 10 September 2024, at the age of 96.[9]
See also
[edit]- List of current maraji
- List of ayatollahs
- List of members in the First Term of the Council of Experts
References
[edit]- ^ ۱۲ مرجع تقلید با سن بیش از ۹۰ سال؛ از آیت الله وحید خراسانی تا آیت الله دستغیب (in Persian)
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Biography
- ^ "List of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ زندگى‌نامه حضرت آيت‌الله العظمى عباس محفوظى
- ^ "آيت‌الله عباس محفوظى". Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Another Biography[permanent dead link]
- ^ Biography in English
- ^ "آیت‌الله شیخ عباس محفوظی دار فانی را وداع گفت". Mehr News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
External links
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