The Hakim family is a prominent family of
Shiite
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...
Islam scholars from
Najaf
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
, Iraq who claim
descent
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As a noun Genealogy and inheritance
* Common descent, concept in evolutionary biology
* Kinship, one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology
**Pedigree chart or family tree
** Ancestry
** Lineal descendant
**Heritag ...
from the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
. They belong to a
Tabatabaei branch whose scholarly involvement has revolved around
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
for centuries. The family faced extensive persecution and executions at the hand of
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...
's government, yet it maintains a prominent role in Iraq and the Middle East.
Members
First generation
* Grand Ayatollah
Muhsin al-Hakim
Muhsin al-Tabatabaei al-Hakim ( ar, محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority.
He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and ...
(1889–1970) ( ar, أية الله العظمى سيد محسن الطباطبائ الحكيم) was born into a family, the
Tabatabaei, renowned for its scholarship. He was always in the forefront to defend
Islam and
Muslims
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
. He became the sole
Marja'
Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...
in 1961 after the death of the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid
Husayn Borujerdi. His son
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim ( ; ar, سید عبد العزيز الحكيم; 1952 – 26 August 2009) was an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a party that has approximately 5% support in the ...
was the leader of
SIIC, the largest political party in Iraq. Seven of Muhsin al-Hakim's sons were killed, six of them on the orders of Saddam Hussein.
* Ayatollah Sayyid
Ahmad al-Hakim
Second generation
* Sayyid
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim ( ; ar, سید عبد العزيز الحكيم; 1952 – 26 August 2009) was an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a party that has approximately 5% support in the ...
(1953 – 26 August 2009; }), also known as Shaheed al-Mehraab, was one of the foremost
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...
Muslim leaders in Iraq until his assassination in a bombing in
Najaf
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
. He was the son of
Muhsin al-Hakim
Muhsin al-Tabatabaei al-Hakim ( ar, محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority.
He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and ...
and Fawzieh Hassan Bazzi. Al-Hakim was the uncle of
Muhammad Sayid al-Hakim.
* Ayatollah
Sayyid Abdul al-Sahib Hakim
* Ayatollah Sayyid
Muhammad Ali al-Hakim
Third generation
* Grand Ayatollah
Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim is an
Iraqi Twelver
Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...
Shi'a marja, one of the five members of the
Hawza
A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.
The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold s ...
of
Najaf
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
and the second most senior Shia cleric in Iraq after Ayatollah
Ali al-Sistani
Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani ( ar, علي الحسيني السيستاني; fa, , Ali-ye Hoseyni-ye Sistāni; born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian–Iraqi Twelver Shia Ayatollah and marja'. He has been describe ...
. 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
Muhsin al-Tabatabaei al-Hakim ( ar, محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority.
He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and ...
.
Ayatollah Muhammad Ali al-Hakim Returns to His Lord
''Islamic Insights'', 2011-03-06 His second cousin, Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim ( ar, سید عمار الحكيم) is an Iraqi cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, from 2009 to 2017.
Early life
Al-Hakim was born in 1971 in Al-Najaf, the son of Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, who ...
leads the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI or SIIC; ar, المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي العراقي ''Al-Majlis Al-A'ala Al-Islami Al-'Iraqi''; previously the party was known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ...
, one of the largest Shia political parties in Iraq
The following is a list of political parties in Iraq.
Iraq is a multi-party state. Political parties are commonly grouped by ideology/ethnic affiliation and by the group with which they were listed on the ballot of the 2005 Iraqi National Ass ...
.
* Ammar al-Hakim
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim ( ar, سید عمار الحكيم) is an Iraqi cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, from 2009 to 2017.
Early life
Al-Hakim was born in 1971 in Al-Najaf, the son of Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, who ...
( ar, سید عمار الحكيم), the son of Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim ( ; ar, سید عبد العزيز الحكيم; 1952 – 26 August 2009) was an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a party that has approximately 5% support in the ...
, is an Iraqi politician who leads the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI or SIIC; ar, المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي العراقي ''Al-Majlis Al-A'ala Al-Islami Al-'Iraqi''; previously the party was known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ...
, which was the largest party in Iraq's Council of Representatives from the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
until the 2010 Iraqi elections.
* Sayyid Muhsin Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is the son of Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim ( ; ar, سید عبد العزيز الحكيم; 1952 – 26 August 2009) was an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a party that has approximately 5% support in the ...
.
* Ayatollah Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim is the son of Sayyid Abdul al-Sahib Hakim, and a high-ranking Shiite Ayatollah in Najaf, Iraq.
* Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Hakim is the son of Sayyid Abdul al-Sahib Hakim, and a high-ranking Shiite Ayatollah in Najaf, Iraq.
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