This is a partial list of

Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Etymology The title is originally derived from ...

s, a title given to high ranked

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 ...

Usuli Usulis ( ar, اصولیون, fa, اصولیان) are the majority Twelver Shi'a Muslim group. They differ from their now much smaller rival Akhbari group in favoring the use of ''ijtihad'' (i.e., reasoning) in the creation of new rules of ''fiq ...

Shi'a Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

Muslim 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 ...

clerics. Its ranking is higher than

Hujjat al-Islam Hujjat al-Islam (from ''ḥujjat-u l-Islām'') (also Hojatoleslam) is an honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam". Sunni Islam Its first recorded use was in a Sunni context, as a title for the 11th-century theologian al- ...

, and the next higher clerical rank is

Grand Ayatollah 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 ...

also known as

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 ...

. This list contains only the names of

Ayatollahs Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Etymology The title is originally derived from Arabic word pr ...

. To see the list of

Grand Ayatollahs Maraji are the supreme legal authority for Twelver Shia Muslims. The following articles contain lists of Maraji: * List of current Maraji'' * List of deceased Maraji'' See also *Marja' * Ijtihad *Hawza *Risalah (fiqh) * List of Ayatollahs *List o ...

, or Hujjatul Islams, see the following articles:

List of Maraji Maraji are the supreme legal authority for Twelver Shia Muslims. The following articles contain lists of Maraji: * List of current Maraji'' * List of deceased Maraji'' See also * Marja' *Ijtihad *Hawza * Risalah (fiqh) *List of Ayatollahs Th ...

;

List of Hujjatul Islams This is a partial list of Hujjat al-Islam, Hujjatul Islams, a title given to mid ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. The next higher clerical rank is Ayatollah, followed by Grand Ayatollah. This list contains only the names of those who hav ...

Current

The names are ordered with age in descending order. (oldest to youngest).

Deceased

The names are ordered by date of death (descending) as an arbitrary standard. *

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

''Al-Allamah, Al-Faqeeh, Al-Adeeb Ayatollah Shaikh'' Ali Hazeen ''Lahiji'' (17th century) * India ''Ayatollah Aga'' Syed Mehdi ''Kashmiri'' (d.1892) * India ''Ayat-ul-Ilm-e-wat-Tuqa Ayatullah'' Syed Imdad Ali – First Ameed Jamia-e-Imania, Banaras * India ''Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah'' Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat * India ''Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah'' Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928) * India ''Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah'' Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur * India ''Ayatollah'' Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri * India ''Alam-ul-Aalaam Ayatullah'' Syed Muzaffar Husain Al-Husaini – First Haadi (Supreme Authority) Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (d.1944) * India ''Ayatollah'' Syed Mohammad Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri – Founder of Sultanul Madaris son of Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri * India ''Ayatollah'' Syed Mohammad Mosawi ''

Ichgam Ichgam , also known as Ichigam, is a census town located in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district. It falls under the administrative division of tehsil Budgam, one of the nine tehsils of district Bud ...

i Kashmiri'' (1910 - 1959) *

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

''Ayatollah'' ''Sheikh'' Muhammad Ali al-AmriGrand Saudi Shia Cleric "Sheikh Mohammed Ali Al Amri" Passed Away in Medina
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