Grand Ayatollah Qasem Taei ( ar, قاسم الطائي; 1960 – 16 September 2023) was 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
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 ...
Marja.
Taei studied in seminaries of
Najaf, Iraq under
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. He was the author of many Islamic books. He died of a heart condition on 16 September 2023, at the age of 63.
وفاة المرجع الديني قاسم الطائي بعد صراع مع المرض
See also
* List of current maraji
* List of deceased maraji
* List of maraji
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Publications
1960 births
2023 deaths
Iraqi grand ayatollahs
Iraqi Islamists
Shia Islamists
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