Marja' (Shia religious authority)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ecclesiastical_title Shia Islam concept
gptkbp:authority	Religious rulings (fatwas) Jurisprudence (fiqh)
gptkbp:criteria	gptkb:Adulthood Male Justice Piety Expertise in Islamic law Legitimacy recognized by peers
gptkbp:emergedIn	19th century
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Muqallid
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Marja' (Shia religious authority)
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Iran gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Qom Najaf
gptkbp:meaning	Source to follow
gptkbp:notableMaraji	gptkb:Muhammad_Saeed_al-Hakim gptkb:Ali_Khamenei gptkb:Ali_al-Sistani gptkb:Bashir_al-Najafi gptkb:Hossein_Vahid_Khorasani
gptkbp:plural	gptkb:Maraji'
gptkbp:relatedConcept	gptkb:Imam gptkb:Ijtihad Grand Ayatollah Taqlid
gptkbp:role	Source of emulation Highest authority on religious law
gptkbp:significance	Guides Shia Muslims in religious matters Influences Shia communities worldwide Issues religious edicts Maintains religious seminaries Receives religious taxes (khums)
gptkbp:title	Grand Ayatollah
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam Usuli branch of Shia Islam
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Najaf_Seminary
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6