Marja'iyyah

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Marja
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Hawza
Clerical establishment
gptkbp:authority Religious jurisprudence
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Mashhad
gptkb:Qom
Karbala
Najaf
gptkbp:criteria Piety
Recognition by peers
Expertise in Islamic jurisprudence
Publication of a risalah amaliyah
gptkbp:defines The system of religious authority in Twelver Shia Islam
gptkbp:distinctFrom Sunni religious authority structure
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Muslims
gptkbp:followersPractice Taqlid (emulation)
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Emerged after the Occultation of the 12th Imam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marja'iyyah
gptkbp:importantFor Highest authority in Shia jurisprudence
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Shia_law
Shia political thought
Shia social practices
gptkbp:languageOfGuidance gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Urdu
English
gptkbp:ledTo Marja' (plural: Maraji')
gptkbp:notableMaraji gptkb:Ali_Khamenei
gptkb:Ruhollah_Khomeini
gptkb:Abu_al-Qasim_al-Khoei
gptkb:Ali_al-Sistani
gptkb:Hossein_Vahid_Khorasani
gptkb:Mohammad_Taqi_al-Modarresi
gptkb:Muhammad_Baqir_al-Sadr
gptkb:Sayyid_Muhammad_Saeed_al-Hakim
gptkbp:originatedIn 19th century
gptkbp:primaryUse Issuing religious rulings (fatwas)
Guiding followers in religious matters
Overseeing religious education
Supervising religious endowments
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Risalah_Amaliyah
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Imam
gptkb:Ijtihad
Taqlid
gptkbp:religion Shia Islam
gptkbp:role Provides religious guidance to Shia Muslims
gptkbp:分布地区 Global
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Najaf_seminary
gptkb:Hawza_of_Najaf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6