Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Saeed al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (Arabic: محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم; February 1, 1936[1][2] – September 3, 2021) was a senior Iraqi Shi'a marja. He was one of the Big Four Grand Ayatollahs of the Hawza of Najaf. He was one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.[3] He was born in Najaf, Iraq.
In 2003, Saeed al-Hakim was targeted in an attempted assassination, when his house in Najaf was bombed.[4][5]
Saeed al-Hakim died on September 3, 2021 in Najaf from a heart attack at the age of 85.[6]
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- ↑ https://www.tasnimnews.com/ar/news/2021/09/03/2565320/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85
- ↑ "Biography". Office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid M.S. Alhakeem. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ↑ Ayatollah Sistani is Iraq’s Bulwark against Iran: Wikileaks, Informed Comment, February 12, 2010
- ↑ Bomb kills 3 at cleric's home, CNN, 2003-08-24
- ↑ IRAQ’S SHIITES UNDER OCCUPATION Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, International Crisis Group, 2003-09-09
- ↑ Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem dies in Iraq
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