Marji'iyya/Related Articles

Parent topics

• Shi'a [r]: A Muslim who believes that the line of religious authority derives from the Household of the Prophet Muhammad (Ahl ul-bayt), through the line of his son-in-law, Imam Ali ^[e]
• Marji' [r]: Authoritative Shi'a religious scholar; plural Maraji' ^[e]

Subtopics

• Marji' al-Taqlid [r]: The highest Shi'a religious authority, literally "worthy of emulation", but not necessarily having any governing authority ^[e]
• Wilayat al-faqih [r]: A controversial concept in Shi'a Islam, "authority of the jurisprudent", developed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as the basis for clerical rule in Iran; by no means universally accepted by Iraqi and other Shi'a ^[e]