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Kazem al-Haeri

Twelver Shi'a Marja (born 1938)

Summary

Twelver Shi'a Marja (born 1938)

Field	Value
background	#008000
honorific-prefix	Grand Ayatollah
name	Sayyid Kadhim al-Haeri
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image	File:Ayatollah Kazem Haeri.jpg
caption	Grand Ayatollah Kadhim Haeri
religion	Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
birth_date
birth_place	Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq
location	Qom, Iran
title	Grand Ayatollah
website	1st official website

| honorific-prefix = Grand Ayatollah 2nd official website

Grand Ayatollah Kadhim Husayni al-Haeri () (born 1938) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminars of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Sadeq al-Sadr. Haeri was born in Karbala, Iraq. He was a top leader of the Al-Da'wa Party in Iraq. His involvement in the party led to his exile in the 1970s, later he moved to Iran, where he remains to this day in the city of Qom.

Relationship with Muqtada Al-Sadr

Al-Haeri is considered the successor to Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, but since al-Haeri has resided in Iran since the 1970s he has not been able to fully take on this position. Despite his exile, he serves as the advisor to the younger al-Sadr on matters of jurisprudence. Thus, al-Haeri is a key source of legitimacy for Al-Sadr. Al-Sadr had previously stated that he would have worked with Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim if Ayatollah al-Haeri had ordered it. Recently, Muqtada al-Sadr and Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim signed a pact to end all potential hostilities between the two camps.

Al-Haeri has also issued fatwas against the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, but he publicly criticized Muqtada al-Sadr for potential weakening against the Shi'a establishment and its hierarchy in Najaf under the guise of anti-Americanism in April 2004 while taking Haeri's name.

Resignation

On August 29, 2022, al-Haeri announced his resignation from the position of Marja, due to old age and illness. This was described as the first time in history a Marja has ever resigned from his position. However, this is wrong as instances of Maraji resigning in the past exists, like that of Sheikh Muhammad Baqir "Al Waheed" Al Behbahani who, according to Sheikh Osama Aal e Bilal Najafi, resigned and made his student, Sayyid Ali Al Tabatabaei the Marja.

References

[http://www.alhaeri.org/ Official Website]
[http://www.almarjeya.com/ Another official website]
[https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/nazeer-rida/news-middle-east/iraqi-shiite-ayatollah-issues-fatwa-allowing-fighting-alongside-assad Grand Ayatollah Kazem Harris issues fatwa]
[https://hawzah.net/fa/Magazine/View/4518/5455/51317/ A interview with Grand Ayatollah Syed Kazem Haeri]
[http://www.alhaeri.org/main.php#bio Biography in Arabic]
[https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2012/06/haeri-issues-fatwa-forbidding-vo.html Muqtada al-Sadr ignores fatwa against secularist candidates]
(2022-08-29). "العراق: المرجع كاظم الحائري يعلن عدم استمراره في المرجعية بسبب المرض".
راضي, علي محسن. (2022-08-29). "بيان لسماحة السيد كاظم الحائري يعلن فيه عدم الاستمرار في التصدي للمرجعية بسبب المرض والتقدم في العمر".
(2022-08-29). "الاستقالة الأولى في تاريخ المرجعية.. مرجع ديني يقدم استقالته من التصدي لمنصب المرجع".

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