Mohammad Alavi Gorgani

Sayyid
Grand Ayatollah
Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
Gorgani in 2016
BornMarch 1940
Najaf, Iraq[1]
Died15 March 2022(2022-03-15) (aged 81–82)
Qom, Iran
Websitewww.gorgani.ir

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Ali Hosseini Alavi Gorgani (Persian: سيد محمد على حسينى علوى گرگانى; March 1940 – 15 March 2022) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a marja'.[2][3][4]

He was born in a religious family in Najaf, Iraq. He rose to a leading scholar in Najaf, and moved to Qom after the fall of Pahlavi Iran in 1979. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani studied under the late Ayatollah Bourujerdi, Ayatollah Khomeni, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki, and Ayatollah Golpaygani.[5][6]

Gorgani had voiced support for Palestine,[7] stating that:

Muslim countries must stand united and help other nations, but unfortunately, we see that some countries are under the impression of colonial powers and they do not support the oppressed nations.

Furthermore, he had ruled that Baháʼís are infidels and that "associating with them is reprehensible and disgusting." Gorgani had also stated that publishing photographs of unveiled women is equivalent to prostitution.[8]

Reportedly, he had claimed that apartment buildings were a British plot designed to spread moral corruption by encouraging women to leave the home, in addition to obscuring the view of shrines in the cities of Mashhad and Qom.[9]

Ayatollah Gorgani had authored several books and treatises on various topics in Islamic science.[10]

Alavi Gorgani died on 15 March 2022, in Qom.[11][12][13][14] He was buried in the Masjed-e Bala Sar (مسجد بالاسر), which is part of the greater Fatima Masumeh Shrine.[10]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Persian) Biography of G. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani 25 April 2005
  2. ↑ List of Maraji in Arabic Archived 2 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ List of Maraji in Persian (1)
  4. ↑ List of Maraji in Persian (2)
  5. ↑ Biography in Persian
  6. ↑ (in Persian) Works of G. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani 25 April 2005
  7. ↑ rasanews.ir (24 October 2017). "Ayatollah Alavi-Gorgani voices support for Palestine". rasanews.ir. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani: Socialising with Baha'is is unacceptable | Archives of Baha'i Persecution in Iran". iranbahaipersecution.bic.org. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ayatollah Gorgani: Apartment Buildings Are a British Plot to Spread Moral Corruption". Iran International. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Muhammad Alawi Gurgani". www.eslam.de. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "آیت الله علوی گرگانی به دیدار حق شتافت". ایرنا (in Persian). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "مرجع بزرگ جهان تشیع به دیار باقی شتافت/ روح مطهر "آیت الله علوی گرگانی" پرکشید". ایسنا (in Persian). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "مرحوم آیت‌الله‌ سیدمحمدعلی علوی گرگانی- عکس خبری تسنیم". خبرگزاری تسنیم (in Persian). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "آیت الله علوی گرگانی درگذشت". fa (in Persian). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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