Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati

Grand Ayatollah
Mohammad Ebrahim Jannati
محمد ابراهیم جناتی
Born1933 (1933)
Shahrood, Persia
Died (aged 93)
Qom, Iran
TitleGrand Ayatollah
Websitewww.jannaati.com/

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati (Persian: آیت الله العظمی محمد ابراهیم جناتی; 1933 – 18 March 2026) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.

Biography

Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati was born in Shahrud, Persia in 1933. He studied in seminaries of Qom and Najaf. Jannaati was known for his progressive fatwas on women and youth issues.[1] He died in Qom on 18 March 2026, at the age of 93.[2]

Teachers and mentors

Jannaati learned from and studied under Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Muhsin al-Hakim, Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi, Hussein Helli, Mirza Baqir Zanjani, and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.

Rare Islamic law and modern

Rare rulings:"[3]

  • If the loss of a Muslim man with a non-Muslim woman is essential and leave it caused Muslim outrage and insult to Islam or may not pessimism, there is no problem.
  • Muslim man marrying a girl or woman from People of the Books such as Zoroastrian, Jewish and Christian is permitted, either on a temporary or permanent basis.
  • Relations between girls and boys, women and men, strangers in the community, if not corruption and to preserve Islamic law and to the extent that is necessary, not a hindrance.
  • It is necessary for women to cover their whole bodies from strangers except for the face and hands. No special kind and color of dress is recommended; anything with which the body can be covered would be sufficient.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Biography on official website
  2. ↑ "آیت الله العظمی جناتی شاهرودی درگذشت". Mehr News. 17 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  3. ↑ jannaati.