Hossein Vahid Khorasani
| Grand Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani |
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| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Other names |
Arabic: حسین وحید الخراساني Persian: حسین وحید خراسانی |
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| Born |
January 1, 1921 Nishapur, Iran |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Period in office | 1972–present |
| Religious career | |
| Post | Marja' |
| Website | www.wahidkhorasani.com |
Grand Ayatollah Hussain Vahid Khorasani (Arabic: حسین وحید الخراسانی Persian: حسین وحید خراسانی, born January 1, 1921) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'.
Hussain Vahid Khorasani was born in Nishapur, Iran on 1 January 1921. He moved to Najaf, Iraq in 1940 and studied in Ayatollah Khoei Seminary (Hawza) and moved back to Iran in 1972. Currently, Khorasani residing in Qom and is considered as source of emulation. He is also the father-in-law of Sadeq Larijani.
He learned Arabic literature from Mohammad Nahavandi and then completed the acquisition of religious knowledge in the course outside Mirza Mehdi Esfahani and Ayatollah Ashtiani. Rational sciences, philosophy and wisdom from Abu al-Qasim Mirza and Mirza Mahdi Isfahani Elahi trained And to complete the basics at age 27 went to Najaf, and at lesson Mirza Hadi Shirazi, Ali Mohammad Boroujerdi, Muhsin al-Hakim and participated in the Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei and one of his leading disciples.
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