Muhsin al-Hakim

Iraqi theologian and religious authority (1889–1970)

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim
السيد محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم

Personal
Born	(1889-05-31)31 May 1889 Najaf, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	2 June 1970(1970-06-02) (aged 81) Najaf, Ba'athist Iraq
Resting place	Imam Ali Shrine
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Iraqi
Jurisprudence	Twelver Shia Islam
Muslim leader
Based in	Najaf, Iraq
Period in office	1946–1970
Predecessor	Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
Successor	Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei , Ruhollah Khomeini

Muhsin al-Tabatabaei al-Hakim (Arabic: محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority. He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and of the majority of the Shia world in 1961, after the death of Hossein Borujerdi.^[1] He died in 1970.^[2]

References

^ Ayatollah Mohsin al-Hakim
^ Corboz, Elvire (2015). "Khomeini in Najaf: The Religious and Political Leadership of an Exiled Ayatollah". Die Welt des Islams. 55 (2): 222. doi:10.1163/15700607-00552p03.