Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi
Grand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: آية الله العظمی علامہ الشیخ محمد حسین النجفي) (born April 1932) is a Twelver Shi'a alim from Pakistan and has been elevated to the status of marjiyyat,. At present, there are two Marjas of Pakistani descent, the other one Ayatollah Sheikh Basheer Hussain Najafi. As Ayatollah Hafiz Bashir Najafi has chosen to reside in Najaf, Iraq, Muhammad Hussain Najafi is the only Marja on Pakistani soil running his Hawza in Sargodha. He was included in the lists "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" for the years 2010 and 2011.
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