Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei

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Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei (Arabic: أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; Persian: ابوالقاسم موسوی خویی; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was a major Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja and dean of the Hawza of Najaf. Khoei was widely considered the most influential Twelver Shia Muslim scholar of his time. After the death of Muhsin al-Hakim in 1970, he became the spiritual leader of much of the Shia world until his death in 1992. He was succeeded briefly by Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari, until his death in 1993, after which his former student Ali al-Sistani, under the direction of Taqi al-Khoei, took leadership of the seminary, whereby many of his followers became followers of Sistani.

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