Abbas Mahfouzi

Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi (Arabic: آيت‌الله العظمى عباس محفوظى^{[clarification needed]}, Persian: آيت‌الله العظمى عباس محفوظى; 9 August 1928 – 10 September 2024) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.^[1][2][3][4] He studied in seminars of Qom, Iran under Ruhollah Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Houssein Borujerdi and Mirza Hashem Amoli.^[5][6]

Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi
آيت‌الله العظمى عباس محفوظى
Mahfouzi in 2016
Personal life
Born	(1928-08-09)9 August 1928 Rudsar, Persia
Died	10 September 2024(2024-09-10) (aged 96) Qom, Iran
Religious life
Religion	Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
Senior posting
Based in	Qom, Iran
Post	Grand Ayatollah
Website	http://www.mahfoozi.ir

Biography

Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi was born in Rudsar, Iran. He started the education of Quran in his childhood. For higher education, he went to Rudsar Seminary. Later he traveled to Qom and studied in Seminars of Qom under Imam Khomeni, Houssein Borujerdi, Mirza Hashem Amoli, Mohammad Reza Golpaygani and Houssein Ali Montezari. He was a firm supporter of Khomeni and he supported Khomeini during 1979 Iranian Revolution.^[7][8]

Mahfouzi died on 10 September 2024, at the age of 96.^[9]

See also

• List of current maraji
• List of ayatollahs
• List of members in the First Term of the Council of Experts