This is a partial list of hujjatul Islams, a title given to mid ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics.
The next higher clerical rank is ayatollah, followed by grand ayatollah. This list contains only the names of those who have attained the rank hojjatol Eslam/ hojjatol Eslam wa Muslimeen. To see the list of ayatollahs or grand ayatollahs, see the following articles: List of ayatollahs; List of current maraji; List of deceased maraji.
Hierarchy of titles for Shia Muslim clerics: Grand ayatollah (marja') Ayatollah Hujjatol Islam
Current This is a list of hujjatul Islams who are alive. The list is arranged in descending order of age, (oldest to youngest).
NoImageNameBirth dateCEBirth placeResidenceNotes1Mehdi Karroubi Aligudarz, Iran IranCurrently under house arrest2Ghodratollah Alikhani Takestan County, Iran Iran -3al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi Gafsa, Tunisia TunisiaEx-Sunni preacher4Seyed Mohammad Khatami Ardakan, Iran Iran5th President of Iran5Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani Golpayegan, Iran Iran -6Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri Nur, Iran Iran -7 Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai Bandar-e Anzali, Iran Iran -8Mohsin Qara'ati Kashan, Iran Iran -9Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi Tehran, Iran London, United KingdomRepresentative of Ali Khamenei in England10Ahmad Salek Isfahan, Iran Iran -11Seyed Hadi Khamenei Mashhad, Iran IranYounger brother of current Supreme Leader of IranZahedi, Dariush. The Iranian Revolution Then and Now: Indicators of Regime Instability Westview Press: 2001. p. 50.12Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji Isfahan, Iran IranArrested in 201013Rasoul Montajabnia Shiraz, Iran IranOfficial Website14Hassan Rouhani Sorkheh, Iran Iran7th President of Iran15 Subhi al-Tufayli Brital, Lebanon LebanonFormer leader of Hezbollah16Mohammad Hassan Rahimian Isfahan, Iran Iran -17 Abdolmoghim Nasehi Tehran, Iran Iran -18Allahshukur Hummet Pashazadeh Cil, Azerbaijan SSR AzerbaijanCurrent Sheikh-ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus19Ali Fallahian Najafabad, Iran IranSecond Minister of Intelligence of Iran20Mohammad Jafar Montazeri Qom, Iran IranCurrent Attorney General of Iran21Hadi Ghaffari Azarshahr, Iran IranAlleged killer of Amir-Abbas HoveydaAbbas Milani, The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (Mage Publishers, 2000)22Abdollah Noori Isfahan, Iran Iran -23Mohammad Yazbek Bodai, Lebanon LebanonOne of the founders of Hezbollah24Kazem Seddiqi Abhar, Iran IranCurrent temporary Friday prayer leader in Tehran25 Syed Jawad Naqvi Haripur, Pakistan PakistanOfficial Website26Seyed Mohammad Ali Mosavi Qom, Iran Iran -27Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard Qom, Iran Iran -28Mahmoud Salavati Khomeyni Shahr, Iran Iran -29Mohammad Ali Rahmani Quchan, Iran Iran -30Mohsen Rohami Khodabandeh, Iran Iran -31Naim Qassem Kfar Fila, Lebanon LebanonDeputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah32Majid Ansari Khanuk, Iran Iran -33Ali Qazi Askar Isfahan, Iran Iran -34Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari Mohr, Iran Iran -35Hadi Ghabel Torbat-e Jam, Iran Iran -36Ali Younesi Nahavand, Iran IranFourth Minister of Intelligence in Iran37Abdul Mahdi al-Salami Karbala, Iraq Karbala, IraqRepresentative of Ali al-Sistani in Iraq38Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i Isfahan, Iran IranFifth Minister of Intelligence in Iran39Seyyed Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard Jahrom, Iran IranCurrent Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Khuzestan & Friday prayer leader in Ahvaz40 Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir Najaf, Iraq Iraq -41Heydar Moslehi Shahreza, Iran IranSixth Minister of Intelligence in Iran42Abdul Fattah Nawab Shahreza, Iran Iran -43Abbas Amirifar Iran Iran -44Mohammad-Ali Abtahi Mashhad, Iran Iran -45Morteza Aghatehrani Isfahan, Iran Iran -46Ahmad Marvi Mashhad, Iran Iran -47Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria Kermanshah, Iran Iran -48Abdol Hassan Navab Shahreza, Iran Iran -49Qasem Ravanbakhsh Meybod, Iran Iran -50Mohsen Kadivar Fasa, Iran IranResearch professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University51Asgar Dirbaz Mianeh, Iran Iran -52Mohammad Sadegh Salehimanesh Yazd, Iran Iran -53Ali Banaei Qom, Iran Iran -54Mostafa Pourmohammadi Qom, Iran IranOfficial Website55Seyed Hassan Eslami Ardakani Karbala, Iraq Iran -56Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini Tabriz, Iran Iran -57Mohsen Qomi Pakdasht, Iran IranCurrent member of the Assembly of Experts58 Habib Boromand Dashghapu Germi, Iran Iran -59Seyed Mohammad Bagher Kharazi Qom, Iran Iran -60Ahmad Mazani Bandar-e Gaz, Iran Iran -61Seyed Mir Ghesmat Mosavi Asl Germi, Iran Iran -62al-Sayyid Mustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini Karbala, Iraq Orange County, United States of America -63 Syed Fida Hussain Bukhari Punjab, Pakistan United Kingdom -64Mansour Leghaei Abadan, Iran Sydney, AustraliaOfficial Website65Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi Urmia, Iran IranCurrent Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in West Azerbaijan and Friday Prayer leader in Urmia66 Ahmad Vaezi Rey, Iran Iran -67Hossein Taeb Tehran, Iran IranCurrent head of the IRGC's Intelligence Organisation68Mojtaba Zonnour Malayer, Iran Iran -69Hamid Hawali Shahriari Tehran, Iran Iran -70Rasul Jafarian Khvorasgan, Iran IranOfficial Website71al-Sayyid Hassan al-Musawi al-Qazwini Karbala, Iraq Dearborn Heights, United States of AmericaOfficial Website72Alireza Qaeminia Urmia, Iran Iran -73 Alireza Salimi Mahallat County, Iran Iran -74Nasrollah Pejmanfar Tehran, Iran Iran -75Seyed Mohammad Vaez Mousavi Shabestar, Iran IranOfficial Website76Alireza Panahian Tehran, Iran IranOfficial Website77Ali Salman Ahmed Salman Bilad Al Qadeem, Bahrain BahrainCurrently facing life in prison78Mohammad Ali Shomali Tehran, Iran Iran -79Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari Damavand, Iran IranOne of the Temporary Friday Prayer leaders in Tehran80Seyyed Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei Mashhad, Iran IranEldest son of the Current Supreme Leader in Iran (Ali Khamenei)81 Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki Tabriz, Iran Iran -82Seyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi Khorramabad, Iran IranCurrent Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Lorestan & Friday Prayer leader in Khorramabad83Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi Lucknow, India India -84Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh Hamburg, Germany Hamburg, Germany Head of Islamic Centre Hamburg85Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati Masjed Soleyman, Iran Iran -86Ali Shirazi Rafsanjan, Iran Iran -87 Seyed Sajjad Izdehi Mazandaran, Iran Iran -88 Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim Najaf, Iraq IraqOfficial Website89Mohammad Bagheri Najaf, Iraq Iran -90 Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri Kerman, Iran Iran -91Sayyed Hassan Khomeini Qom, Iran IranGrandson of the First Supreme Leader of Iran (Ruhollah Khomeini) Official Website92Reza Nouri Bojnord, Iran Iran -93Ruhollah Beigi Eilanlu Miandoab, Iran Iran -94Qais Hadi Sayyid Hassan al-Khazali Sadr City, Iraq Iraq -95al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr Najaf, Iraq IraqLeader of the Sadrist Movement96Seyed Masoud Hosseini Khamenei Mashhad, Iran IranSon of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)97Hassan Namazi Qom, Iran Iran -98 Syed Ali Raza Rizvi Lahore, Pakistan London, United Kingdom -99Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh Dorud, Iran IranOfficial Website100al-Sayyid Mohammad al-Mahdi al-Husseini al-Modaressi Kuwait United States of AmericaOfficial Website101Mohammad Qomi Qom, Iran Iran -102Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati Unknown? Lucknow, India India -103Syed Hamid al-Hassan Unknown? Lucknow, India Lucknow, India -104Taha Unknown? Iran CanadaFirst openly queer Shia cleric
Deceased This is a list of hujjatul Islams that have died. The list is arranged in descending order of their date of passing.
NoImageNameYear of birthCEYear of deathCEPlace of birthPlace of deathNotes1Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi Kintoor, India Khomeyn, IranPaternal Grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini2Mirza Hasan Tahirzadeh Shusha, Russian Empire Tbilisi, Russian EmpireFourth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus3Mirza Reza Kermani Kerman, Iran Tehran, IranAssassinated Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar Was executed by hanging.4 Akhundzadeh Abd al-Salam Salyan, Russian Empire Tbilisi, Russian EmpireFifth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus5Seyed Jamalodin Vaeiz Esfahani Hamadan, Iran Tehran, IranKilled by a hitman ordered by Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar6 Mirza Ali Aqa Tabrizi Tabriz, Iran Tabriz, Iran -7Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani Khameneh, Iran Tabriz, Iran -8Mohammad Pishnamaz Zadeh Ganja, Russian Empire Ganja, Soviet UnionSeventh Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus9 Bachir Moustafa Hammoud Choukine, Lebanon Choukine, Lebanon -10Ahmad Rida Nabatieh, Ottoman Syria Nabatieh, Lebanon -11Seyed Mojtaba Mir-Lohi Tehran, Iran Tehran, IranFounder of Fada'iyan-e IslamFarhad Kazemi, "The Fada'iyan-e Islam: Fanaticism, Politics and Terror" in Said Amir Arjomand (ed.), From Nationalism to Revolutionary Islam, SUNY Press (1984), p. 160