Bashir al-Najafi

Grand Ayatollah
Basheer al-Najafi
آية الله العظمى بشير النجفي
TitleGrand Ayatollah
Personal life
Born1942 (age 82–83)
Jullundur, Punjab, British India
(Present-day Jalandhar, Punjab, India)
NationalityPakistani
Religious life
ReligionUsuli Twelver Shi`a Islam
Senior posting
Based inNajaf, Iraq
PostGrand Ayatollah
WebsiteOfficial Website

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Basheer Hussain Najafi (Arabic: آية الله العظمى بشير النجفي) (born 1942) is a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja' and one of the Four Grand Ayatollahs of Najaf, Iraq. He was born in Jalandhar, a city in then-British India. He resides in Najaf, Iraq now.

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