Sadiq al-Shirazi

Sayyid Sadiq al-Hussayni al-Shirazi (b. 1942) is a contemporary Twelver Shia jurist and marjaʿ, born in Karbala into the prominent al-Shirazi scholarly family. He began his religious studies in Karbala and studied jurisprudence (fiqh), principles of jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh), and related Islamic sciences under several scholars, including members of his own scholarly family. After leaving Iraq during the Baʿathist period, he spent time in Kuwait and subsequently settled in Qom, Iran, where he continued teaching and scholarly work. His writings cover advanced Jaʿfari jurisprudence, legal theory, Qurʾanic studies, Islamic history, theology, ethics, and contemporary religious questions. Among his works are Bayān al-Fiqh, Sharḥ al-ʿUrwa al-Wuthqā, Bayān al-Uṣūl, works on the Ahl al-Bayt and the Qurʾan, and commentarial works on classical jurisprudential texts. He has also written annotations and explanations associated with al-Muḥaqqiq al-Ḥillī's Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām, including the edition represented in the Digital Islam Library collection