Baghdad: Grand Ayatollah Sayy Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim, one of the most senior and influential Iraqi Muslim Shiite scholars, has died of a heart attack, family members.
He is 85 years old.
Relatively, Mohsen al-Hakim, told the Associated Press that Al-Hakim died at Al Hayat Hospital in the South Holy City of Najaf on Friday where he was taken after suffering a sudden heart attack.
His office announced that he died because the medical conditions suddenly did not determine.
Al-Hakim holds the highest theological degree in Islamic Syiite – Ayatollah al-Uzma, which means Grand or Supreme Ayatollah.
He was seen as a top competitor to replace Iraq’s Top Shiite Ulama, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who was in the nineties.
Najaf-born scholars are members of famous and highly respected judge families from Shiite scholars.
His Leaker Grandpa is Mohsen Al-Tabataba’i al-Hakim, a scholar and one of the leading thinkers of Shiite Islam.
His father was Muhammad Ali Al-Hakim, one of the most respected scholars in Najaf.
His second cousin, Sayyed Ammar Al-Judges led al-Hikma, or the national wisdom movement, one of the largest Shiite political parties in Iraq.
Along with Mohammed Ishaq al-Fayadh who was born in Afghanistan, al-Hakim was seen as the most likely competitor to replace Al-Sistani, a spiritual leader of the Shiite Top Iraq.
The President and Prime Minister of Iraq and other politicians issued an al-Hakim Eurlogization statement.
The US Embassy in Baghdad tweeted condolences, described it as “a symbol of peace, love, and harmony throughout the region.” Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakim is exposed from the beginning to education that focuses on religious jurisprudence and studies and has several leading scholars among the teachers.
He immediately turned to teach and became one of the leading Shiite scholars in Najaf.
Like most Shiite religious leaders in the holy city, he was placed under the arrest of houses during the last days of Iraqis, Saddam Hussein, before the US invasion to Iraq.
He was among a group of three top Shiite leaders who were threatened with death by rival Shiite scholars shortly after Saddam was dropped in 2003.
He was targeted at an attempt to murder in 2003, when his house in Najaf bombed.
Three Al-Judge Guards were killed, and his family members were injured.
Al-Judge himself moved away from the explosion with minimal injury.
Relatives blame terrorists for bombs, which are hidden in a gas cylinder.
Al-Hakim is one of the four Grand Ayatollah who teaches in the Hawza, the Najaf religious seminary.
He has written many books and publications, some of which are translated into several languages.
Al-Hakim survives by a wife and eight children.
The funeral is expected to be held on Saturday in Najaf, where it will be buried.
One of the most influential Shiite scholars in Iraq died at 85
