His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz, a senior Shia jurist and marja\u2019, departed to the Divine Kingdom on Thursday(4 Jun 2026) morning at 96 years of age in a hospital in Baghdad.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the office of this Shia marja\u2019 declared: \u201cIt is with profound sadness and grief that we have learned of the demise of Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz . This comes following a life dedicated to serving the pristine faith, instructing in religious knowledge, cultivating learned men and virtuosos, laboring to propagate the doctrines of the Ahl al-Bayt, and elucidating the precepts of holy law.\u201d<\/p>\n
The passing of this righteous scholar is a great loss to religious seminaries and the community of believers at large, who benefited from his lofty religious and scholarly standing and the valuable scholarly works he left behind.<\/p>\n
We ask Almighty God to grant him His vast mercy, to join him with Muhammad and his pure household, and to bestow patience upon his relatives, students, followers, and loved ones.<\/p>\n
Grand Ayatollah Fayyaz was born in 1930 in Afghanistan and was one of the grand Shia sources of emulation (maraji\u2019) and a teacher of advanced jurisprudence at the holy Najaf Seminary. He was also one of the close students of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul-Qasim Khoei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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