{"id":7495,"date":"2020-03-24T19:49:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/?page_id=7495"},"modified":"2024-12-23T22:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T03:40:37","slug":"what-is-marjaeya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/what-is-marjaeya","title":{"rendered":"What is Marjaeya?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"section section--full-width section--hero section--acf-block section--acf-block-hero section--has-background section--hero-sticky section--color-scheme-light text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section__background\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"parallax\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Imam-Alip_1439_banner.jpg')\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"overlay\" style=\"\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container container-sticky\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 section__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-title\">What is Marjaeya?<\/h1>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>marjaeya<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>marja\u2019<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;mean?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The<em>&nbsp;marjaeya<\/em>&nbsp;is a religious authority. A&nbsp;<em>marja\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;is a jurist who gives religious rulings based on Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The&nbsp;<\/em>word<em>&nbsp;marja\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;(Arabic:&nbsp;\u0645\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062c\u064e\u0639) literally means \u201csource\u201d. This source may be a person, an entity, a system, or anything else. Islam regards a&nbsp;<em>Marja\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;is as a \u201csource to follow\u201d. It is a religious title given to a religious scholar of a high position who is capable of issuing verdicts (<em>fatwa<\/em>) based on an expert study of Islamic holy texts. The Marja\u2019 acquires this level as a result of many years of scholarly research and advancement in matters of Islamic study, particularly Islamic practical laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The position of the&nbsp;<em>marja\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;is called&nbsp;<em>marjaeya<\/em>&nbsp;(Arabic:&nbsp;\u0645\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062c\u064e\u0639\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0651\u0629). The&nbsp;<em>marjaeya<\/em>&nbsp;is the highest religious authority amongst Muslims after the level of Imamate. The infallible Imams established this position after Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and it became an essential concept during the age of occultation of the twelfth Imam al-Mahdi (p) since 325 AH (940 AD). Expert scholars in the Islamic seminary (<em>hawzah<\/em>, Arabic:&nbsp;\u062d\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0632\u064e\u0629) can recognize a marja\u2019. They may recognize him through several different ways, such as by his teachings, his students\u2019 levels, his books and works of research, or by the recognition of other jurists \u2013 including his teacher(s) \u2013 verbally or in a written document. At this stage, he is called a jurist (<em>mujtahid<\/em>, Arabic&nbsp;\u0645\u064f\u062c\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0647\u0650\u062f), and believers may follow his rulings. Thus, he technically becomes a&nbsp;<em>marja\u2019<\/em>, since Muslims started following his verdicts. To be certain of following the religion and God\u2019s teachings properly during the occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (p), it is an obligation to follow the most knowledgeable jurist with a high level of piety. When the majority follows a&nbsp;<em>marja\u2019<\/em>, he will be recognized as the highest&nbsp;<em>marja\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>marja\u2019 al-A\u2019laa,&nbsp;<\/em>Arabic:&nbsp;\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u062c\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0644\u0649<em>)&nbsp;<\/em>in the Islamic world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details about this topic, <a href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/what-is-marjaeya-or-marja\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1fb9aab6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/what-else-do-muslims-believe\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">&lt; What Else Do Muslims Believe?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/what-is-taqlid\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">What is Taqlid? &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do&nbsp;marjaeya&nbsp;and&nbsp;marja\u2019&nbsp;mean? The&nbsp;marjaeya&nbsp;is a religious authority. A&nbsp;marja\u2019&nbsp;is a jurist who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"parent":6368,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7495","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Marjaeya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The\u00a0marjaeya\u00a0is a religious authority. 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