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===Conditions=== | ===Conditions=== | ||
A [[mujtahid]] can qualify as a marja' if he meets some requirements the most important of which is that he should be superior to other qualified mujtahids with regard to his scholarship in [[ | A [[mujtahid]] can qualify as a marja' if he meets some requirements the most important of which is that he should be superior to other qualified mujtahids with regard to his scholarship in [[jurisprudence]]. Other conditions include [[Justice (fiqh)|justice]], being a man, [[maturity]], and sanity. Then, it is permissible to follow his fatwas, that is, to act upon his jurisprudential views.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Yazdī, ''al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā'', vol. 1, p. 26-27.</ref> | ||
===Procedures of Selection=== | ===Procedures of Selection=== | ||
A marja' is not selected by appointment. A person becomes a Shi'i authority when the Shi'as accept him as an authority. In | A marja' is not selected by appointment. A person becomes a Shi'i authority when the Shi'as accept him as an authority. In manual of fatwas ([[al-risala al-'amaliyya]]), some ways are introduced for finding out about a person who is qualified for marja'iyya: personal knowledge, judicial evidence (that two qualified persons testify that someone is [[a'lam]]—superior in scholarship), being well-known as a'lam<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Yazdī, ''al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā'', vol. 1, p. 24-25.</ref>, or being introduced by a group of scholars such that their views lead to personal knowledge.<ref>Khomeini, ''Tawḍīḥ al-masāʾil'', p. 12.</ref> | ||
===Tasks=== | ===Tasks=== | ||