Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
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Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Sādiq as-Sadr (Arabic محمّد صادق الصدر ) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a cleric of high rank. He is the father of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Muhammad Sadiq as-Sadr (1943-1999) and grandfather of Muqtada al-Sadr (b.1973). Sometimes the son is called by his father's name. He is the cousin of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (d.1980). The al-Sadr family are considered Sayyid, which is used among the Shia to denote persons descending directly from Muhammad. The family's lineage is traced through Imam Jafar al-Sadiq and his son Imam Musa al-Kazim the sixth and seventh Shia Imams respectively.
Sadeq al-Sadr and his two sons were killed by Saddam Hussein's regime in 1999.[1]
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- ^ Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival (Norton, 2006), p.187
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