Ayatollah Sayyed Razi Shirazi

Ayatollah Sayyid Radhi Husayni Shirazi (; ; 29 March 1927 – 1 December 2021), also known as Razi Shirazi, was an Iranian Shia who was a jurist, philosopher and theologian. He was the great-grandson of the renowned Shia jurist, Mirza Shirazi, the pioneer of the Tobacco protest. He was the Imam of the Shifa mosque in Yousefabad.

Early life and education Shirazi was born in Najaf, Iraq. He hailed from the prominent religious Shirazi family. His father was Sayyid Muhammad-Husayn Shirazi (d. 1955), the son of grand Ayatollah Mirza Ali Agha Shirazi (d. 1936). His mother was the daughter of Sheikh Muhammad-Kadhim Shirazi (d. 1948). Shirazi is the eldest of eight siblings, four brothers and three sisters.

Shirazi began his religious education at a young age in Najaf, studying under his grandfather Sheikh Muhammad-Kadhim Shirazi, Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Khoei, Sheikh Husayn al-Hilli and Sheikh Baqir Zanjani. He was buried in the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf.