Mahmoud al-Sarkhi

Sayyid Mahmoud al-Hasani al-Sarkhi (; born 1964) is a prominent Iraqi Shia Marja'. His many opinions are critical of Shi'a Islamic beliefs such as the pre-existence of the Imams and tawassul, which has caused many of his opponents to disavow him. Unlike other Maraji, he considers tatbir, and even shoor, as well as the construction of shrines, as bid'ah.

There is also controversy over whether he or Mohammad Yaqoobi is the "most knowledgable" successor of Mohammed al-Sadr. Recently, he published a fatwa boycotting Turkish soap operas, as they contain Muslim actors and actresses, behaving in an 'unchaste, dishonorable, immoral and unprincipled' manner, while 'selling themselves as Muslims'.