Mohammad Ali Araki

{{Short description|Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1894-1994)}}

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| religion = Shia Islam (Usuli Twelver)

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|12|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Arak, Iran

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|11|24|1894|12|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Qom, Iran

| resting_place = Fatima Masumeh Shrine

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Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki ({{langx|fa|محمدعلی اراکی}}, 22 December 1894[http://ahlolbait.com/media/15659/تقويم-و-مناسبتهای-ماه-جمادی-الثانی The calendar of Jamadi al-Thani] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116130129/http://ahlolbait.com/media/15659/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C |date=2018-11-16 }} ahlolbait.com in Arak – 24 November 1994 in Qom)[http://revolution.pchi.ir/show.php?page=contents&id=11937 Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232756/http://revolution.pchi.ir/show.php?page=contents&id=11937 |date=2017-12-28 }} revolution.pchi.ir{{Cite web |url=http://news.tamashagar.com/news/9491411/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%BA%D9%81%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF |title=مرحوم آیت‌الله اراکی، از مجالست با اهل غفلت خودداری می‌کرد - تماشاگر پلاس |access-date=2020-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112938/http://news.tamashagar.com/news/9491411/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%BA%D9%81%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF |archive-date=2017-12-29 |url-status=dead }} was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Araki was teacher of many Iranian revolutionary person and was the last survivor from Ruhollah Khomeini's era. When he died, IRNA declared that "he was considered the greatest living Marja'".{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/11/30/mohammad-ali-araki-dies-at-100/a81c26b1-b1b6-4f6a-bc0f-2a3135b8197b/ | title=MOHAMMAD ALI ARAKI DIES AT 100 | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=30 November 1994 | accessdate=11 April 2016 | archive-date=2 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202203118/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/11/30/mohammad-ali-araki-dies-at-100/a81c26b1-b1b6-4f6a-bc0f-2a3135b8197b/ | url-status=live }}