Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr | |
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| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | March 1, 1935 |
| Died | April 9, 1980 (aged 45) |
| Resting place | Wadi-us-Salaam, Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Citizenship | Iraq |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Sect | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
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Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: محمد باقر الصدر, romanized: Muḥammad Bāqir aṣ-Ṣadr; March 1, 1935 – April 9, 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (Arabic: الشهيد الخامس, romanized: al-Shahīd al-Khāmis, lit. 'the fifth martyr'), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was the father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a cousin of Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr and Musa al-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi'a cleric. His lineage can be traced back to Muhammad through the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kazim. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was executed in 1980 by the regime of Saddam Hussein along with his sister, Amina Sadr bint al-Huda.