Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani

Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (Persian: لطف‌الله صافی گلپایگانی; 20 February 1919 – 1 February 2022) was an Iranian grand ayatollah who was the most senior Twelver Shia Marja living in Iran.

Biography

Golpaygani was born in Golpaygan on 20 February 1919.

He studied in seminaries of Qom under Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi. He resided and taught in the Seminary of Qom. He was a supporter of the Islamic revolution in Iran and was known for his fatwa calling for the death of rapper Shahin Najafi for apostasy. He died from cardiac arrest in Qom, on 1 February 2022, at the age of 102.