Editing Muqtada al-Sadr (section)

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He belongs to the prominent [[Sadr (name)|al-Sadr]] family that hails from [[Jabal Amel]] in [[Lebanon]], before later settling in Najaf. Sadr is the son of [[Muhammad al-Sadr (jurist)|Muhammad al-Sadr]], an Iraqi religious figure and politician who stood against [[Saddam Hussein]], and the nephew of [[Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr]]. He is often styled with the honorific title ''[[Sayyid]]''.

His formal religious standing  within the Shi'i clerical hierarchy is comparatively mid-ranking. As a result of this, in 2008 Sadr claimed for himself neither the title of ''[[mujtahid]]'' (the equivalent of a senior religious scholar) nor the authority to issue any [[fatwa]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2008/04/200861517227277282.html|title=Profile: Muqtada al-Sadr|publisher=Al Jazeera English|access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref> In early 2008, he was reported to be studying to be an [[ayatollah]], something that would greatly improve his religious standing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/96370/output/print |author=Babak Dehghanpisheh |title=The Great Muqtada Makeover |work=Newsweek |date=19 January 2008 |access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref>