Following rumors of deteriorating health and the death of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, the Supreme Shia Religious Authority, a source confirmed to Channel8 that he is in good health.

Fahd al-Jubouri, a leader in the National Wisdom Movement, told Channel8 that all rumors about the health of Sayyid Ali al-Sistani are untrue.

 Al-Jubouri noted that he had spoken to people close to the Grand Ayatollah, and they stated that his health was stable and he has no health problems.

Security Measures Not Related to Sistani

Regarding the forces seen near the house of al-Sistani, he added that it had nothing to do with al-Sistani himself but a change of forces and a normal security measure.

Profile: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s Leading Shia Cleric

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, born in 1930 in Mashhad, Iran, is Iraq’s most influential Shia cleric, a senior religious authority in Najaf, and the spiritual leader of millions of Twelver Shia Muslims worldwide.