Editing Ayatollah (section)

===Stages of contemporary titles for Shia clerics in Iran===
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:#FFD700; padding:0.3em;" | Usually a ''[[Marja']]'' and issues ''[[fatwa]]''
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| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFF00; padding:0.3em; width:5em;"| Can be a lesser ''[[Mujtahid]]''
| colspan="1" style="background-color:#FFFF00; padding:0.3em;" | Can be a greater ''[[Mujtahid]]''
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#FFFF00; padding:0.3em;" | Usually a greater ''[[Mujtahid]]''
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| colspan="8" style="background-color:#FFF8DC; padding:0.3em;" | Allowed to receive [[Charity (practice)#Zakat and Sadaqa in Islam|charity]]
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| colspan="14" style="background-color:#FFFFE0; padding:0.3em;" | Allowed to wear [[clerical clothing]]
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| colspan="2" style="width:12em; border:2px solid black; margin:1em; padding:1em;" | ''Talabah''<br>({{literal translation|Student}})
| colspan="2" style="width:12em; border:2px solid black; margin:1em; padding:1em;" | ''[[Seghatoleslam]]''<br>({{literal translation|Trust of Islam}})
| colspan="2" style="width:12em; border:2px solid black; margin:1em; padding:1em;" | ''[[Hujjat al-Islam]]''<br>({{literal translation|Proof of Islam}})
| colspan="2" style="width:12em; border:2px solid black; margin:1em; padding:1em;" | ''[[Hujjat al-Islam|Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimin]]''<br>({{literal translation|Proof of Islam and Muslims}})
| colspan="2" style="width:12em; border:4px solid black; margin:1em; padding:1em;" | ''Ayatollah''<br>({{literal translation|Sign of God}})
| style="width:12em; border:4px solid black; margin:1em; padding:1em;" | ''[[Ayatollah al-Uzma]]''<br>({{literal translation|Great Sign of God}})
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|Sources:<ref name="Calmard">{{harvnb|Calmard|2009}}</ref><ref name="Nasr, Nasr and Dabashi">{{harvnb|Nasr|Nasr|Dabashi|1989|page=265–266}}</ref><ref name="Golkar">{{harvnb|Golkar|2017|pages=219–223}}</ref>
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