- Muslim An-Naisaburi (822 - 875) -

- Muhammad Al-Kulaini (864 - 941) -

- Husain Al-Khusaibi (874 - 969) -

- Muhammad As-Saduq (923 - 991) -

- Muhammad Al-Mufid (948 - 1022) -

- Ash-Sharifu l-Murtada (965 - 1044) -

- Maimun At-Tabarani (969 -1035) -

- Muhammad At-Tusi (995 - 1067) -

- Nasir-ud-Din At-Tusi (1201 - 1274) -

- Hasan Ibn Yusuf Al-Hilli (1250 - 1325) -

- Muhammad Al-Musawi Al-Amili (1539 - 1600) -

- Muhammad Al-Hurr Al-Amili (1624 - 1693) -

- Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi (1627 - 1699) -

- Ni'matullah Al-Jaza'iri (1640 – 1700) -

- Muhammad Ash-Shawkani (1759 - 1834) -

- Muhammad Hasan An-Najafi (1788–1850) -

- Muhammad Kazim Al-Yazdi (1831 - 1919) -

- Husain An-Nuri At-Tabarsi (1838 - 1902) -

- Abu l-Qasim Al-Khu'i (1899 - 1992) -

- Ruhullah Al-Khumaini (1902 - 1989) -

- Jawad At-Tabrizi (1926 - 2006) -

- Muhammad Ar-Ruhani (1926 - 2022) -

- Ali As-Sistani (1930 - heute) -

- Ali Al-Khamina'i (1939 - heute) -

- Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr (1935 - 1980) -

- Muhammad Husain Fadlullah (1935 - 2010) - 

- Muhammad Sadiq As-Sadr (1943 - 1999) -

- Muhammad Jamil Al-Amili (1959 - heute) -

- Yasir Al-Habib (1979 - heute) -