Ayatollah Sayed Kamal Haydari has stated that there is no objection in the primary Taqlid of the most knowledgeable deceased Marja but said in parenthesis “...although it is about contemporary Marja or those close to our era”, what does he mean by contemporary Marja or those close to our era, meaning exactly which century and last few years is he referring to? Thank you.

There are some conditions to Taqlid a deceased Marja: The deceased Marja must have been the most knowledgeable (in all religious teachings)Reference to the present living Marja and having his permissionNot more than about a thirty years ago