yeah sure there is a source in Iran saying it .
he became ayatollah by the favor being near Khomeini, even some ayatollahs say today Khomeini didn't like him so much.
for being marja taghlid you should give your rasaleh
and you know that for being the spiritual leader you need to be marja taghlid
Khamenei didn't publish any rasalah before he became marja taghlid !
and as explained : it is impossible to become marja taghlid without giving this rasaleh
got it?
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Khomeini is not Khamenei
you mix people
I think to be a marja risala is not important. It is the level of knowledge you have that makes you to the level of Ijtahad. You can see the example of Ayatollah Behjat. One of the great scholars, also known to be as great arif. He also dont have risala for many years. when people insisted him then he made his risala.
Ayatollah Sistani Praises Pivotal Role of Imam Khamenei
Posted by Reporter
Wednesday, 05 January 2011 16:30
Senior Shiite cleric
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in a meeting with Iranian political figures stressed and lauded the important and pivotal role played by Imam Khamenei in maintaining unity and integrity in Iran and the Muslim world.
Secretary-General of the Islamic Coalition (Mo'talefeh) Party Mohammad Nabi Habibi, who has just had a meeting with Ayatollah Sistani in Iraq, said, "Ayatollah Sistani said all those who want to work for Islam and Muslims should concentrate all their efforts on the axis of religious guardianship."
"And he repeated this sentence twice," Habibi continued.
Habibi said during the meeting, Ayatollah Sistani spoke highly of Imam Khamenei and was much respectful of him in his words.
"He used 'master' as a word of reference to Imam Khamenei" the same word that the Iranian Leader's followers and lovers use when they want to call him.
Habibi said when he asked Ayatollah Sistani to make a recommendation for Iran, he said, "I am like a general practitioner for Iran and other Muslim states and I am not entitled to deal with specialized affairs when it comes to Iran and you must ask a specialist."
Ali Hosseini Sistani is the Grand Ayatollah of Iraq. He was born in Mashhad, Iran, c.1930. Al-Sistani is the most important Shiite leader in Iraq.
He is the official religious leader of Iraqi Shiites and the most respected scholar in the holy city of Najaf, where he controls a powerful faction at the Hawza Seminary.