What is the truth about Sayyid Ali al-Sistani falling ill and transferring him to Alkafeel Hospital?

Many pages on social media platforms circulated the following news: "The religious authority Sayyid Ali Al-Sistani fell ill and was transferred to Alkafeel Hospital a short time ago. The source, Sayyid Ali Al-Moussawi, one of the officials of Sayyid al-Sistani’s office in Najaf."

The truth:

Alkafeel Specialized Hospital, through a post on its official Facebook page, denied the circulating news that the religious authority, Ali al-Sistani, fell ill and was transferred to the hospital, stressing that the claim is false and that Sayyid Al-Sistani is fine and in good health condition.

What do you know about Sayyid Ali al-Sistani?

The religious authority, Ali al-Sistani, was born in 1931 in the city of Mashhad in Iran, but he has been living for more than 70 years. Since 1951 in Iraq in the city of Najaf.

Sayyid al-Sistani is the most prominent and diligent scholar in Iraq. The leader of the religious seminary (Hawza) in Najaf, the religious school in which the sciences of jurisprudence and Sharia are taught.