Historical clue formulations

• Islamic prayer leader — 2026-08-17
• Divinely appointed successor of Muhammad, in Shia Islam — 2026-08-01
• Spiritual leader at a mosque — 2026-06-09
• Prayer leader — 2025-10-30
• Muslim leader — 2025-07-20
• Masjid leader — 2025-07-19
• Muslim leader — 2025-06-29
• Muslim leader — 2024-09-24
• Prayer leader — 2023-11-01
• Muslim leader — 2023-06-12
• Muslim leader — 2022-12-18
• Muslim prayer leader — 2022-10-31
• Leader in prayer — 2022-10-08
• Islamic scholar — 2022-06-23
• Worship leader — 2022-03-15
• Prayer leader — 2022-01-20
• One giving a khutbah sermon — 2021-05-30
• Mosque leader — 2021-05-02
• Prayer leader — 2020-12-13
• Mosque leader — 2020-10-19
• Mosque V.I.P. — 2020-08-19
• One leading the faithful in prayer — 2020-07-22
• Scholar of Islamic law — 2020-02-01
• See 73-Across — 2019-12-08
• Title for Iran's Ruhollah Khomeini — 2018-12-16
• ___ Reza shrine (Iranian holy site) — 2018-07-29
• Religious leader usually sporting a beard — 2018-06-20
• Prayer leader — 2017-12-28
• Certain congregation leader — 2017-07-29
• Muslim leader — 2017-05-16
• Muslim leader — 2017-04-12
• Eastern ecclesiastic — 2016-07-24
• Certain prayer leader — 2016-07-08
• Muslim cleric — 2015-12-14
• Mosque leader — 2015-12-07
• Man of Allah — 2015-08-09
• Mosque leader — 2015-01-18
• Muslim scholar — 2014-12-18
• Muslim leader — 2013-09-30
• Muslim leader — 2013-09-23
• Kuwait V.I.P. — 2013-07-18
• Muslim leader — 2013-06-24
• Mosque leader — 2013-05-22
• Muslim leader — 2013-01-13
• Muslim leader — 2012-12-04
• Religious scholar — 2012-11-18
• Sermon leader — 2012-07-29
• Koran reciter — 2012-04-27
• Sunni sermonizer — 2012-03-25
• Worship leader — 2011-12-22