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Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi Nasirabadi
TitleHujjatul Islam wal Muslameen, Maulana
Personal
Born1932/33
Lucknow, India
Died11 May 2008
Lucknow, India
ReligionIslam
EraModern era
RegionIndia, Iraq, United Kingdom
JurisprudenceJafari
CreedUsuli Twelver Shia Islam
Main interest(s)Nahjul Balagha
Notable work(s)A Critical Study Of Nahj Al-Balagha (His Doctoral thesis on Nahj al-Balagha submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh),
One of the contributors of Shi'ite Islam
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi Nasirabadi (born 1932/33 died 11 May 2008) was a Shia muslim cleric from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

Family background

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Shams-ul-Ulema Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi father of Waris Hasan

Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi was father of Waris Hasan.[1] His last name "Naqvi" indicates he is one of the direct descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the lineage of the Imam Ali al-Naqi, he belonged to the Nasirabadi sub-branch of Naqvis of Darul Ijtihad Jais and Nasirabad. Waris Hasan comes from Khandan-e-Ijtihad a notable family of Shia Muslim clerics of erstwhile Oudh State whose Ayatollah Syed Dildar Ali Naseerabadi Ghufran-Ma'ab Naseerabadi was Waris's ancestor.[2]

Waris Hasan's daughter Wasfia Hasan Naqvi teaches English in Shia College, Lucknow and is also a poet and a writer.[3][4]

Studies

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He spent many years in Islamic seminaries in India and Iraq and lived in the United Kingdom and obtained a doctorate in Islamic studies, a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.[5] "A Critical Study Of Nahj Al-Balagha"[6] was his Doctoral thesis on Nahj al-Balagha which he had submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, the thesis was reviewed by Dr. I. K. A. Howard.[7][8]

Career

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Waris Hasan (with cap)

He was principal of Shia College, Lucknow and Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow.[9] He was also mutwalli (caretaker) of 'Waqf Shamsul Ulema Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi' .[10]

Death

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He died at his residence in old Lucknow on Sunday 11 May 2008 after a prolonged illness. He was buried at Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab in Lucknow, where his cousin Kalbe Sadiq addressed the mourning gathering.[11] Other dignitaries who attended the mourning ceremony include Syed Sibtey Razi.[citation needed]

Academic works

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References

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  1. ^ a b Rizvi, Syed Saeed Akhter. "Indian Ulema List (Source- Khursheed Khawar: Tazkratul ulamae hind o pak)". islamic-laws.com. Ma'arif Publications. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Current Format of Majlis-E-Aza". alqaem.org. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "شعرو شاعری ۔۔۔۔ (وصفیہ حسن نقوی)". www.urdunewsus.com (in Urdu). اُردو نیوز. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ Hasan Naqvi, Wasfia (25 July 2020). "Sweet smell of books" (Weekly). epaper.thelucknowtribune.com. No. 32. Lucknow: The Lucknow Tribune. pp. 6/14. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ^ Hassan, S. M. W. (1979). "Edinburgh Research Archive". hdl:1842/7338. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Hassan, S. M. W. (1979). "A critical study of Nahj Al-Balagha". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Ian Keith Anderson Howard". www.al-islam.org.
  8. ^ A Critical Study Of Nahj Al-Balagha (PDF). 1979. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Photos". martinkramer.org. 11 January 2010.
  10. ^ Shia Central Board Of Waqfs And ... vs Syed Alam on 4 April 2002, Allahabad High Court, Author: N Mehrotra, Bench: N Mehrotra
  11. ^ "End of an Era?". www.shiachat.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  12. ^ Ahmadvand, Abbas. "Nahjul Balagha in the Works of Orientalists".
  13. ^ Jandora, John Walter; Higham, Robin (1997). Militarism in Arab Society: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook. Michigan: Greenwood Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-313-29370-2. Retrieved 9 July 2020. "Some of the Aspects of the Event of Karbala." Alserat 2, iv (1976): 14-20.
  14. ^ Ahmed, Asad Q. (2011). "Bibliography". The Religious Elite of the Early Islamic Ḥijāz: Five Prosopographical Case Studies. Oxford, England: Occasional Publications UPR. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-900934-13-8. Retrieved 9 July 2020. "Essays on the Life and Times of 'Ali b. Abi Talib."Alseraat, vols. 23 (1976-77). (Series of essays.)
  15. ^ Dāmād, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad (2009). Kitab Al-qabasat: The Book of Blazing Brands. Alhoda UK. ISBN 978-1-59267-068-0. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  16. ^ Entries related to S. M. Waris Hasan's contribution to Shi'ite Islam, (he co-authored Chapter 4 The Shi'i Interpretation of Hadith Literature),
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