Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi
Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi Nasirabadi | |
|---|---|
| Title | Hujjatul Islam wal Muslameen, Maulana |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1932/33 |
| Died | 11 May 2008 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | India, Iraq, United Kingdom |
| Jurisprudence | Jafari |
| Creed | Usuli 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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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
[edit]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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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
[edit]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
[edit]- Hasan published in the field of Islamic studies and a specialist on Nahj al-Balagha,[12]
- He authored "Some of the Aspects of the Event of Karbala", 1976.[13]
- He also authored "Essays on the Life and Times of 'Ali b. Abi Talib", 1976-77.[14]
- He translated 'A Study of Prophethood' along-with I.K.A. Howard, 1975-83.[15]
- He is one of the contributors of Shi'ite Islam, a text on the history and thought of Shi'a Islam (he co-authored Chapter 4 The Shi'i Interpretation of Hadith Literature), he worked and co-authored it with Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei, Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Hamid Dabashi, 1979.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Current Format of Majlis-E-Aza". alqaem.org. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "شعرو شاعری ۔۔۔۔ (وصفیہ حسن نقوی)". www.urdunewsus.com (in Urdu). اُردو نیوز. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hassan, S. M. W. (1979). "Edinburgh Research Archive". hdl:1842/7338.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Hassan, S. M. W. (1979). "A critical study of Nahj Al-Balagha".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Ian Keith Anderson Howard". www.al-islam.org.
- ^ A Critical Study Of Nahj Al-Balagha (PDF). 1979. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Photos". martinkramer.org. 11 January 2010.
- ^ Shia Central Board Of Waqfs And ... vs Syed Alam on 4 April 2002, Allahabad High Court, Author: N Mehrotra, Bench: N Mehrotra
- ^ "End of an Era?". www.shiachat.com. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ Ahmadvand, Abbas. "Nahjul Balagha in the Works of Orientalists".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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),
- Nasr, Seyyed Hossein; Dabashi, Hamid; Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza; Tabatabai, Allamah; Hasan, S.M. Waris (1988). Shi'ism: Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality. SUNY Press. pp. vii, 4, 34, 36, 127. ISBN 978-0-88706-689-4. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- Shi'ism. www.sunypress.edu.
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- "Shi℗ʻism [sic]: doctrines, thought, and spirituality". State University of New York Press. 1988.
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The Shiʻi interpretaion [sic] of Hadith literature / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & S.M. Waris Hasan
- Shiʻism: doctrines, thought, and spirituality. State University of New York Press. 1988. OCLC 42856281.
The Shiʻi interpretaion [sic] of Hadith literature / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & S.M. Waris Hasan
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- "Shiʻism : doctrines, thought, and spirituality". Albany : State University of New York Press. 1988.
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