Shi'a Islam in India - Notable Shia Muslim Personalities of India - Religion

Religion

• Grand Ayatollah Ghufran Ma'ab (1753-1820) – One of the leading Ayatollah, India had ever produced.
• Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi (died 1869)– Grandfather of revolutionary Iranian leader Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah al Musawi al Khomeini. He was born in Kintoor Barabanki.
• Qazi Nurullah Shustari (1542 -1610/11)– Executed by Mughal Emperor Jehangir, is regarded as the third among the five martyrs of Shia Islam.
• Mirza Muhammad Kamil Dehlavi (19th century)– Executed by Sunni Ruler of Jhajhar, also known as the Shahid Rabay or the fourth martyr of the five martyrs of Shia Islam.
• Ayatollah Sayyid Mir Hamid Hussain al Musawi Kintoori Lakhnavi (1830-1880)– Leading Indian cleric of his time.
• Grand Ayatollah Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi Mujtahid (1911–1969)– Vice Principal of Sultanul Madaris, Lucknow, former Principal, Madarse Aliya (Oriental College), Rampur, and Madarse Nasirya, Jaunpur.
• Ayatollah Najmul Millat (1863-1938)– Leading Ayatollah and father of Maulana Syed Mohammad the founder of Madrasatul Waizeen
• Ayatullah Agha Hajji Mirza Mahdi Puya Yazdi (1899-1973)– A Twelver Shia Muslim and an Islamic scholar, most notable for his famous tafsir of the Qur'an.
• Grand Ayatollah Ali Naqi Naqvi (1905-1988)– Leading Mujtahid of modern India.
• Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-al-Gharavi (born 2 February 1964) is a leading Shia scholar, orator and community activist of India. He is also a professor at Hauz-e-Ilmiya Jamiat-us-Saqalain, Delhi.
• Syed Kalbe Hussain Kabban (20th century)– One of the senior clerics of India.
• Maulana Muhammad Rizvi (b. 1957)– Twelver Shia Cleric, son of Maulana Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi
• Maulana Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi (1927-2002)– Indian born, Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, who actively promoted Islam in East Africa.
• Shamsul Ulema Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi (20th century)– Shia Cleric and father of Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi
• Al-Allama Adeel Akhtar Zaidi (20th century)- Shia Cleric and former principal of Madrassa-e-Waezeen, Lucknow
• Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi (d. 2008)– Shia Cleric form Lucknow, India.
• Maulana Kalbe Abid (d.1986)– Mujtahid from Lucknow, India and father of Maulana Kalbe Jawad.
• Maulana Syed Ibne Hasan Naunaharvi (مولانا سيد ابن حسن نونحروى) was born in Nonahara, Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, India in 1899. He graduated from Sultanul Madaris and became a teacher, later principal of Madrasatul Waizeen.
• Prof. Allama Syed Shabihul Hasan Nonaharvi of Lucknow University, the last recipient of the combined club prize of AMU Student's Union medal in 1945. Shia Cleric and former principal of Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow
• Maulana Sayyid Aqa Hasan Naqvi (1935-1996)– Mujtahid from Lucknow
• Maulana Kalbe Sadiq – Senior member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and brother of Maulana Kalbe Abid.
• Maulana Kalbe Jawad (b. 1966)– Leading cleric of India, leader of Friday prayers in Asafi Imambara and son of Maulana Kalbe Abid.
• Maulana Syed Nasir Husain Nasir-ul-Millat (1867-1942)- a marja'ul-taqlid and a mujtahid of most North Indian Shias was son of Hamid Hussain. He was peshnamaz (leader) of Kufa mosque, Lucknow.
• Syed Muhammad Naseer Naseer-ul-Millat (1895-1966)- a mujtahid of most North Indian Shias (until after independence of India when he got involved in politics and asked his muqallids to follow Najaf mutahids, particularly to Ayatollah Seyyed Mohsin Al-Hakim) was son of Nasir Husain Nasir-ul-Millat.
• Maulana Syed Mohammad Saeed Saeed-ul-Millat (20th century)- leading cleric of India, son of Nasir-ul-Millat.
• Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati Agha Roohi Rooh-ul-Millat, a Lucknow based cleric is son of Syed Mohammad Saeed Saeed-ul-Millat.
• Khateeb-ul-Imaan Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi Tahir Jarwali (1932-1987)- was one of the prominent and celebrated orator and preacher of late 20th century (1970s & 80s), he was also General Secretary of All India Shia Conference for some time.
• Maulana Mirza Mohammed Athar – Leading Orater of India, and the first president of All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB).
• Syed Hamidul Hasan – Cleric from India and one of the students of Ayatullah al-Uzma Syed Muhsin al-Hakim and Ayatullah al-Uzma Syed Abul Qasim al-Khoei.