Sunday, April 4, 2010

Maulana Syed Aqa Hasan Naqvi Nasirabadi

Maulana Syed Aqa Hasan Naqvi (Nasirabadi) (مولانا سيد اقا حسن نقوى) was a mujtahid from Darul Ijtehad Nasirabad later shifted to Lucknow, India who preached Twelver Shi'a Islam and came from a family of scholars known as "Khandaan-e-Ijtehad". He married into Khandaan-e-Ijtehad, his wife was the daughter of Syed Mohammad, who was the oldest son of Syed Dildar Ali Nasirabadi, also known as Ghufran Ma'ab.
At one time, he was the Imam-e-Juma of the Asafi Masjid in Lucknow, India. The same position was held by his descedents (in chronological order): Maulana Syed Kalbe Hussain, Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid and currently Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad.
Notable contemporaries of Maulana Syed Aqa Hasan were scholars like Maulana Syed Mohammad Baqir "Baqir-ul-Uloom", Maulana Syed Nasir Hussain "Nasir-ul-Millat" and Maulana Syed Najmul Hasan "Najmul Millat".

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