Muhammad Yar Shah Naqvi Najafi (1913 in Alipur, Punjab – 1990 in Lahore) was a
Pakistani Twelver Shia mujtahid
''Ijtihad'' ( ; ar, اجتهاد ', ; lit. physical or mental ''effort'') is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a le ...
and scholar.
Life
He completed his secondary education in 1932. After completing his secondary education, he decided to study religion.
For religious studies, Najafi went to
Khanewal to study from Allamah Syed Muhammad Baqir Hindi. Later, he traveled to
Najaf for higher religious education. After completing his education and receiving
Ijaza e
Ijtihad
''Ijtihad'' ( ; ar, اجتهاد ', ; lit. physical or mental ''effort'') is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a le ...
from many of his teachers, he came back to
Pakistan. He lived in Jalalpur and then came back to his city
Alipur and started a madarasa (a place for religious studies) that was known as Jamia Ilmiya Dar-ul-Huda Muhammadia. Najafi died on 20 December 1990 in Lahore, but was buried in Alipur.
Students
His students include:
[Kitab Ilmi Inqlab ke Bani]
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Syed Muhammad Safder(Chakwal)
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Hussain Bakhsh Jarra
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Muhammad Hussain Najafi
Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi ( ar, آيت الله العظمى علامه شيخ محمد حسين) (born 1932) is a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja. As of current, there are two maraji of Pakistani descent. The first one is he himself and ...
(Sargodha)
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Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi (Lahore)
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Hafiz Riaz Hussain Najafi (Lahore) (son-in-law, disciple)
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Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi
Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani Shia Islam, Shia Islamic scholar from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He is the founder & leader of Islami Tehreek Pakistan also Patron-in-Chief of Shia Ulema Council. His main objective is to create an Islamic ru ...
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Hassan Raza Ghadeeri
Ayatollah Hassan Raza Ghadeeri (born 1952) is a Shia scholar and Ayatollah (mujtahid) of Pakistan. His father, Mufti Muzammil Hussain Meesmi, was the first Mufti of Punjab.
Biography
Grand Ayatollah Hassan Raza Ghadeeri was born in Pakistan ...
(London)
See also
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Ayatollahs
Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیتالله, āyatollāh) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Etymology
The title is originally derived from ...
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List of Ayatollahs
This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only t ...
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Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi
References
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Pakistani grand ayatollahs
Pakistani Shia Muslims
Muhajir people
1990 deaths
1913 births