Hasan Naqvi

Hasan Naqvi (حسن نقوى) was a Shia cleric from

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who preached

Twelver Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...

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and came from a family of scholars known as "Khandaan-e-Ijtehad". He was born in

in 1935. His father was Maulana Syed Muhammad Naqvi, popularly known as Meeran Sahab, a noted Cleric himself. He studied initially in the Madrasa-e-Nazmia of Lucknow. Later on he was admitted in the Sultanul-Madaris in

. Completing his studies in Lucknow he went to

Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

-e-Ashraf in

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for higher studies. There he attended lectures of scholars like Ayatollah Aqae Khoee and Ayatollah Taba Tabai. He preached in several countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Canada and UAE. He died on 18 October 1996 due to a renal failure and was buried at

Imambara A ḥosayniya or hussainiya (Arabic: حسينية ''husayniyya''), also known as an ashurkhana, imambargah, or imambara, is a congregation hall for Twelver Shia Muslim commemoration ceremonies, especially those associated with the Mourning of M ...

Jannat Ma'ab. Scholars from Lucknow Indian Shia clerics Ijtihadi family 1935 births 1996 deaths {{India-reli-bio-stub