''Khateeb-ul-Iman Maulana'' Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi ''Tahir Jarwali'', (31 Dec 1929 – 1 Dec 1987) was a

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religious leader, social worker and one of the prominent

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i Syed and celebrated preacher of late 20th century (1970s and '80s).

Family

He belonged to the family of Syeds of

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. His great-grandfather moved to

from

and later his grand father and father lived in Jarwal. They belonged to the

taluqdar Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: ; Perso-Arabic: , ; from ''taluq'' "estate/attachment" + '' dar'' "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire and British Raj ...

family of Syeds and gained high respect and status in the area. Tahir Jarwali's mother was from the highly respected Shia family of India ('' Khanwada-e-Sahb-e-Abaqaat'') The family of Mir Hamid Hussain (''Saheb-e-Abqatul Anwar'') & Ayatullah ul Uzma Nasirul Millat. His Mother was the daughter of Nasirul Millat. So he belonged to the family of Nasirul Millat, but, like Agha Roohi, he is not a direct descendant.

Education

For education Tahir moved to

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and gained his studies under the patronage of his maternal uncles Naseerul Millat and Saeedul Millat at their residence Naseer manzil in Nakhas, Lucknow. He was nurtured in a high-profile Shia religious family. He chose to be a lawyer and studied law at

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Career

He was a barrister.

Religious activities

During the 1970s and 1980s he organized an important annual three-day national gathering at '' dargah-e-shaheed-e-salis'',

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, the gathering consisted of one ''majlis'' after another from early morning to midnight. He also preached in

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up to late 1980s. He was the director of the Nasiriyyah Library a scholarly and religious library in Lucknow.

Social activities

H was General Secretary of All India Shia Conference for some time. Later he had to resign from the post due to factionalism after which he form Shia Council of India under his own chairmanship. He was part of inaugural conference o
World Ahlulbayt(as) Islamic League
(Wabil), London. He was also founding member of the governing board of Shia College, Lucknow, where he was later (1971) was Honorary Secretary when he reintroduced Statistics as a subject for the students of B.A. and B.Sc.

Books

He authored following books, * Majalis - Mawaddat-e-Ahle Bait(a.s.), in Urdu * Majalis - Najat, in Urdu

Legacy

Shia PG College, Lucknow awards scholarships in his name which is known as ''Maulana S.M.H. Tahir Jarwali Memorial Scholarship'' to the best student in each faculty. The ''Khateebul Iman Hall'' is too named after him in the same college.

Sons

He had four sons, all being orators, * ''Moulana'' Syed Meesam Kazim ''Jarwali'' (d.Jun 2017) ** Syed Muzaffar Husain Tahir * ''Moulana'' Syed Shozab Kazim ''Jarwali'', erstwhile president of Mazaar-e-Shaheed-e-Saalis. * ''Moulana'' Syed Ammar Kazim ''Jarwali'' * ''Moulana'' Syed Abis Kazim ''Jarwali''

References

External

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muzaffar Husain Rizvi, Syed 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Scholars from Lucknow Abaqati family People from Bahraich