Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi (born 26 December 1905 – 18 May 1988), also known as Naqqan Sahib, was a Twelver Shia Marja, thinker, poet, writer, jurist and Qur'anic interpreter. He is famous for his writings in Urdu, including the most famous Shaheed-e-Insaniyat and Tareekh-e-Islam. He has also written Tarjuma wa Tafseer of Quran e majeed and dozens of books in Arabic.
Syed Ibne Hasan Nunahrvi(نادرة الزمن مولانا سيد ابن حسن نونهروى)(1899-1980), was an Indian Shia Muslim cleric, zakir (orator) and alim (scholar).
The Sultan ul Madaris Urdu: سُلطان المدارس; is a Shia Islamic Madrasa for higher religious education in Lucknow, India. Major course of studies include Jurisprudence, Theology and Islamic Literature.
All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) is an organisation formed in January 2005 to represent the rights of Shia in India. It was felt that the current board, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had been neglecting the views of Shia Muslims in India. Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, vice chairman of the Shia board is also senior vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB).
Madrasatul Waizeen or Madrasatul Waezeen or Madrasat al-Wa'izin, founded in 1919, is an old centre of Twelver Shia education in the city of Lucknow, India. Many of the clerics attend this school after they finish their graduate educations in other Shia seminaries to strengthen their oratory and preaching skills. It is well-known for the valuable manuscripts in its library.
Najm al-Ḥasan, popularly known as Najmul Millat or Najmul Ulama, was an Islamic jurist and the founder of Jamia Nazmia, the oldest Shia religious institution of India.
Hasan Naqvi was a Shia cleric from Lucknow, India who preached Twelver Shi'a Islam and came from a family of scholars known as "Khandaan-e-Ijtehad".
Ayatullah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi also known as Allama Aqeel-ul-Gharavi is a leading Indian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, thinker, writer, poet, educationist, community activist, critic, and a mujtahid. Presently, Aqeel-ul-Gharavi is acknowledged as one of the most famous and senior scholars of Shia Islam around the world. He was the principal of Hawza-e-Ilmia Jamia-tus-Saqalain, Delhi and is the current chairman of Safinatul Hidaya Trust, India. He is the vice-President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat and member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Syed Aqeel is also a member of the Majma Jahani Ahlulbayt, Iran. Gharavi supervises PhD students at the Aligarh University, India. In addition to all of these, he also serves as patron of Imamia Islamic University, Delhi and secretary of Forum of Philosophers, India.
Syed Hamidul Hasan is a Shia scholar of Lucknow, India. He has been giving religious lectures in India and abroad, especially during the Muslim month of Muharram, for the last 50 years. He is also the current principal of Jamia Nazmia.
Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi is a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja. At the present there are two maraji of Pakistani descent, the first one is he himself and second one is Basheer Hussain Najafi. As Basheer Hussain Najafi has chosen to reside in Najaf, Iraq, Muhammad Hussain Najafi is the only marja in Pakistan. He is running Hawza in Sargodha.
He has been included in the last 5 editions of "The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential Muslims" since 2010. He is one of the 9 marja's mentioned in the most recent edition.
Ayatollah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi, born 1970 is one of the ayatollahs of Pakistan. His father, Allama Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi, was the principal of Hawza Elmiye Jamia-tul-Muntazar Lahore, the largest Shia madrasah in Pakistan.
Jamia-e-Imania or the Imania Arabic College is a Madrasa in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Its full name is Majma-ul-Uloom, Jamia-e-Imania.
Jamiul Uloom Jawadia, also known as Jawadia Arabic College, is a Deeni Madarasa of Shia Muslims in Banaras (Varanasi) India. Major course of studies include Jurisprudence, Theology and Islamic Literature.
Grand Ayatollah Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi popularly known as Mohsin-ul-millat, was a poet, writer, speaker and a Twelver Shia Marja from India. He served as Vice Principal of Sultanul Madaris, Lucknow, and as a principal of Govt Oriental College Madarsa Alia, Rampur and Madarsa Imaniya Nasiriya, Jaunpur.
Salman Husaini Nadwi, is an Indian scholar and professor in the Islamic sciences. He is an author of numerous scholarly works in Arabic and Urdu. Salman Nadwi served as the Dean of the Faculty of Dawah at the Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama madrasa in Lucknow.
Ayatullah Syed Zafrul Hasan Rizvi, popularly known as Zafrul Millat was born on 13 September 1911 in Khateebpur, Sigri, Azamgarh. His father Maulana Syed Zameerul Hasan Rizvi son of Syed Tasdeequl Hasan Rizvi was also a religious scholar.
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, widely known as Adeeb-e-Asr and Allamah Shaoor, was an Indian Twelver Shī'ah scholar, public speaker, translator, and historian as well as an author and poet. He authored and translated many Islamic books and also wrote many articles and poems.
Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi was a Shia cleric from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was known by the title of Khatib-E-Azam.
Tanzeem ul Makatib is an organisation devoted to religious awareness among the Shiites in India for education based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The organisation currently runs 1246 educational units (Maktab/Schools) in 38 of the provinces of India. Over 1947 teachers including 295 pesh namaz are imparting education to 50,457 children with utmost devotion and zeal. Specially designed syllabus is designed for these schools. The organisation also runs higher religious education centres, viz. Jamiya Imamia, Jameatuz Zahra and a chain of Khadeejatul Kubra Madrasas. These centres follow Hauza Syllabus. Religious educational conferences are organised by it on district, regional and provincial level. These conferences serve as short-term training camps. These conferences are not held at any fixed or permanent place but their venues are changed from time to time, so that more and more population of Shia community people can take benefit.
Syed Jawad Naqvi is a Pakistani Twelver Shia cleric, religious leader and Quran interpreter.
