Maulana Syed Mohammad al-Husaini

Maulana Syed Mohammad Al-Husaini is at present, a very senior Shia cleric of India. He is serving Islam and Shia community since early age living away from publicity, popularity and familiarity. He belongs to the renowned Qazi family of Banaras.

Maulana Al-Husaini was born in 1931. He is the elder son of Alam-ul-Aalam Maulana Qazi Syed Muzaffar Husain Al-Husaini who was the grand son of the last Qazi-ul-Quzaat (Islamic Chief Justice) Maulana Qazi Syed Bande Ali Al-Husaini. His forefathers were mostly Islamic clerics and throughout the period of two centuries they were holding the post of Qazi-ul-Quzaat in Banaras.

Maulana Al-Husaini started his religious education at Jamia-e-Imania and completed it at Jamiul-Uloom Jawadia and obtained the last degree of "Fakhr-ul-Afazil" as well.

He has some notable efforts towards disseminating the Islamic education specially the teaching of Shia Theology.

One of the achievements made by him, is the re-establishment and rejuvenation of Jamia-e-Imania Banaras, in 1983, which was facing some setbacks and many unpleasant situations since past 30/40 years before that time.

Also he has taught and trained personally a large number of religious students and Islamic Scholars who are serving the people now around the world. So the title of "Ustaz-ul-Asatizah"(the teacher of teachers)belongs to him.

There are also some books written by him like "Khizr-e-Islam" (unpublished) "Tashnagan-e-Furat", "Aaeena-e-Hayat-e-Khumaini", "Jaan-e-Baqiyyatullah" (published).

He is also the founder of a religious / cultural / social organization Al-Iman Tahreek which was established by him in 1984 and it is a new form of two old religious organizations founded by his ancestors, named Anjuman-e-Tahzeeb-Al-Akhlaq and Tanzeem-Al-Shia.

He never accepts any kind of money from any one as a charge of religious services performed by him and living a very simple life.

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References:

1.Haqnuma (A booklet published officially by Jamia-e-Imania on Platinum Jubilee of Mehfil-e-Husaini in 2009. 2.Khursheed-e-Khawar(A book on biography of the Shia scholars of Indian sub-continent, written by Maulana Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi) 3.Matla-e-Anwaar (Another book on biography of the Shia scholars of Indian sub-continent, written by Maulana Syed Murtaza Husain Sadrul-Afazil) 4.Waqf (endowed properties)records of Shia central Waqf Board of U.P. Government,Lucknow. 5.Unpublished Documents of Imania Library and Waqf records of Jamia-e-Imania,Banaras.