Muhammad Rizvi

Muhammad Rizvi
Islamic scholar
Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
Title Hujjatul Islām wal Muslimeen
Born 1957[1]
Died N/A
Ethnicity India Indian[1]
Region
Maddhab Twelver Shī‘ah, Usuli
Main interests History, Islamic History, Fiqh
Influences Grand Ayatullah Vahid Khorasani[1]

Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (Arabic: سيد محمد رضوي‎, born in 1957) is a Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, a speaker, as well as an author.[1] He is the second-born son of Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi.

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Biography

Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi was born in the Saran district of Bihar, India.[1] He migrated with his family to Tanzania, where he underwent elementary schooling.[1] In 1972 he went to Qom for religious studies and in 1982 he returned to India.[1]

In 1983 he migrated with his family to Vancouver, and by 1991 he completed his Master of Arts degree in History (with no prior undergraduate degree), at Simon Fraser University.[1] He then moved to Ontario in the same year, and since 1996[1] he has been the Imam of the Islamic Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat of Toronto.

Works

His published works include:

  • An Explanatory Translation of the Qur'ān. Canada: SMR Publications. 1984. ISBN 0920675069. 
  • Imam Husayn: the Saviour of Islam. 1984. 
  • Khums an Islamic Tax. 1984. 
  • The Ritual Ablutions for Women (Tahāratu 'N-Nisā'). Canada: Vancouver Islamic Educational Foundation. 1985. ISBN 0920675115. 
  • The Ritual & Spiritual Purity. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 1989. ISBN 9789644380839. 
  • Marriage & Morals in Islam. Canada: Vancouver Islamic Educational Foundation. 1990. ISBN 0920675107. 
  • An Introduction to the Islamic Shari‘ah. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 1992. 
  • Writing an Islamic Will. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 1993. 
  • Hajj: The Pilgrimage to Mecca. 1996. 
  • Shī‘ism Imāmate & Wilāyat. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 1999. ISBN 0920675115. 
  • Islam: Faith, Practice & History. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 2004. 
  • Hijab: A Muslim Woman's Dress. 2004. 
  • The Infallibility of the Prophets in the Qur'an. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 2005. 
    • (in Swahili) The Infallibility of the Prophets in the Qur'an. Dar es Salaam: Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 2008. 
  • Islamic Business Ethics. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 2007. ISBN 0920675123. 

Works which he co-authored:

  • Rizvi, Sayyid Sa‘īd Akhtar; Rizvi, Sayyid Muhammad (1985). Imāmate: (the Vicegerency of the Prophet). World Organization for Islamic Services. ISBN 0920675115. 
  • Rizvi, Sayyid Muhammad; Kanju, Muhammad S. (2003) (in Swahili). Imam al-Mehdi. Dar es Salaam: Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9987620388. 

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "About the Imam, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi". Islam in Focus. http://www.jaffari.org/IslamInFocus/Welcome_to_Islam_In_Focus/About_The_Imam.html. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 

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