Shaikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Muhammad Hussain Najafi ( ar, آيت الله العظمى علامه شيخ محمد حسين) (born 1932) is a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja. As of current, there are two maraji of Pakistani descent. The first one is he himself and the 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 a Hawza in

Sargodha Sargodha ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city by population and one of the fastest-growing cities of the country. Sargodha is also known as ...

.

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.

Childhood and family

Muhammad Hussain was born in small town of Jehania shah in Sargodha District of Punjab province of Pakistan in April 1932. He had two paternal uncles, both of whom were Shia ulema: Maulana Imam Bakhsh was a religious teacher in Jahanian Shah, while Maulana Sohrab Ali Khan was a reputed alim of

Uch Sharif Uch ( pa, ; ur, ), frequently referred to as Uch Sharīf ( pa, ; ur, ; ''"Noble Uch"''), is a historic city in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province. Uch may have been founded as Alexandria on the Indus, a town ...

. His father Rana Tajuddin was not an alim, but he had the wish of making his son a great alim. However, he died in 1944 when Muhammad Hussain was 12 years old, after which the family members persuaded the widow that Muhammad Hussain should look after the family lands, but she kept up the wish of her dead husband.

Early education in Pakistan

After secondary school education, he got an admission in Madrasah Muhammadia in Jalalpur Nankiana,

, where one of his prominent teachers was Ayatollah Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra. In 1947, he studied the courses of

Dars-i-Nizami Dars-i Nizami is a study curriculum or system used in many Islamic institutions (madrassas) and Dar Ul Ulooms, which originated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century and can now also be found in parts of South Africa, Canada, the United S ...

from Ayatollah Allama Muhammad Baqir Naqvi in

Jhang Jhang ( Punjabi, ur, ), ) is the capital city of Jhang District, in the central portion of the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river, it is the 18th largest city of Pakistan by population. The histori ...

. Allama Baqir Naqvi had migrated from Iraq to spread Shia formal education in Pakistan. Since (the First Biggest prominent Shia scholar in Pakistan Ustad ul ulama) Grand Ayatollah Allama Syed Muhammad Yar Shah Naqvi Najfi, the most prominent disciple of Allama Baqir Naqvi, had moved from his ancestral city Alipur to

Jalalpur Jalalpur is a town, tehsil and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Jalalpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . The city is directly connected to Azamgarh, Akbarp ...

, Muhammad Hussain moved to Jalalpur to complete Dars-i-Nizami for the next five years. In 1953, he passed the examination of Molvi Fazil from Punjab University, and moved to Najaf in 1954 for higher education.

Marital life

Before going to Najaf for higher religious education, he was married to his maternal cousin in 1952. His teacher Allama Yar Shah had links with ulema of Najaf, and he wanted Muhammad Hussain to get married in a scholarly family of Najaf, but Muhammad Hussain declined this proposal due to cultural differences. In 1954, his only son Muhammad Sibtain was born. At the age of five, he got seriously ill and died, as Muhammad Hussain did not have enough money for his treatment. (Muhammad Hussain used to spend his stipend money on household and buying books.) After Sibtain's death, Ayatollah Najafi did not have children for the next eleven years, later he had one daughter. He married the daughter of Haji Muhammad Shafi (

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

) in 1970. He had two daughters from this marriage. His first wife died in 1996.

Education at Hawza Elmiye Najaf

In 1954, he moved to Hawza Elmiye Najaf to finalize his religious education . He attended the lectures of the following marjas: # Grand Ayatollah Mohsin Al-Hakim for dars-e-kharij of ''Fiqh'' # Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Javad Tabrizi for dars-e-kharij of ''Kifaya-tul-Usool'' # Grand Ayatollah Meerza Baqir Zanjani for dars-e-kharij of ''Usool-e-Fiqh'' # Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani for ''Fehm-e-Hadees-o-Rajjal & Kutb Shanasi'' # Grand Ayatollah Mahmood Shahroudi for dars-e-kharij of ''Fiqh'' # Grand Ayatollah Abdul Aala Sabzwari for dars-e-kharij of ''Fiqh'' # Grand Ayatollah Abul Qasim Rashti for ''Rasail-o-Makatib'' # Grand Ayatollah Abdul Hussain Amini (the writer of famous Al-Ghadeer) for ''Ilm-e-Munazira'' # Grand Ayatollah Mulla Sadra for ''Satheeyat & Asfar'' # Grand Ayatollah Aqae Muhaqqiq for ''Darse Manzooma Sabzwari'' # Grand Ayatollah Aqae Fazel for ''Ilm-e-Kalam'' # Grand Ayatollah Abdul Karim Zanjani for ''Tanawwo dar Islami Uloom-o-Funoon'' and ''Ittehad-e-Islami'' In an interview to the Hawza Elmiye Qom's monthly magazine "Hawza", he was asked: :Hawza Team: Hazrat, tell us about your education at Hawza Elmiye Najaf and your teachers there. :Ustad Najafi: My stay at Najaf was short ... I completed my education in 6 years ... At Najaf, the total number of courses I used to study and teach daily often reached up to ten. ... Once my teacher Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Jawad Tabrizi said to me in light mood: ::"Why do you take so much strain, what is the logic in taking ten courses daily? Iranians say: 'The climate of Najaf is dry, thus taking one course in Najaf is not enough, but taking two courses is more than enough.'"Hojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 46 He wrote the following books during his stay at Najaf: # Isbat ul-Imamat # Tahqeeqat ul-Fariqain fi Hadis as-Saqlain # Iqd ul-Juma'n (Translation of

Mafatih al-Janan ''Mafatih al-Jinan'' (''Keys to Heavens'') ''(Arabic :مفاتیح الجنان)'' by Sheikh Abbas Qumi is a Twelver Shi'a compilation of Qur'anic Chapters, Dua's, Taaqeebat&e-Namaz (acts of worship after Namaz), acts during Islamic months and ...

) # A'dab ul-Mufeed wal Mustafeed (Translation of Munia tul-Murid) # Faiz ur-Rehman (Translation of Lu'lu wal Marjan)Hojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 160 Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani has mentioned these books in his famous book ''Az-Zariya ila Tasaneef ush-Shia'' (A list of Shia Books), and Aalulbayt Global information Center has mentioned these books in their ''Musannifat-ush-Shia'' (Shia Books). Najafi is fluent in

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

and Urdu languages.

Ijtihad and ''Marjiyyat''

He received ijazah's of

ijtihad ''Ijtihad'' ( ; ar, اجتهاد ', ; lit. physical or mental ''effort'') is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a le ...

from following

marjas Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...

of Hawza Elmiye Najaf, in 1960 AD (1379 AH): # Grand Ayatollah Mohsin Al-Hakim # Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Javad Tabrizi # Grand Ayatollah Mara'shi Najafi # Grand Ayatollah Meerza Baqir Zanjani # Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani # Grand Ayatollah Mahmood Shahroudi # Grand Ayatollah Abdul Aala Sabzwari # Grand Ayatollah Abul Qasim Rashti # Grand Ayatollah Abdul Karim Zanjani # Grand Ayatollah Najam ud-Din ash-Sharif as-Samarrai # Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Raza al-Musavi # Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Mahdi al-Kazmaini # Grand Ayatollah Ahmed al-Mustanbit He published his Tawzih ul Masail (treatise) named "Qawaneen ush-Sharia fi Fiqh-e-Jafariya" in 1980 AD (1400 AH). He is being followed by a number of Shia Muslims in matters of fiqh from Pakistan and abroad.

Clerical activities in Pakistan

Principal of Dar-ul-Uloom Muhammadia

After returning to Pakistan in 1960, Pir Fazal Shah (Parhezgar) asked him to become the principal of Dar-ul-Uloom Muhammadia,

, which he eagerly accepted.
In 1971, due to increased involvement in

Majlis ( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning "sitting room", used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural conne ...

and Shia political movements it became impossible for him to run the affairs of Dar-ul-Uloom Muhammadia, therefore he stepped down from this post.

Participation in Shia educational affairs

In 1963, the principals of Shia madrasahs from all over Pakistan gathered in Karbala Gamey Shah, Lahore, and founded ''Tanzeeme Madarise Arabia Shia Pakistan'' (Organization of Shia Madrasahs of Pakistan). Ayatollah Najafi was elected its president. In 1965, a high-level organization of Shia ulema ''Mautamar Ulemae Shia Pakistan'' (Conference of Shia Ulema of Pakistan) was formed with Ayatollah Najafi as its president. and Mufti Jafar Hussain as its patron. Other members included Allama Gulab Ali Shah, Allama Akhtar Abbas,

Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra Ayatollah Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra was a prominent Shia scholar from Punjab, Pakistan. He earned his degree of ijtihad from Hawza Elmiye Najaf, Iraq. He wrote famous tafsir (exegesis) of Quran named by Anwar Najaf fi Asrar Najaf. It has 15 volu ...

, Hafiz Saifullah Jafari,

Allama ''Allāmah'' ( ar, عَلَّامة, Urdu and , meaning "learned"), also spelled ''Allāma'' and ''Allama'' and “ Allameh “, is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great ...

Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi (مولانا سید صفدر حسین نجفی) was a scholar and religious leader. Social background Family and childhood Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi was born in 1932 at Alipur, a tehsil of Muzaffargarh Distri ...

, Mufti Inayat Ali Shah, Allama Muhib Hussain, Allama Riaz Hussain Najafi and Allama Ghulam Hassan Jarra.

Participation in Shia politics

In 1964, Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi played a pivotal role in gathering about 250 Shia ulema and leaders in Imam Bargah Rizvia, Karachi, where "Shia Mutalbat Committee" was formed with Syed Muhammad Dehlavi as its president. In 1978, after

Zia ul Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

's announcement of promulgating

Hanafi The Hanafi school ( ar, حَنَفِية, translit=Ḥanafiyah; also called Hanafite in English), Hanafism, or the Hanafi fiqh, is the oldest and one of the four traditional major Sunni schools ( maddhab) of Islamic Law (Fiqh). It is named a ...

fiqh, Shia ulema and leaders gathered in

Bhakkar Bhakkar ( ur, ), is the principal city of Bhakkar District located in Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the Indus River. It is the 86th largest city in Pakistan. Administration Bhakkar city is also the administrative centre of Bh ...

and founded Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafaria (later called

Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan Tehreek-e-Jafaria ( ur, ; TJP ; en, Movement of Shia Law) was a Shia political party, which was founded in 1979 by Syed Arif Hussain Al Hussaini.Its creation coincided with the enforcement of controversial Islamic laws by then President of Pakis ...

) with

Mufti Jafar Hussain Mufti Jafar Hussan ( ur, مفتی جعفر حسین; 1914 - 29 August 1983) was an Indian, then Pakistani, Shia Islamic scholar. Life His father Hakeem Charagh Deen took his son to his uncle Hakeem Shahab-ul-deen to teach his son the basics o ...

as its president. Ayatollah Najafi was a part of this organization's supreme council. After Mufti Jafar's demise, it was upon Ayatollah Najafi's recommendation that

Allama Arif Hussain Hussaini ur, علامه عارف حسين الحسينى , location = Parachinar, Najaf and Qom , nationality = , residence = , citizenship = Pakistan , Title = Syed , spouse = , founder = Tehrik-e-Jaf ...

was elected the new president of the organization.

Jamia Sultan ul-Madaris

In 1978, Raja Mumtaz Ali Khan gifted land to Ayatollah Najafi for madrasah, on which Jamia Ilmia Sultan ul-Madaris al-Islamia was constructed. In 2004, he founded Jamia Aqeela bani Hashim for the religious education of women. He is also the patron of the following madrasahs: # Madrasah Muhammadia,

# Madrasah Ahya ul-Uloom Haideria,

Mandi Bahauddin Mandi Bahauddin (Urdu and pa, ) is a city in northern Punjab, Pakistan. It is also the capital of Mandi Bahauddin District. It is the 41st largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census. It has exellent agricultural land ...

# Madrasah Baqir ul-Uloom,

# Madrasah Wali ul-Asr,

# Madrasah Hazrat Amir ul-Momineen,

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# Madrasah Bab ul-Hussain,

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; bal, , Urdu and skr, , ps, ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakista ...

Burning of library

After the publication of "Tajalliat-e-Sadaqat", which was written in response to the anti-Shia book "Aftab-e-Hidayat", his family library was set ablaze by followers of the sunni sect in

Muharram Muḥarram ( ar, ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after ...

1983. He was in

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of th ...

for reciting

Participation in 17th Islamic Unity Conference, Tehran

On the invitation of the Iranian Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he attended the 17th Islamic Unity Conference in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

in May 2004. He also visited Hawza Elmiye Qom, where he had meetings with Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadai, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Noori Hamedani and Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi. He was interviewed by the state television and the Hawza Elmiye Qom's official magazine Hawza.

Participation in 21st Islamic Unity Conference, Tehran

On the invitation of the Iranian Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he attended the 21st Islamic Unity Conference in

in May 2008, along with Allama Sajid Naqvi, Shaikh Mohsin Najafi, Hafiz Riaz Hussain Najafi and Maulana Sami ul Haq. He also visited Hawza Elmiye Qom, where he had meetings with Ayatollah Jafar Subhani, Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Shahroudi, Grand Ayatollah Mousa Shubairi Zanjani, Grand Ayatollah Qorban Ali Kaboli, Ayatollah Ahmed Mobalighi and Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi. He also addressed a gathering arranged in memory of Shaikh Aktar Abbas Najafi and Shaheed Ghulam Hussain Najafi in Madrasah Hojatieh, Hawza Elmiye Qom.

Majalis and Q&A sessions

For past thirty years, he has been addressing

in almost all parts of

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi Language, Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also Romanization, romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the I ...

, Pakistan. For the last five years he has been addressing

Imambargah 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 ...

Shah Gardez Shah Yousuf Gardez was an Islamic Sufi saint who came to Multan, (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) in 1088 AD. He is said to have restored the city of Multan, converted many people to the Islamic religion, and performed numerous miracles. He came fr ...

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the ol ...

where all the major Shia ulema address

majalis ( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning "sitting room", used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural conne ...

before him, including

Akhter Abbas Naseem, Principal of

Madrasah Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

Jamia tus-Saqlain,

. Last year the famous

Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Etymology The title is originally derived from Arabic word ...

Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi also known as Ayatullah Aqeel-ul-Gharavi ( ar, آيت الله السيد عقيل الغروى ) (born 2 February 1964) is a leading Indian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, thinker, writer, poet, educationist, comm ...

also addressed

at the same place. He has also been addressing post-

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...

and

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for many years.Hojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 175–176 After his

, questions pertaining to fiqh, aqaid and

tafsir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

are put before him from the gathering. He gives answers to these questions with references from

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , ...

and

Hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...

The Fourteen Infallibles The Fourteen Infallibles ( ar, ٱلْمَعْصُومُون ٱلْأَرْبَعَة عَشَر, '; fa, چهارده معصومین, ') in Twelver Shia Islam are the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima Zahra, and the Twelve Imams. ...

. At certain occasions, these Q&A sessions have spanned hours.

Books

*Faizan ur-Rahman fi

Tafsir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

ul-Quran It is a 10-volume comprehensive

. *Masail ush-Sharia (Translation of Wasael ush-Shia) It is the Urdu translation of the great Shia book of Hadith Wasael ush-Shia by

Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili Muhammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥurr al-ʿĀmili al-Mashghari ( ar, مُحَمَّد ٱبْن ٱلْحَسَن ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱلْحُرّ ٱلْعَامِلِيّ ٱلْمَشْغَرِي ...

. 13 volumes out of 20 have been published. *Kawakib-e-Muzayya (Translation of Al-Jawahar as-Sunnia fil-Ahadees-al-Qudsia) It is the Urdu translation & explanation of

's book on

Hadith Qudsi Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

. *Ahsan ul-Fawaid fi Sharh al-Aqaid It is a 2-volume Urdu translation & explanation of Sheikh Saduq's famous Risala " Al-Aqaid". It contains all the Shia beliefs, and their truthfulness in the light of

and

. *Usool ush-Sharia fi Aqaid ush-Shia This book discusses the beliefs of Ghali's, Tafwizi's and Shaykhi's (which they have spread in the name of Shia Islam), and negates them in the light of

and

. *Aitaqadat-e-Imamia It is the Urdu translation & explanation of

Allama Majlisi Mohammad Baqer Majlesi (b. 1037/1628-29 – d. 1110/1699) ( fa, علامه مجلسی ''Allameh Majlesi''; also Romanized as: Majlessi, Majlisi, Madjlessi), known as Allamah Majlesi or Majlesi Al-Thani (Majlesi the Second), was a renowned and ver ...

's "Risala tul-Lailia".Hojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 154 *Aqsam-e-Tauheed *Mukhtasir Aqaid ush-Shia *Qawaneen ush-Sharia fi Fiqh-e-Jafariya (Tawzih ul-Masail) It is a 2-volume fiqhi book, covering all the aspects of human life according to

Jafari Jurisprudence Jaʿfarī jurisprudence ( ar, الفقه الجعفري; also called Jafarite in English), Jaʿfarī school or Jaʿfarī fiqh, is the school of jurisprudence (''fiqh'') in Twelver and Ismaili (including Nizari) Shia Islam, named after the sixth ...

, including the modern human issues. T *Khulasa tul-Ahkam It is an abridged version of Qawaneen ush-Sharia.Hojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 156 *Hurmat-e-Ghina Aur Islam This book discusses the hurmat of ghina in Islamic

Sharia Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the H ...

. *Hurmat-e-Reeshtarashi This book discusses the hurmat of shaving beard in Islamic

. *Namaz-e-Juma Aur Islam It is a book which attempts to prove that Juma Prayers are

wajib ' ( ar, فرض) or ' () or fardh in Islam is a religious duty commanded by God. The word is also used in Turkish, Persian, Pashto, Urdu (''spelled farz''), and Malay (''spelled fardu or fardhu'') in the same meaning. Muslims who obey such c ...

even in Imam Mahdi's Ghaibat. It was published by Syed Muhammad Dehlavi in Karachi. *Iqd ul-Juma'n (Translation of

) Ayatollah Najafi translated

during his stay at Najaf, but did not publish it as another translation was published from Lahore.
Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani has mentioned it in his famous book "Az-Zariya ila Tasaneef ush-Shia" (A list of Shia Books), and Grand Ayatollah Hussaini in his book "Ziyarat".Hojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 159Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Bazurg Tehrani, ''Az-Zariya ila Tasaneef ush-Shia (A list of Shia Books)'' *Zaad-ul-Ibad li-youmil-Ma'ad It is a collection of supplications from reliable Shia books. *Saadat ud-Darain fi Maqtal al-Hussain It is a comprehensive account of the

Battle of Karbala The Battle of Karbala ( ar, مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ...

in 61 AH and the tragic martyrdom of

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

, all narrated from reliable sources only. *Faiz ur-Rehman (Translation of Lu'lu wal Marjan) Ayatollah Najafi translated Allama Noori's famous book Lu'lu wal Marjan during his stay at Najaf, but did not publish it as another translation "Jawahir ul-Bayan" was published from

.
Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani has mentioned it in his famous book "Az-Zariya ila Tasaneef ush-Shia" (A list of Shia Books), and has written that its foreword about hurmat of ghina is indeed useful. *Shuhda-e-Khamsa kay Haalat-e-Zindagi It contains biographies of the five martyr Shia ulema: # Shaheed-e-Awal Muhammad Jamal uddin Makki Amili # Shaheed-e-Sani Zain uddin Amili # Shaheed-e-Salis Qazi Nurullah Shustari # Shaheed-e-Rabey Mirza Muhammad Kamil Dehlavi # Shaheed-e-Khamis Mohammad Baqir al-SadrHojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 161 *Isbat ul-Imamat It is a book on the issue of

Khilafat A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

& Imamat, and establishes that

Imam Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

was the true successor to Muhammad.
Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani has mentioned it in his famous book "Az-Zariya ila Tasaneef ush-Shia" (A list of Shia Books). *Tahqeeqat ul-Fariqain fi Hadis as-Saqlain It is a book presenting extensive research from both the Shia &

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a dis ...

books of

, as regards the truthfulness of Hadith of the two weighty things (Hadis as-Saqlain).
Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani has mentioned it in his famous book "Az-Zariya ila Tasaneef ush-Shia" (A list of Shia Books). *Tajalliat-e-Sadaqat fi Jawab Aftab-e-Hidayat It is a 2-volume book in response to the anti-Shia book "Aftab-e-Hidayat" by Maulvi Karam Deen. *Tanzeeh ul-Imamia amma fi Risala Mazhab ush-Sha It is the book in response to the anti-Shia risala "Mazhab ush-Shia" by Pir Siyyalvi. *Khatm-e-Nabuwwat bar Khatmi Martabat This book attempts to prove

Khatme Nabuwwat Seal of the Prophets ( ar, خاتم النبيين, translit=khātam an-nabīyīn or khātim an-nabīyīn; or ar, خاتم الأنبياء, translit=khātam al-anbiyā’ or khātim al-anbiyā), is a title used in the Qur'an and by Muslim ...

(i.e.

Prophethood In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...

has come to an end after

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...

.) *A'dab ul-Mufeed wal Mustafeed (Translation of Munia tul-Murid) Ayatollah Najafi translated Shaheed-e-Sani's famous book Munia tul-Murid during his stay at Najaf, but did not publish it as another translation by Mufti Inayat Ali Shah was published.
Grand Ayatollah Bazurg Tehrani has mentioned it in his famous book "Az-Zariya ila Tasaneef ush-Shia" (A list of Shia Books). *Islah ul-Majalis wal-Mahafil This book discuss the wrong customs associated with

Imam Hussain Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

, and how to correct them. *Islah ur-Rusoom az-Zahira ba Kalam al-Itrat at-Tahira It is a comprehensive book discussing all the

bid‘ah In Islam, bid'ah ( ar, بدعة; en, innovation) refers to innovation in religious matters. Linguistically, the term means "innovation, novelty, heretical doctrine, heresy". In classical Arabic literature ('' adab''), it has been used as a for ...

's and perceived false customs in Islamic society, and how to correct them.Hojatol Islam Tahir Abbas Qomi, ''Mard-e-Ilm Medan-e-Amal Mein'', pp. 162

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