Muhammad Yar Shah Naqvi Najafi (1913 in Alipur, Punjab – 1990 in Lahore) was a

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and scholar.

Life

He completed his secondary education in 1932. After completing his secondary education, he decided to study religion. For religious studies, Najafi went to

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to study from Allamah Syed Muhammad Baqir Hindi. Later, he traveled to

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for higher religious education. After completing his education and receiving

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from many of his teachers, he came back to

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. He lived in Jalalpur and then came back to his city Alipur and started a madarasa (a place for religious studies) that was known as Jamia Ilmiya Dar-ul-Huda Muhammadia. Najafi died on 20 December 1990 in Lahore, but was buried in Alipur.

Family

After Ayatollah Muhammad Yar Shah Naqvi had pursued Islamic education and gained recognition as a distinguished scholar, his son, Allama Hafiz Syed Muhammad Hassnain Naqvi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgIw7_2l8VM, followed in his footsteps and became an honourable and respected Islamic scholar in his own right. Continuing the family's scholarly legacy, his grandsons, Maulana Qari Syed Anees Raza Naqvi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSM0mMGf61E and Maulana Syed Hussain Raza Naqvi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKvr3zkfD6E, are also currently serving as scholars, further upholding the family's long-standing tradition of religious scholarship and leadership.

Students

His students include:Kitab Ilmi Inqlab ke Bani * Syed Muhammad Safder(Chakwal) * Hussain Bakhsh Jarra * Muhammad Hussain Najafi (Sargodha) * Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi (Lahore) * Hafiz Riaz Hussain Najafi (Lahore) (son-in-law, disciple) *

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* Hassan Raza Ghadeeri (London)

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