Muhammad Yar Shah Naqvi Najafi (1913 in Alipur, Punjab – 1990 in Lahore) was a
Pakistani Twelver Shia mujtahid
''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 ...
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
Khanewal to study from Allamah Syed Muhammad Baqir Hindi. Later, he traveled to
Najaf for higher religious education. After completing his education and receiving
Ijaza e
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 many of his teachers, he came back to
Pakistan. 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.
Students
His students include:
[Kitab Ilmi Inqlab ke Bani]
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Syed Muhammad Safder(Chakwal)
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Muhammad Hussain Najafi (Sargodha)
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Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi (Lahore)
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Pakistani educa ...
(Lahore) (son-in-law, disciple)
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Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi
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Hassan Raza Ghadeeri (London)
See also
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Ayatollahs
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List of Ayatollahs
This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only t ...
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Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi
References
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Pakistani grand ayatollahs
Pakistani Shia Muslims
Muhajir people
1990 deaths
1913 births