Muhammad Yar Shah Explained

Muhammad Yar Shah Naqvi Najafi (1913 in Alipur, Punjab – 1990 in Lahore) was a Pakistani Twelver Shia mujtahid 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 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.^{[1] [2]}

Students

His students include:^{[3] [4]}

• 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)
• Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi
• Hassan Raza Ghadeeri (London)

See also

• Ayatollahs
• List of ayatollahs
• Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi

Notes and References

1. Book: Rieck, Andreas. The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority. Oxford University Press. 2016. 9780190613204. 79. en.
2. Book: The Twelver Shia in Modern Times: Religious Culture and Political History. Brunner. Rainer. Ende. Werner. 2001. BRILL. 9004118039. 143–144. en.
3. Maulana Riaz Hussain Jafari, Mayyar-e-Mawaddat (Ayatollah Allama Syed Muhammad Yar Shah naqvi najfi ki majalis ka majmooa)
4. Kitab Ilmi Inqlab ke Bani