| Religion: | Islam |
| Era: | Modern era |
| Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi Hindi Neshapuri | |
| Shams-ul-Ulama, Sahib al Abaqat | |
| Birth Date: | 1830 |
| Birth Place: | Lucknow, Oudh State, British India |
| Death Date: | 25 October 1888 |
| Death Place: | Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Ethnicity: | Indian Sayyid |
| Maddhab: | Ja`fari |
| School Tradition: | Twelver Shi`a Islam |
| Main Interests: | Wilayat of Imam Ali |
| Works: | Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar, Asfār al-anwār ʿan waqāʾiʿ afḍal al-asfār, Zayn al-wasāʾil and al-Dharāʾiʿ |
| Influences: | Mufti Sayyed Muhammad Quli Musavi Kintoori Neshapuri, Sayyid Dildar Ali al-Naqawi al-Nasirabadi |
| Influenced: | Sayyid Ali Milani, Sheikh Abbas Qummi |
| Website: | http://www.alabaqat.com/ |
Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi Hindi Neshapuri (1830 - 1888) (Hindi: आयतुल्लाह सय्यिद मीर हामिद हुसैन मुसवी किन्तूरी लखनवी, Urdu: آيت‌الله سیید میر حامد حسین موسوی کنتوری لکھنوی), was a Shia scholar in India. He was a son of Syed Muhammad Quli Kinturi and author of the book, Abaqat ul Anwar fi Imamat al Ai'imma al-Athar.[1] [2] [3]
Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi was born in Lucknow, India, on 4th Muharram 1246 (25 June 1830). He grew up in a family whose all members were knowledgeable scholars committed in serving Islam, from among his great family, some stars shone in the sky of knowledge and jurisprudence to show the way to the disoriented.
He acquired education from his honourable father Allameh Syed Muhammad Qali Musavi. Apart from basic education, he also acquired knowledge of Ilm-e-Kalam from his revered father. The knowledge of Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Usool was given by Syed Husain Naqvi. Philosophy (Falsafa) and Theology (Hikmat) was taught by Syed Murtuza Ibn Syed Muhammad while Mufti Sayyad Muhammad Abbas trained him in ethics.http://www.alabaqat.com/biography-of-author
Syed Hamid Husayn and his work ‘Abaqat have been held in great esteem amongst leading Shi’i scholars and many of them, from Mirza Sayyid Hasan Shirazi, the great marji’ and juristic authority of his days, to contemporary scholars, have extolled the author and his great work. Sayyid Ali Milani, in the first volume of his condensed translation of ‘Abaqat into Arabic, quotes the statements of various scholars. Here we will confine ourselves to the opinion expressed by the great scholar ‘Allamah Aqa Buzurg Tehrani, the author of Al-Dhari'a ila tasanif al-Shi'a, says about Syed Hamid Hussain:
من أكابر متكلمي الامامية وأعاظم علماء الشيعة المتبحرين في أوليات هذا القرن ، كان كثير التتبع ، واسع الاطلاع والإحاطة بالآثار والاخبار والتراث الإسلامي ، بلغ في ذلك مبلغا لم يبلغه أحد من معاصريه ولا المتأخرين عنه ، بل ولا كثير من أعلام القرون السابقة ، أفنى عمره الشريف في البحث عن اسرار الديانة والذب عن بيضة الإسلام وحوزة الدين الحنيف ، ولا أعهد في القرون المتأخرة من جاهد جهاده وبذل في سبيل الحقائق الراهنة طارفه وتلاده ، ولم تر عين الزمان في جميع الأمصار والاعصار مضاهيا له في تتبعه وكثرة اطلاعه ودقته وذكائه وشدة حفظه وضبطه.
"(He is) one of the greatest of Imami theologians (mutakallimun) and one of the greatest and deeply learned of Shi’i scholars who lived in the early part of this century. He was profoundly learned, and had extensive knowledge and mastery over the Islamic traditions and heritage and attained such a station in it that none of his contemporaries or anyone of those who came after him, or even most of the celebrities of the preceding centuries, have been able to attain. He spent his entire noble life in fathoming the mysteries of religiosity and in the defence of Islam and the realm of sincere religion. I don't know of anyone in the latter centuries who waged a jihad like him and sacrificed everything in his possession in the way of everlasting truths. The times, in all ages and periods, will never see a compeer of him in his research, his extensive knowledge, his precision, intelligence, and the immensity of his memory and retention."[4]
He wrote the following books:
His father, Muhammad Quli Musavi, was a scholar, as was his cousin, Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, who also happens to be the paternal grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini.[7]
On Safar 18, 1306/October 24, 1888, he passed away and was buried in Ghufran Ma'ab Husayniyya. After the news of his demise was spread, many mourning gatherings were held in Iraq for him.