| Religion: | Islam |
| Era: | Modern era |
| Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi Nasirabadi | |
| Hujjatul Islam wal Muslameen, Maulana | |
| Birth Date: | 1932/33 |
| Birth Place: | Lucknow, India |
| Death Date: | 11 May 2008 |
| Death Place: | Lucknow, India |
| Ethnicity: | Indian Nasirabadi Naqvi Sayyid |
| Region: | India, Iraq, United Kingdom |
| Maddhab: | Jafari |
| School Tradition: | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Main Interests: | Nahjul Balagha |
| Works: | A Critical Study Of Nahj Al-Balagha (His Doctoral thesis on Nahj al-Balagha submitted for the degree ofDoctor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh), One of the contributors of Shi'ite Islam |
| Influences: | Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi |
Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi Nasirabadi (born 1932/33 died 11 May 2008) was a Shia Muslim cleric from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi was father of Waris Hasan.[1] His last name "Naqvi" indicates he is one of the direct descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the lineage of the Imam Ali al-Naqi, he belonged to the Nasirabadi sub-branch of Naqvis of Darul Ijtihad Jais and Nasirabad. Waris Hasan comes from Khandan-e-Ijtihad a notable family of Shia Muslim clerics of erstwhile Oudh State whose Ayatollah Syed Dildar Ali Naseerabadi Ghufran-Ma'ab Naseerabadi was Waris's ancestor.[2]
Waris Hasan's daughter Wasfia Hasan Naqvi teaches English in Shia College, Lucknow and is also a poet and a writer.[3] [4]
He spent many years in Islamic seminaries in India and Iraq and lived in the United Kingdom and obtained a doctorate in Islamic studies, a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.[5] "A Critical Study Of Nahj Al-Balagha"[6] was his Doctoral thesis on Nahj al-Balagha which he had submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, the thesis was reviewed by Dr. I. K. A. Howard.[7] [8]
He was principal of Shia College, Lucknow and Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow.[9] He was also mutwalli (caretaker) of 'Waqf Shamsul Ulema Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi' .[10]
He died at his residence in old Lucknow on Sunday 11 May 2008 after a prolonged illness. He was buried at Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab in Lucknow, where his cousin Kalbe Sadiq addressed the mourning gathering.[11] Other dignitaries who attended the mourning ceremony include Syed Sibtey Razi.
doctrines, thought, and spirituality ]
. State University of New York Press . 1988 . The Shi℗ʻi [sic] interpretaion [sic] of Hadith literature / ℗ʻAllamah Tabataba℗ʼi & S.M. Waris Hasan --.