Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi

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Grand Ayatollah Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi (14 April 1911 – 26 August 1969) (Arabic: ﺁيت الله العظمى سید محسن نواب رضوی) popularly known as Mohsin-ul-millat, was a poet, writer, speaker and a Twelver Shia Marja from India. He served as Vice Principal of Sultanul Madaris, Lucknow, and as a principal of Govt Oriental College Madarsa Alia, Rampur and Madarsa Imaniya Nasiriya, Jaunpur.^[1]

Biography[]

He was born in 1911 at Lucknow. His father Maulana Syed Ahmad Nawab Rizvi was a prominent Shia Scholar and was the editor of the monthly Urdu magazine, Alawarif. After earning his degree of Sadrul Afazil from Madrasa Sulatanul Madaris, he went to Hawza 'Ilmiyya Najaf, Iraq, where he studied with Ayatollah Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani, , Ayatollah Mirza Hussein Naini, , and , He earned the Ijazae ijtihad (the highest degree of islamic jurisprudence).^[2] Rizvi understood Urdu, Arabic and Farsi. During his student life in Lucknow he was the editor of an Arabic religious and literary magazine, Al-Adeeb, which was published under the patronage of Nasirul Millat Syed Nasir Husain. After returning from Iraq he was appointed as a principal of Jamaey Imaniya Nasirya, Jaunpur. He managed a middle school, which became a leading degree college in Jaunpur District, known as Raza D.M. Shia Degree College. After Jaunpur, Rizvi was called on by then Nawab of Rampur Raza Ali Khan Bahadur Rampur State (U.P) India to take charge of the as principal. After remaining few years as the principal he came back to Lucknow and joined Madrase Sultanul Madaris Lucknow (U.P.) India as Vice Principal, as the Matla-e-Anwar (written by Maulana Murtaza Husain Sadrul-Afazil). He was chief patron of the monthly Urdu magazine ALILM. He wrote many books, some of them published and others still unpublished. He was a great khateeb (orator).^{[editorializing]} He was the General Secretary of All India Shia Majlise Ulama (Council of Scholars); among scholars he was known as Mohsinullmillat. He died on 26 August 1969 and is buried in Lucknow.

Notable disciples[]

• Maulana Ex- Leader of Friday Prayers, Sultanate of Mahmudabad, Awadh, Lucknow, India
• Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan Ex- Principal Jamia Nazmia, Lucknow, India.
• Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari Ex- MLA, President All Jammu & Kashmir Shia Association. Srinagar, India.
• Mirza Mohammed Athar, Ex Principal Shia college, Lucknow, India
• Dr.Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi PhD (Edenbraugh University) Ex Principal Madrase Waizeen, Lucknow, India.
• Syed Ahmed (politician), Ex Governor Jharkhand and Manipur.
• Dr. Syed Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi PhD (Muslim University Aligarh) Lucknow, India.
• Dr. Syed , PhD, Ex Head of Department Urdu (Lucknow University Lucknow, UP, India
• Maulana Kopa Gang Dist Azam Gadh, UP, India Ex Teacher Hauza e Ilmiyah, Mashhad, Iran
• Maulana Lucknow, UP india.

Writings[]

• Ghadeer se Karbala tak
• Hadees Madeenatul Ilm (Hadees ki Sanad aur uski dalalat)
• Zaereen-e- Qaime Aley Mohammad (A.S)
• Falsafa-e- Sahro Aijaz
• Kahalike Kaiynat aur Qadeem wa Jadeed Falsafi
• Altatheer
• Mhuaabat Ahlebait-e- Tahireen (A.S) wa Gunahgar Momineen
• Diwane Shaeri (Qasaed wa Gazalyat)
• Hazrat Mola Imam Hussain A.s ka Matam

Books written in Arabic[]

• Almustanad (Bayyenatul Shia min masadere Ahlissunnah)
• Diwanul sher maal Mrasi Wa qasayed
• AsSamarat Talkhees wa tareebe Abaqatul Anwar

References[]