- Syed Hamidul Hasan
-
Maulana Hamidul Hasan
Maulana Syed Hamidul Hasan is a Shia alim of Lucknow, India. He has been giving religious lectures in India and abroad, especially during the Muslim month of Muharram, for the last 30 years. He is also the current principal of Jamia Nazmia.
Contents
Education
He completed his education from Jamia Nazmia up to Mumtaz-ul-Afazil and was taught by Mufti Syed Ahmad Ali (son of Allama Mufti Mohammad Abbas) along with other learned teachers. After finishing his studies at Madrasatul Waizeen and completing different oriental courses from Lucknow University, Shia Arabic College and Aligarh Muslim University, he went to Najaf-e-Ashraf, Iraq, for higher education. There his teachers included the likes of Ayatullah al-Uzma Syed Muhsin al-Hakim and Ayatullah al-Uzma Syed Abul Qasim al-Khoei.[1]
Thereafter he travelled all over the globe for social services and spreading the knowledge and message of Ahl-ul-Bayt.
He became the principal of Jamia Nazmia in 1969.[1]
Social Impact
Maulana Hamidul Hasan is a renowned authority on Shia theology in India today. His lectures on the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his Ahl-ul-Bayt have been very popular both within the community and the media.
Maulana Hasan has always been a big proponent of non-violence.[2] He has also strived hard over the years to bridge the gap between the two main communities of India viz., the Hindus and Muslims.[1][3][4]
References
External links
- Son waits 18 years to bury mother in Iraq
- First Indian Nikah through video conferencing
- UP Govt organises Eid Milan
- Maulana Hasan speaks on the importance of voting in the daily Dainik Jagran
Related Videos
Categories:- Living people
- Shi'a Islam
- Indian clerics
- People from Lucknow
- Indian Shi'a Muslims
- University of Lucknow alumni
- Aligarh Muslim University alumni
- Indian religious biography stubs
- Islamic biography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
