Ijtihadi family
The Ijtihadi family (or Khandān-e-Ijtihād) is sub-branch of the Naqvis of Darul Ijtihad Jais and Nasirabad. The family uses last name "Naqvi" to denote that they are descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the lineage of the Imam Ali al-Naqi.[1]
Roots
The famous Oudh family of Sayyids of Jais and Nasirabad settled in Rae Bareli during the eleventh century and has remained there since.[2] Naqvi Sadats migrated from Subzwar (Iran) and arrived in Jais and Nasirabad around 410 Hijri (around 1027 AD). During the reign of Sher Shah Suri, adjacent Patakpur was also inhabited by Momineens and renamed Nasirabad, after Syed Nasirudin Jaisi . Ayattollah Al Uzma Sayyid Dildar Ali Naqvi 'Gufraanmaab Naseerabadi ', his family came to be called Khandan e Ijtihad due to prominence of high-ranking scholars in its midst. Notable religious scholars from this lineage include Syedul Ulema Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi 'Naqqan',Raes-ul-Ullema Ayatollah Maulana Syed Kazim Naqvi, Mumtaz ul Ulema Ayatullah ul Uzma Sayyid Murtaza Naqvi,Sadr-Ul-Ulema Ayatullah ul Uzma Sayyid Baqir Naqvi,Jannat Ma'ab Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Naqvi, Deputy Syed Ali Akbar Naqvi, Ayatullah Syed Ali Anwar Naqvi (Ali Munawwar), Ayatullah Aqa Hasan Sb, Ayatullah Syed Kalbe Hussain Naqvi, Hujjatul Islam Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi, Malaz-ul-Ulama Syed Hasan Naqvi,Hujjatul Islam Syed Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi, Hujjatul Islam Syed Hasan Zafar Naqvi (based in Karachi), Allama Nasir Ijtehadi,Allama Syed Siraj Ul Hasan Ijtehadi‚ Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi, Maulana Dr Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi, Dr Kalbe Sadiq, Hujjatul Islam Professor Syed Ali Mohammad Naqvi and Najmul Ulema Ayatullah Syed Ali Naqvi.
Branches
Two main braches of Ijtehadi family are:
- Jaisi Sadaat, i.e. Syeds of Jais
- Nasirabadi Sadaat, i.e. Syeds of Nasirabad
Prominent Ijtehadis
- Syed Dildar Ali Naqvi Gufraanmaab
- Syed Kalbe Hussain
- Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi
- Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi
- Syed Kalbe Abid
- Syed Hasan Naqvi
- Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi
- Syed Kalbe Sadiq
- Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi
- Syed Saif Abbas Naqvi
See also
References
- Jones, Justin (undefined/ed). "Khandan-i-Ijtihad: Genealogy, history, and authority in a household of 'ulama in modern South Asia". Modern Asian Studies: 1–43. doi:10.1017/S0026749X18000598. ISSN 0026-749X. Check date values in:
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(help) - William Crooke (1975). The Tribes and Castes of the North Western India. Cosmo Publications.
Further reading
- Tariqh Amadul Saadat published 1884 by Naval Kishor
- Tariq Awadh, Guzashta Lucknow page 102, by abdul haleem Sharar (1926)
- Intesarul Islam by Tariqul Ulema
- Aina Haq-nama' foil. 30, by Syed Ijaz Husain Kanturi
- Swaneh Hayat, third edition by Agba Mehdi and other, Pakistan
- Tazkarutul Muthaqeen, Persian. Pub. Meerut 1931
- Rooh Adab Part-III, By Ghansi Ram M.A.
- Swaneh Hayat Ghufraan-Maab, Third addition by Agha Mehdi, Pakistan
- Ainahe-haqnama, foll. 30a-b Syed Ijaz Husain Kanturi and others
- Ainaye Haq. Swaneh Hayat G-Maaf, third edition by Agha Mehdi, member Khusoosi Musanafeen Pakistan March, 1982
- Justin Jones (2011). Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-50123-1.