Zeeshan Haider Jawadi

Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi (17 September 1938 – 15 April 2000)^[1] was an Indian Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, Qur'anic interpreter, Urdu poet, historian and philosopher of Shia Islam.

Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi
Born	17 September 1938 Karari, Allahabad, Uttar Pradhesh, British India
Died	15 April 2000 (age 61) Abu Dhabi, UAE
Academic background
Alma mater	Jamia Nazmia, Lucknow, India
Influences	Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
Academic work
Era	Modern era
Discipline	Islamic scholar
School or tradition	Twelver
Main interests	Islamic law, Islamic philosophy, Quranic exegesis, Hadith, Theology, Mantiq
Notable works	Translation and commentary (Tafsir) of Quran, Nahj Al-Balagha and Sahifa Al-Kamila (Sajjadia), Nuqoosh Al-Ismat.

Biography

Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi (also known as Allama Jawadi) was born in Allahabad on 17 September 1938 in town Karari, Dist. Allahabad (now Karari, Dist. Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, India.) . He started his primary education at Jamia Amjadia Karari, Allahabad and continued his Islamic education at Jamia Nazmia in Lucknow and after finishing his studies there, Allama Jawadi moved to Najaf-e-Ashraf (Iraq) for higher studies, as Najaf was the best Islamic learning center of that time and he stayed under the patronage of his brother Maulana Syed Ali Abid Rizvi until 1961. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr taught him Islamic philosophy and other Islamic sciences.

He was dean of the India Shi'ite elementary and theological schools, which numbered 40 in 1993.^[2]

He died at the age of 62 on 15 April 2000.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Jawadi's son, Ehsan Jawadi, a Shia scholar who regularly presented on the Win Islam TV channel, died in 2018.^[3]

Works

• Anwar Al-Quran (Translation and Commentary on Quran)
• Women and Shari'at (Divine Law): Complete Rules Regarding Women, in Islam (1999)^[4]
• Nahj Al-Balagha (Translation and commentary)^[5][6][7]
• Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (Translation)
• Iqtisaduna (Translation)^[8]
• Al-Bank al-Ribawii al-Islam^[8]
• Imam Jafer Sadiq(as) aur mazahib e Arbaa (Urdu:امام جعفر صادقؑ اور مذایبِ اربعہ)^[9]
• Ahl Al-Bait - Quran aur Sunnat ki raushni mein (Translation)^[10]
• Nuqoosh e Ismat
• Life sketch of fourteen infallibles (English translation of Nuqoosh e Ismat)^[11]
• MiraturRashad (Translation of Wasiyatnama, Last Will & Testament By Ayatullah Shaikh Abdulla Mamkani)
• Karbala Shenasi (Compilation of Speeches given in London)^[12]
• Mehfil o Majalis ^[13]