Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi

Khateeb-ul-Iman Maulana Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi Tahir Jarwali, (31 Dec 1929 – 1 Dec 1987) was a Shia religious leader, social worker and one of the prominent Jarwali Syed and celebrated preacher of late 20th century (1970s and '80s).^[1][2][3]

Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi
Tahir Jarwali
Title	Khatīb-ul Īmān, Shēr-e Hindustān
Personal life
Born	31 Dec 1929 Jarwal, India
Died	1 Dec 1987 Mashhad, Iran
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest
Resting place	Shrine of Imam Reza(a.s)
Children	Misam Jarwali (son), Shozab Jarwali (son), Ammar Jarwali (son), Abis Jarwali (son)
Era	Modern era
Region	Indian subcontinent
Main interest(s)	Islamic history and principles, Azadari, Tabarra
Education	LLB
Other names	Tahir Jarwali
Occupation	Lawyer, Barrister
Relatives	Hamid Husain, Agha Roohi, Abbas Irshad
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Lineage	Abaqati family
Jurisprudence	Ja`fari
Teachers	Saeed-ul-Millat, Naseer-ul-Millat
Creed	Twelver Shi`a Islam
Muslim leader
Post	General Secretary of All India Shia Conference Chairman of Shia Council of India Founding member of the governing board of Shia College, Lucknow

Family

He belonged to the family of Syeds of Zaidpur, Barabanki. His great-grandfather moved to Jarwal from Zaidpur and later his grand father and father lived in Jarwal. They belonged to the taluqdar family of Syeds and gained high respect and status in the area. Tahir Jarwali's mother was from the highly respected Shia family of India (Khanwada-e-Sahb-e-Abaqaat) The family of Mir Hamid Hussain (Saheb-e-Abqatul Anwar) & Ayatullah ul Uzma Nasirul Millat. His Mother was the daughter of Nasirul Millat. So he belonged to the family of Nasirul Millat, but, like Agha Roohi, he is not a direct descendant.^{[citation needed]}

Education

For education Tahir moved to Lucknow and gained his studies under the patronage of his maternal uncles Naseerul Millat and Saeedul Millat at their residence Naseer manzil in Nakhas, Lucknow. He was nurtured in a high-profile Shia religious family. He chose to be a lawyer and studied law at University of Lucknow.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He was a barrister.

Religious activities

During the 1970s and 1980s he organized an important annual three-day national gathering at dargah-e-shaheed-e-salis, Agra, the gathering consisted of one majlis after another from early morning to midnight. He also preached in Hyderabad, India up to late 1980s.^[4]

He was the director of the Nasiriyyah Library a scholarly and religious library in Lucknow.^[5]

Social activities

H was General Secretary of All India Shia Conference for some time. Later he had to resign from the post due to factionalism after which he form Shia Council of India under his own chairmanship.^[6] He was part of inaugural conference of World Ahlulbayt(as) Islamic League (Wabil), London.^[7] He was also founding member of the governing board of Shia College, Lucknow,^[8] where he was later (1971) was Honorary Secretary when he reintroduced Statistics as a subject for the students of B.A. and B.Sc.^[9]

Books

He authored following books,^[10]

• Majalis - Mawaddat-e-Ahle Bait(a.s.), in Urdu
• Majalis - Najat, in Urdu

Legacy

Shia PG College, Lucknow awards scholarships in his name which is known as Maulana S.M.H. Tahir Jarwali Memorial Scholarship to the best student in each faculty.^[11] The Khateebul Iman Hall is too named after him in the same college.^[12]

Sons

He had four sons, all being orators,^{[8][13][14][15][16]}

• Moulana Syed Meesam Kazim Jarwali (d.Jun 2017)
  • Syed Muzaffar Husain Tahir
• Moulana Syed Shozab Kazim Jarwali, erstwhile president of Mazaar-e-Shaheed-e-Saalis.
• Moulana Syed Ammar Kazim Jarwali
• Moulana Syed Abis Kazim Jarwali