Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi

Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi (مولانا سید صفدر حسین نجفی) was a scholar and religious leader.

Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi سید صفدر حسین نجفي
Personal life
Born	1932 Alipur, Pakistan
Died	3 December 1989 (aged 57) Lahore, Pakistan
Resting place	Jamea tul Muntazar, H. block, Model town, Lahore, Pakistan.
Other names	Arabic/Persian/Urdu: سید صفدر حسین نقوى نجفی
Religious life
Religion	Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam
Senior posting
Based in	Lahore, Pakistan
Post	Muhsin-e-Millat
Period in office	1956–1989
Predecessor	Principal of Jamea tul Muntazar

Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi
Title	Muhsin-e-Millat
Personal life
Born	1932
Died	1989
Era	Modern era
Region	Pakistan
Main interest(s)	Tafsir, Hadith, Kalam, Fiqh, Islamic philosophy, Islamic ethics
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Shia Islam
Muslim leader
Influenced by Muhsin ul-Hakim, Grand Ayatollah Agha Buzurg Tehrani, Grand Ayatollah Abul Qasim Khoei, Allama Syed Muhammad Yar Najafi, Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra
Influenced Hafiz Basheer Hussain Najafi, Ayatollah Hafiz Riaz Hussain Najafi, Allama Ghulam Hussain Najafi, Allama Sheikh Muhsin Ali Najafi and Ayatollah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi

Social background

Family and childhood

Najafi was born in 1932 at Alipur, a tehsil of Muzaffargarh District in the Panjab province of Pakistan.^[1] He is the son of Syed Ghulam Sarwar Naqvi from a Naqvi Syed family.^[2] He was descended from Syed Jalal-ul-Din Surkhposh Bukhari (and his grandson Jahaniyan Jahangasht is buried in the Uch), who was from a branch of the scions of Imam Ali Naqi.^[1]

Education in Pakistan

Secondary education

• Madrasa Sadeqiya, Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan District, Maulana Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra (1947) commentary of the Quran.
• Madrasa in Khangarh, Maulana Ahmed Hassan, Shara Jami, Qutbi and Shara Bab e Hadi Ashar (1949).
• Madrasa Bab un Najaf in village Jarra, Dera Ismail Khan, Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra

Education in Najaf Ashraf

On 17 October 1951 he went to Najaf Ashraf.

Higher education

• Kifaya, Rasael and Makasib for 4 years in Najaf Ashraf.
• Dars e kharij for one year.

His mentors in Najaf Ashraf were

• Grand Ayatollah Syed Muhsin ul-Hakim,
• Grand Ayatollah Abul Qasim Khoei,
• Allama Sheikh Muhammad Ali Afghani,
• Allama Syed Abul Qasim Rashti,
• Grand Ayatollah Agha Buzurg Tehrani (who gave him the certification (Ijaza) of the Hadith).
• Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Aal e Razi
• Sheikh ul Jamea Allama Akhtar Abbas Najafi.^[3]

After 5 years in the Holy City in 1956 Allama Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi returned to his homeland Pakistan.

Publications

Allama Najafi started a monthly Islamic magazine with the title of Al-Muntazar wrote 40 books on different topics and translated more than 60 books.

Translation into Urdu

• Tafseer e Namoona^[4][5] the commentary of the Quran written by Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, 27 volumes.^[6]
• Tafseer e Mauzooee, the topical commentary of the Quran written by Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, 10 volumes.
• Tazkira tul Khawaas, written by Sibt ibn e Jaozi.
• Tozih ul Masail, written by Imam Khomaini "Tozih ul Masail".
• Hukumat e Islami, written by Imam Khomaini named "Wilayat e Faqeeh". (1972)^[7]
• Tafseer e Mauzooee, the topical commentary of the Quran written by Grand Ayatollah Ja‘far Sobhani, 14, volumes .^[8]

• Ahsan ul Maqaal, written by Sheikh Abbas Qumi "Muntahi ul Aamaal".
• Intekhaab Tabari, written by Ibn e Jurair Tabari.
• Sa'ada tul Abadia, written by Sheikh Abbas Qumi.
• Nafas ul Mahmoom, written by Sheikh Abbas Qumi.^[9]
• Wilayat e Faqeeh written by Ayatollah Hussain Ali Muntazeri 4 volumes.
• Madan ul Jawahir,
• Irshad ul Quloob, written by Allama Muhammad Baqir Majlasi
• Aqaed e Imamia, written by Sheikh Muhammad Raza Muzaffar Najafi.
• Barah Imami Shia aur Ahl ul Bayt (a.s),
• Aitraaf e Haqiqat,
• Ifadiat e Mahafel o Majalis ke Awamil,
• Risala tul Mawaiz,
• Hujjat e Isna Asharia,
• Shia Isna Asharia,
• Chehel (40) Hadith, written by Syed Ali Fani.
• Al Sibtan fi Maoqef e Hima,
• Mubadiat e Hukomat e Islami,
• Al Irshad, written by Sheikh Mufid, Named Tazkara tul Athar.
• Huqooq aur Islam,
• Jahad e Akbar,
• Markae Haq o Batil,
• Yazidi Firqah,
• Manasek e Hujj,
• Kitab e Ziaraat,
• Hodood o Ta'ziraat,
• Islami Jomhoriya par Aiterazaat, Deen o Aql ki Roshni main,
• Deen e Huq Aql ki Roshni main,
• Kitab al Saqifa,
• Hamary Aimma – Seerat e Aimma, 12 small booklets.
• Irfan ul Majalis,
• etc.^[10][11]

See also

• Profiles of Intelligence, Brig. Syed A.I. Tirmazi, SI (M) P. 278 & 280, Bookseller: Amazing Books International, Delhi, India 1995.
• The Holy Qur'ãn in South Asia, (a bio-bibliographic study of translations of the Holy Qur'ãn in 23 South Asian languages) Author: Mofakhkhar Hussain Khan, Publisher: Dhaka : Bibi Akhtar Prakãs?ani, 2001.
• The madrasa in Asia, (political activism and transnational linkages) P. 132, Author: Farish Ahmad-Noor, Yåogåindar Sikkand, Martin van Bruinessen, Publisher: Amsterdam, NL : Amsterdam University Press, ©2008.
• www.islamic-laws.com/marja/safdarhussain.htm
• Allama Syed Muhammad Yar Shah Najafi
• Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra
• Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi
• Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan (TJP)
• Allama Mufti Jafar Hussain
• Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi
• Allama Arif Hussain Hussaini