Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi

Shams-ul-Ulema Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi father of Waris Hasan

His last name "Naqvi" indicates he is one of the direct descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the lineage of the Imam Ali al-Naqi, he belonged to the Nasirabadi sub-branch of Naqvis of Darul Ijtihad Jais and Nasirabad. Waris Hasan comes from Khandan-e-Ijtihad a notable family of Shia Muslim clerics of erstwhile Oudh State whose Ayatollah Syed Dildar Ali Naseerabadi Ghufran-Ma'ab Naseerabadi was Waris's ancestor.

Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi was father of Waris Hasan.[1]

He spent many years in Islamic seminaries in India and Iraq and lived in the United Kingdom and obtained a doctorate in Islamic studies, a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.[2]

Hasan published in the field of Islamic studies and a specialist on Nahj al-Balagha,[3] he worked and co-authored with Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei, Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Hamid Dabashi. He is one of the contributors of Shi'ite Islam, a text on the history and thought of Shi'a Islam (he co-authored Chapter 4 The Shi'i Interpretation of Hadith Literature).[4]

He was principal of Shia College, Lucknow and Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow.[5] He was also mutwalli (caretaker) of 'Waqf Shamsul Ulema Maulana Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi' .[6]

He died at his residence in old Lucknow on Sunday 11 May 2008 after a prolonged illness. He was buried at Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab in Lucknow, where his cousin Kalbe Sadiq addressed the majlis (mourning gathering).[7] Other dignitaries who attended the mourning ceremony include Syed Sibtey Razi.