Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra
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Ayatollah Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra was a prominent Shia scholar from Punjab
, Pakistan
. He earned his degree of ijtihad
from Hawza Elmiye
Najaf
, Iraq
, and was a marja-e-taqleed
as he had authored his fiqhi
resalah
named Anwar-ush-Sharia for his followers.
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He earned his degree of ijtihad
Ijtihad
Ijtihad is the making of a decision in Islamic law by personal effort , independently of any school of jurisprudence . as opposed to taqlid, copying or obeying without question....
from Hawza Elmiye
Hawza
Hawza or ḥawza ʻilmiyya is a seminary of traditional Islamic school of higher learning. It is a term used mostly by the Shi'a Muslims communities to refer to a traditional Shi'a centre where clerics are trained...
Najaf
Najaf
Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, and was a marja-e-taqleed
Marja
Marja , also known as a marja-i taqlid or marja dini , literally means "Source to Imitate/Follow" or "Religious Reference"...
as he had authored his fiqhi
Fiqh
Fiqh is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is an expansion of the code of conduct expounded in the Quran, often supplemented by tradition and implemented by the rulings and interpretations of Islamic jurists....
resalah
Resalah
A Resalah , also resalah amaliyah is a book written by a Shia Marja that contains his practical rulings arranged according to topics dealing with ritual purity, worship, social issues, business, and political affairs, and outlining the principles used to derive specific rulings.All resalahs begin...
named Anwar-ush-Sharia for his followers.
Prominent Disciples
- Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain NajafiGrand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain NajafiGrand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi was the first Twelver Shi'a alim from Pakistan to be elevated to the status of marjiyyat, and the next in the line of Marjas of South Asia after Seyyed Ali Naqi Naqvi of Lucknow, India...
- Allama Safdar Hussain Najafi
- Ayatollah Hafiz Riaz Hussain Naqvi Najafi
- Qazi Niaz Hussain Naqvi Najafi
- Qazi Fayyaz Hussain Naqvi
See also
- Ayatollahs
- List of Ayatollahs
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- Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain NajafiGrand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain NajafiGrand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi was the first Twelver Shi'a alim from Pakistan to be elevated to the status of marjiyyat, and the next in the line of Marjas of South Asia after Seyyed Ali Naqi Naqvi of Lucknow, India...
- Alipur, PakistanAlipur, PakistanAlipur is a tehsil, , of Muzaffargarh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.-History:Alipur was a part of the state of Seet Purr...