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حجت الاسلام والمسلمین سابق امام الجمعہ والجماعت ریاست محمود آباد (سلطنت اودھ، الہند) حکیم مولانا سید مظاہر حسین رضوی کراروی۔

Brief biography of Hakeem Maulana Aejaz Husain Rizvi (born in 1901, who earned the accolade of Sadr Al-Afadhil from Sultan Al-Madaris, Lucknow) son of Hakeem Maulana Noor Hasan Rizvi Kararvi (also Sadr Al-Afadhil from Sultan Al-Madaris, Lucknow) who was the 11th pious descendant of Syed Husamuddin Rizvi (the Sayyid who established the town Karari), and they all trace back their lineage to the grandson of Holy Prophet Muhammad pbuh – Imam Ali Reza a.s, buried in Mashhad, Iran. Hakeem Maulana Aejaz Husain Rizvi belonged to the family of esteemed religious scholars and Islamic doctors (Classical Hakeem) family and was one of the great renowned classical hakeem cum religious scholar hailing from the town Karari, near Allahabad. He obtained his India’s highest Islamic Jurisprudence accolade from the top ranked Shiite Madressah – Sultan Al-Madaris, Lucknow but he opted to practice his God gifted and inherited profession of Islamic medicine and surgery, to cure not only the spiritual illness but the physical illness of humanity which was plagued with acute health issues during his time. He was the father of two sons and two daughters. Due to the will of his Lord, he expired in the year 1943, at an early age of 43 years, leaving behind the only son of age 12, who later became the renowned Hakeem and Leader of Friday prayers at Sultanate of Mahmudabad with the name Maulana Syed Mazahir Husain Rizvi Kararvi.

At the time of death of his devout father, Syed Mazahir Husain, in his own words, was an unlettered boy, who had not anticipated the troubles and miseries after the death of his beloved father. The properties belonging to his father was illegally usurped, and no one among his relatives could gather the courage to help him safeguard his ancestral properties. Syed Mazahir Husain, at an age of 12, was not aware of the conspiracies encircling him as he was the only heir of his father who was the prickle in the eyes of enemies who wanted to put an end to the house of hikmat. Time elapsed quickly, the orphaned child became an abandoned child who had never fathomed such an extreme bitterness of life when his father was alive, consequently, he had to leave his own native place to embark upon the divine mission of Allah for which he without a doubt was chosen by his alone friend and sustainer of everyone – the Allah. Syed Mazahir Husain, upon the advice of his faithfuls, came to the city of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh in the year 1946/47, to join an Islamic seminary named Nasiriya Arabic College. In his own words, he being an unlettered child at the youthful age of 17, was very nervous to face the tough challenges of academics but with the continuous prayers to Allah and his great will power. In the year 1951, he received the accolade of Ta’jul Afadhil from the Nasiriyah Madressah and championed the hurdles of education and rose as an outstanding student to such an extent that he became the Apple of the eyes of everyone, including the high ranking Islamic Mujtahedeen (his teachers) like Mujtahid Maulana Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi, Mujtahid Maulana Wasi Muhammad Abidi. On the recommendation of these scholars, he was invited to join the India’s top ranked Shiite Madressah – Sultan Al Madaris, Lucknow (also popular with name Sultania) in 1951, which at that point in time was the center of Learning for Advanced Islamic Jurisprudence. Upon joining Sultan Al Madaris, he won the hearts and minds of all the leading teachers and lecturers of the college and was seen as one of the youngest learned scholar who was gifted with miraculous level of knowledge of Islam in just the time span of 8 years and he commanded an unmatched level of excellence (among his contemporaries) over the knowledge of Arabic grammar. Merely, at the tender age of 24, he was rewarded with India’s highest Shiite Jurisprudential accolade of Sadr Al-Afadhil in the year 1955, and upon the recommendations and pleasure of Allamah Ibne Hasan Nonehravi, his noteworthy beloved teacher, he was gifted with a black turban so as to become an inspiration for other youngsters.

He was then asked to join one of the great Shiite Islamic Seminary – Waseeqa Arabic College, Faizabad, as the Vice-Principal in the year 1955 by one of the grand scholar of his time Mujtahid Maulana Wasi Muhammad Abidi who was principal of Waseeqa Arabic College. In the same year, he was married to the daughter of Maulana Najmul Hasan Abidi who was the Lecturer of Persian, at Colvin College, Sultanate of Mahmudabad, Sitapur. Maulana served Waseeqa Arabic College, Faizabad, as Vice-Principal for three continuous years and later in the year 1958, upon the request of Raja of Mahmudabad and his father in law, he accepted the invitation to serve the Sultanate of Mahmudabad as it’s Leader of Friday prayers. Maulana Mazahir Husain Rizvi, as the Leader of Friday prayers for more than 40 years, had taught every bit of Islamic knowledge to the inhabitants of Estate of Mahmudabad, through the loftiest spiritual station in Islam i.e. Mimbar e Rasool and Mehrab e Masjid. He, being extremely pious and Godwary, had declined many invitations from within and outside the country, and had preferred to stay aloof from the charms of the world. However, he continued visiting his native place Karari annually for giving religious lectures during the Islamic month of Muharram. His generosity was revealed years after his death by the poor residents of Mahmudabad and Karari etc. that whatever meagre amount he was given during Muharram speeches, he gifted half of them to the the needy ones. He could not manage to build his own home as he earned hardly 50 Indian rupees per month as the Leader of Friday prayers of Sultanate of Mahmudabad, which at the time of his death was raised upto 3000 Indian rupees but he never resorted to any irreligious or illegitimate ways of earning instead trusted his Almighty and merciful Allah to help him. Maulana, had also started a medical counselling section (Matab) outside of his home, from where he used to practice and revive the family tradition of classical hikmat. He had never charged a single penny for curing the acute disease of poors, irrespective of caste, creed, color and breed.

Some of his noteworthy students were : Maulana Abidur Rizvi Kararvi Sahab, Maulana Dawood Sahab Faizabadi, Maulana Taqi ul-Haidery Sahab, Maulana Zohreqayn Kararvi Saheb, Maulana Moonis Raza Saheb, Maulana Ali Hammad Faizabadi, Maulana Zulqadr Faizabadi etc.

Thus, he fought the problems of world with God-gifted two faceted sword, the knowledge of religion and the knowledge of classical Islamic medicinal sciences and had helped many in saving the life in this world and hereafter. He also accepted the invitation to deliver religious sermons in the city of Karachi, Pakistan, in addition to spreading message of Islam at various places in India. He used to orate so much of majalis that during the last few years of his life he was diagnosed with a cancer in the throat but he continued spreading the message of Islam until he was being rested by his own Lord and thus he could not live beyond the year 2001 and had left the world on the 6th September 2001 (Thursday) and is buried in the Mausoleum of Children of Muslim Bin Aqeel, in Sultanate of Mahmudabad, Sitapur, Awadh.

Request you to bless his noble soul with the recitation of Chapter Fa’teha & Tawheed