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Maulana Sibta Hassan
He was a prominent cleric, and was chief of the Shia scholars in South Asia.

Sibta Hassan Naqvi whom held the title ‘Shamsa Ulema’ translating as ‘the Sun of scholars’ awarded by Iraqi clergy under the British Raj, was a mujtahid from Lucknow, India who preached Shia Islam and came from a family of scholars known as "Khandaan-e-Ijtehad",

Dynanism of the Majalis

Islamic scholars recount that after the death of Imam Husayn, Yazid fearing a revolt in Damascus provided Zaynab binte Ali, the opportunity for the first Majlis-e-Aza of Imam Husayn and thus began the Mourning of Muharram.

Under the saffavid period these gatherings were revived called either rawze-khani (the recitation of Rawzat al-Shuhada by Hosayn Waeze Kashefi (d. 910/1504-05)) or marsia-khani (the recitation of elegies), professional reciters and preachers would recount the deeds of the martyrs and curse their enemies, arousing the emotions of the mourners who responded by singing dirges at appropriate intervals in the narrative. Sibta Hassan is responsible for the modern day majlis amongst the Shia community. He introduced thaat-ul-lafz a structured prose-approach in majlis oration, with the Qirat recital at the end of the majlis, as opposed to the Iranian style of Qirat recital of majlis’ throughout which is as rythmic in nature as it is theatrical.

It was this radical dynamism which pedaled the acceptance of Shia Islam in the south asian region as well as being a reason for the title awarded to him, sadly the dynamism brought to the Islamic world and especially to the region was too far reaching for contemporary majlis recitalists of the time. Sibta Hassan was poisoned with a sweet offering from a local Qazi. His burial place is in Lucknow, India. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.245.154.68 (talk) 14:55, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Works on Nahjul-Balagah and translations of the Quaran
Maulana Sibta Hassan and his two other brothers Zafar Mehndi Kamal Hussain were prolific scholars on shia islam and the rapid growth and expansion and conversion to shia islam in india and pakistan was due to their dynamism and excellence in islamic academia.

His sons include Maulana Syed Waris Hassan (also mujtahid) sadiq hassan. also a scholar and a popular leader of the Shia population in Lucknow, India. Syed Maulana Waris Hassan died 2008 he is buried in the same cemetery as his Father Sibta Hassan.