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Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi آيت الله سيد عقيل الغروي
Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi in 2012
Title	Ayatullah, Syed-ul-ulama, Allama, Maulana
Personal life
Born	1964 (age 60–61) Banaras, India
Nationality	Indian
Children	Syed Sajjad-ul-Gharavi (son)
Parent	Syed Sibte Hassan Rizvi (father)
Notable work(s)	Naya Taleemi Tajreba, Angbeen, Chiragh e Raah etc
Other names	Syed Ghulam Mohammad Qaim Rizvi (Birth name)
Pen name	Aqeel (Urdu:عقیلؔ)
Signature	File:Syed Aqeel ul Gharavi Signature.jpg
Religious life
Religion	Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
Senior posting
Based in	London, UK
Post	Ayatollah
Website	www.algharavi.org

Ayatullah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (Template:Lang-ar) also known as Allama Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (born 2 February 1964) is a leading Indian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, thinker, writer, poet, educationist, community activist, critic and a mujtahid.Interview with Zafarul Islam Khan</ref> Presently, Aqeel-ul-Gharavi is acknowledged as one of the most famous and senior scholars of Shia Islam around the world.Exclusive interview of Ayatollah Aqeel ul Gharavi in Urdu</ref> He was the principal of Hawza-e-Ilmia Jamia-tus-Saqalain, Delhi and co-supervisor of Safinatul Hidaya Trust, India. He is the current vice-President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat and member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Syed Aqeel is also a member of the Majma Jahani Ahlulbayt, Iran. Gharavi supervises PhD students at the Aligarh University, India. In addition to all of these, he also serves as patron of Imamia Islamic University, Delhi and secretary of Forum of Philosophers, India.

Allama Aqeel ul Gharavi is currently appointed representative of Majma Taghrib by Ayatullah Sheikh Mohsen Araki for the Indian sub-continent. He is also the representative of Grand Ayatollah Basheer al-Najafi in London, UK.

Biography

Early life and education

Ayatollah Syed Aqeel Gharavi was born in Banaras, India in 1964 but his whole family migrated to Najaf from India when he was very young. In Najaf, he got his primary education and after some years he went to India where he completed his secondary education from a college in Banaras. Later, he graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi. After completing his graduation, he decided to study religion in Qom despite of his interest in medical sciences. In Qom he studied under many teachers. Moreover, he also went to the seminary of Mashhad and studied their several years.

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Syed Aqeel ul Gharavi (left) with his brother, Late Maulana Syed Zeeshan Hidayati (right) in India

Ijtihad

In 1994, he got ijazah for ijtihad from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi and from then, he became a mujtahid.

Teachers

Some of his teachers are:

Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi
Grand Ayatollah Syed Izzudin Husseini Zanajni
Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Naqqan
Ayatollah Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli
Ayatollah Taqi falsafi

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Syed Aqeel gharavi with his teacher, Late Ayatullah Falsafi in Mashhad, Iran.

Return to India

After that he came back to India. During his stay in India, he became principal of Hawza e Ilmiya Jamia tus Saqlain, Delhi. From more than two decades, he is addressing lectures and majalis in different countries of the world. Through his speeches, he has revived the old Lucknowi style of reciting majalis of different scholars such as Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi. Famous Urdu poet Baqir Zaidi, in one of his Marsiya pays tribute to Ayatollah Aqeel ul Gharavi by mentioning his unique style of reciting majalis and his superiority over other orators like this:

یوں تو منبر پر بہت فیض رساں ملتے ہیں

علم و دانش کے بڑے کوہِ گراں ملتے ہیں

ایک سے ایک خطیبوں کے بیاں ملتے ہیں

فکر سے علم نکالیں وہ کہاں ملتے ہیں

اس بلندی پہ نظر ایک وہی آتے ہیں

چشمِ بدور عقیلؔ الغروی آتے ہیں

(باقرؔ زیدی)

Residence

Ayatollah Aqeel ul Gharavi currently resides in London and addresses majalis e aza at Babul Murad Centre.

Majalis and seminars

Lectures and Seminars

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Ayatullah Syed Aqeel al Gharavi addressing to a seminar in London

Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi has addressed hundreds of seminars in Pakistan and India on different topics. Some of the seminars are listed below:

Unified Syllabus, Varanasi, India - Dec 1983 - Presided by the VC Dr. Iqbal Narain. International Seminar on the same theme in Delhi - 1988.

A three-day International seminar on Imam Khomeini.

Seminar on Educational Theory of Abul Kalaam Azad - April 1988.

International seminar on Nahjul Balagha. Ayatullah Hashemi Rafsanjani also attended this seminar - 1989.

International Seminar on Mulla Sadra at Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with the Ministry of Irshaad (Moral Guidance) - Delhi - 1992

Symposium on Imam Ali (as) presided by Dr. S.D Sharma, former president of India.

Presidental address at Fatimyah college - 2007

Lecture at Fatimyah College - March 2008

Seminar on the topic of Knowledge and ways of its acquisition - Karachi - 2010

Seminar on Critical study of spiritual poetry - Karachi - 2010

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Ayatullah Gharavi addressing to seminar in Karachi in 2011

Relationship between knowledge and values - Seminar - Karachi - 2011

Seminar on Basic values of Spiritual Civilization - Held by Arts council of Pakistan, Karachi - 2012

Disocrd among Ummah - conspiracies and remedies - 2013

Seminar on ideology of Governance in Islam - Karachi - 2014

Quranic Sciences - Brief history and basic concepts - Presided by Khawaja Ithna Ashari jamat, Karachi - 2015

Lecture at JSO Orginazation Lahore Division - Lahore - 2015

Effects of Karbala on Urdu Literature - Seminar - Held by Urdu Markaz International - 2016

Presidential address at the 25th Hussain Day - Banglore, India - 2017

International Seminar on Late prof. Nayyar Masood - Lucknow - 2017 - Conducted by Dr. Abbas Raza Nayyarِ

14 lectures based on Ilm-e-Akhlaq - London - 2018

Lecture at Shrine of Imam Hussain - Karbala - Held by Sheikh Mehdi Karbalai - 2019

Majalis in Pakistan and foreign countries

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Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi in 2003

From 1999 to 2015, Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi has addressed to majalis in Pakistan. It included different cities like Lahore, Hyderabad, Multan, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad etc.
In Karachi, he addressed 10 majalis in 1999 at Imambarghah Shah-e-Shaheedan (Residence of Late Syed Ali Muttaqi Jafri) on the topic of "Asma-ul-Husna". Since then whenever he come to Pakistan, he addresses Muharram majalis in this Imambargah. He has also addressed majalis in other places like Imambargah Babulilm, Imambargah Madinatul ilm, Imambargah Shah e Najaf etc in Karachi.
In Lahore, he addressed five majalis in 2003 at 6-B, Model Town. Since then, he has been coming to Lahore and addressing at various venues from 2003-2015 specially at 6-B, Model Town, "Imam Bargah Gulistan-e-Zahra (sa)" at Abbot Road, Aza Khana e Zahra (30-K, Model Town), Jamia Masjid Sahib uz Zaman etc on different topics like theology, philosophy, science & Islam.
In 2007, Allama Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi extended his visit to Multan. He addressed two majalis at "Imambargah Haideria", Gulghast Colony and one at Mumtazabad. Allama Aqeel-ul-Gharavi has also addressed majalis in Kuwait.

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Ayatollah Aqeel ul Gharavi in his mid 40s

In 2009, Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi addressed majalis in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan at Dar ul uloom Muhammadia ( دارالعلوم محمدیہ ) on 1 and 2 February 2009 on the topic Ramz-e-Quran.
In 2009, he went to Rawalpindi and addressed five days majalis on the topic of "Imam e Zamana (as)".
In 2010, Aqeel-ul-Gharavi addressed majalis in Hyderabad, Sindh at Ali palace, Qasimabad.
From 2011 to 2015, he addressed majalis in the same cities (that are mentioned above) at different venues with different topics. Most important topics that he addressed there were Khatam e Nubuwwat (2011), Maghfirat (2011), Surah e Dahar (2012), Quran aur Wahdat (2013), Surah e Fajr (2014) and Hayat baad az Maut (2015) etc.

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Syed Aqeel ul Gharavi visitng Jamiah al-Kauthar, Islamabad

In March-2014 Ayatullah Aqeel-ul-Gharavi visited City of Edmonton, Alberta Canada on the invitation of HCECA of Edmonton to address three Majalis in connection of Ayam E Fatmiah at Hussaini Centre.
In 2016 and 2017, Syed Aqeel ul Gharavi visited India and addressed majalis and seminars in the cities like Lucknow, Dehli and Hyderabad. He also addressed majlis of Arbaeen in Karbala in 2017.
In 2018, he went to India, Australia and Canada to address majalis in these countries.
In 2019, Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi visited Muscat, Oman and addressed five majalis of Ayyam e Fatimiah on martyrdom of Hazrat Fatimah. He also addressed three majalis of Ayyam e Fatimyah in Qom, Iran. Moreover, he aslo went to Sydney, Australia to address lectures and majalis there in the month of Ramadan.

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Syed Aqeel ul Gharavi (left) with Grand Ayatollah Bashir al-Najafi (right) in Najaf in 2016

Works

More than 22 of his works in Urdu language have been published which are in different fields like philosophy, theology, literature, supplications etc. Some of these works are based on his speeches delivered at Imambargah Shah e Shaheedan, Karachi. He has also written several books in English, Arabic and Persian languages. He wrote his first literary magazine "Adabi Kainaat" when his age was about 16 years. Some of his published works are:

Urdu and English

Naya Taleemi Tajreba (1985)
Edited: Angbeen (1987) (Granted award by the Delhi Urdu Academy).
Tajalliyat (2005)
Ilm-o-Irada (March 2005)
Chiragh-e-Rah (September 2004) -
Aiyna-e-Qaza-o-Qadr (January 2008)
Husn-e-IkhtiyaarPakistan.
Maqaam-e-Khatme Nubuwat aur Insaan
Wilayat-e-Haq aur Imam Hussain (as)
Falsafa-e-Meraj
Thematic study of the Holy Quran - (2002) (Book in English language)
Eid-e-Hashr aur Jashn-e-Mahshar - Based on 10 lectures at Mehfil-e-Shahe Shaheedan, Karachi (2000)
Salaam-e-Shauq - Literary and spiritual exegesis of Ziarat-e-Waritha - (1994)
Dua
Wliayat e Uzma
Majalis e Gharavi (2009)
Tauheed aur Imam Hussain

Arabic

Fiqh us-Salat Ala Al-Nabi (saw) (fi-al-fiqh, Jurisprudence)
Al-Hadees Bayn al Isnaad wal Fiqah (fi Ilm Al-Diraya, Hadith and Ilm Al-Rijal)
Behas-e-Tafseeri o Fiqhi
Al-Bab us-Saani al-Ashar (fi Ilm-il-Kalam)
Al Haqaiq ul Emaniya (fi Ilm-il-Kalam)

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