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[edit] Biography

Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi was born 5th July, 1964 in India. Presently, he is acknowledged as one of the most highly regarded Shia islamic scholars of Indo-Pak subcontinent. He was born in india but his whole family migrated from India when he was very young. After completing his primary and secondary education, he decided to study religion in Qom despite of his interest in medical sciences. Currently, he is living in New Dehli with his family and managing a Madrasah.

[edit] Ijtihad

He got Ijazah in 1994 from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi and became a mujtahid.

[edit] Majalis in Pakistan

In 1999, Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi addressed majalis in Karachi at Ali Mutaqi Jaffery House. However, in Lahore, he addressed five majalis in 2003 at 6-B, Model Town Lahore. Since then, he has been coming to lahore and addressing at various venues specially at 6-B, Model Town and Imam Bargah Gulistan-e-Zahra (sa) at Abbot Road, Lahore.