Muhammad Rizvi

Islamic scholar
Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
Title Hujjatul Islām wal Muslimeen
Born 1957[1]
Died N/A
Ethnicity Indian[1]
Region
Maddhab Twelver Shī‘ah, Usuli
Main interests History, Islamic History, Fiqh
Influences Grand Ayatullah Vahid Khorasani[1]

Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (Arabic: سيد محمد رضوي‎, born in 1957) is a Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, a speaker, as well as an author.[1] He is the second-born son of Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi.

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Biography

Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi was born in the Saran district of Bihar, India.[1] He migrated with his family to Tanzania, where he underwent elementary schooling.[1] In 1972 he went to Qom for religious studies and in 1982 he returned to India.[1]

In 1983 he migrated with his family to Vancouver, and by 1991 he completed his Master of Arts degree in History (with no prior undergraduate degree), at Simon Fraser University.[1] He then moved to Ontario in the same year, and since 1996[1] he has been the Imam of the Islamic Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat of Toronto.

Works

His published works include:

Works which he co-authored:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "About the Imam, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi". Islam in Focus. http://www.jaffari.org/IslamInFocus/Welcome_to_Islam_In_Focus/About_The_Imam.html. Retrieved 6 July 2009.