Madrasatul Waizeen

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Madrasatul Waizeen (College of Preachers) is a centre of Shia Islamic education in the city of Lucknow, India.

Foundation and development

The Madrasa was originally founded by Maharaja Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan of Mahmudabad in memory of his younger brother Sahibzada Mohammad Ali Ahmad Khan Sahib.[1] The Waqf-e-Madrasa-e-Ahmadiya of Mahmudabad was created by the Maharaja of Mahmudabad in 1919 by way of a registered Waqfnama. The Madrastul Waizeen was founded by the aforementioned Waqf in 1919.

Shams-ul-Ulema Ayatullah Syed Najmul Hasan was involved in madrasa since the days of its founding.[2] In The Muslim Review: An English Monthly Magazine Of Madrasatul Waizeen, volume XI, number 3 (September 1932) an ad on the inside of the front cover describes the Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow:[3]

"Under the patronage of Shams-ul-Ulema Ayatullah Syed Najmul Hasan Sahib, Mujtahid, this Islamic missionary movement has been working since 1920. Its field of operations has not been confied to India and Burma but its missionaries have done a good deal of work in Zanzibar, Uganda, Mombasa, Darussalam, Singapore, Shanghai, &c. [signed by] Mirza Abid Husain, Honorary Secretary."

Board of trustees

First management

The first Board of Trustees of the Waqf and therefore the Madrasa was as follows:

  • Chairman: Maharaja Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., of Mahmudabad
  • Trustee: Shams-ul-Ulema Ayatullah Syed Najmul Hasan
  • Trustee: Imam Jum'a of Mahmudabad
  • Trustee: Mian Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq Ali Khan Sahib of Mohammadpur-Bishanpur, Barabanki District, U.P.
  • Trustee: Syed Muzaffar Husain Sahib, Advocate, Qaziara, Sitapur, Sitapur District, India

The late Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan was the managing trustee from 1940 to 1944. Taj-ul-Ulama Maulana Syed Mohd Zaki (son of Shams-ul-Ulama Syed Mohammad and grandson of Shams-ul-Ulema Ayatullah Syed Najmul Hasan) also served as the managing trustee.

Maharajkumar Mohammad Amir Haider Khan of Mahmudabad was the managing trustee until his demise in 1991.

The late Hujjatul Islam Maulana Mazahir Hussain a renowned 'Alim and scholar was a trustee of the Madrasa as the Imam-e-Jum'a of Mahmudabad, Sitapur District,India.

Present management

  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Aali Janab Raja Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan Saheb Bahadur of Mahmudabad
  • Managing trustee: Aali Janab Raja Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan Saheb Bahadur of Mahmudabad
  • Principal (honorary): Hujjat-ul-Islam Maulana Syed Urujul Hasan Meesum
  • Vice principal: Hujjat-ul-Islam Maulana Syed Uroojul Hasan
  • Mudarris: Hujjat-ul-Islam Maulana Bedar Hussain
  • Mudarris: Hujjat-ul-Islam Maulana Nisar Ahmad (Waiz)
  • Librarian: Maulana Syed Shamshad Ali Jafri

Principals

Former principals include:

Notable alumni

Associated institutions

The Madrasa has an associated institution in Mahmudabad, District Sitapur, India, known as Madrasa-e-Ahmadul Madaris. It is funded by the Raja of Mahmudabad.

Other Shia centres for higher Shia learning in the Lucknow include Jamia Nazmia and Sultanul Madaris.

See also

  • Madrasatul Waizeen
  • Jamia Nazmia
  • Sultanul Madaris
  • Tanzeemul Makatib
    • Jamiya Imamia at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
    • Jameatuz Zahra at Lucknow
    • Madrasa Khadeejatul Kubra at Lucknow
  • Jamia Imania, Varanasi
  • Jami'ul Uloom Jawadia, Varanasi
  • Hoza-e-Ilmiya Wasiqa, Faizabad
  • Babul Ilm, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh
  • Jamia Haidariya, Khairabad Mau

References

  1. ↑ Vanishing culture of Lucknow by Amir Hasan, B.R. Pub. Corp., 01-Dec-1990
  2. ↑ Jamia-e-Nazmia: Foundation & Development
  3. ↑ James Hurley, Books: Bookseller's Catalogue: Islam

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