Syed Nazeer Husain

Muslim scholar as-Sayyid Mian Nazeer Husain ad-Dehlawi
Title	"Shaykh al-Kull fil-Kull"
Born	1805
Died	May 1902 (aged 96–97)
Region	India
Religion	Islam
Main interest(s)	Hadith, biographical evaluation

Hussain's address to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee in 1887 in Persian.

Syed Nazeer Husain (1805-1902) was a religious leader of India. Husain was raised a Shiite, but later abandoned that faith.^[1] He began his studies in Sadikpur before continuing his learning in Delhi in 1826. He was the leader of the Ahl al-Hadith—described as "a colossus" of the movement^[2]—and a respected Islamic intellectual.^[3] During his lifetime hundreds of students studied directly under him, with many from Afghanistan and others coming even from places like Kashgar, the Hijaz and Najd.^[4]

References

1. Kenneth W. Jones (1989). Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India, Volume 3 (reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780521249867.
2. Utsa Ray (5 Jan 2015). Culinary Culture in Colonial India (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9781107042810.
3. Kenneth W. Jones (1989). Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India, Volume 3 (reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780521249867.
4. Charles Allen (1 Mar 2009). God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad. Da Capo Press. p. 197. ISBN 9780786733002.

External links

• A brief Biography of Imaam Syed Nazeer Husain ad Dahlawi (rahimahullaah)