Muhammad Rizvi
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| Islamic scholar Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi |
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| Title | Hujjatul Islām wal Muslimeen |
| Born | 1957[1] |
| Died | N/A |
| Ethnicity |  Indian[1] |
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| 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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[edit] 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 where he pursued his Ijtihad, after which, he returned to India in 1982.[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.
[edit] Works
His published works include:
- An Explanatory Translation of the Qur'ān. Canada: SMR Publications. 1984. ISBN 0920675069.
- Imam Husayn: the Saviour of Islam. 1984.
- Khums an Islamic Tax. 1984.
- Khums an Islamic Tax. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 1993.
- The Ritual Ablutions for Women (Tahāratu 'N-Nisā'). Canada: Vancouver Islamic Educational Foundation. 1985. ISBN 0920675115.
- The Ritual & Spiritual Purity. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 1989. ISBN 9789644380839.
- Marriage & Morals in Islam. Canada: Vancouver Islamic Educational Foundation. 1990. ISBN 0920675107.
- Marriage & Morals in Islam. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 1999.
- An Introduction to the Islamic Shari‘ah. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 1992.
- Writing an Islamic Will. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 1993.
- Hajj: The Pilgrimage to Mecca. 1996.
- Shī‘ism Imāmate & Wilāyat. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 1999. ISBN 0920675115.
- Islam: Faith, Practice & History. Qom: Ansariyan Publications. 2004.
- Hijab: A Muslim Woman's Dress. 2004.
- The Infallibility of the Prophets in the Qur'an. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 2005.
- (in Swahili) The Infallibility of the Prophets in the Qur'an. Dar es Salaam: Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 2008.
- Islamic Business Ethics. Canada: Al-Ma‘ārif Books. 2007. ISBN 0920675123.
Works which he co-authored:
- Rizvi, Sayyid Sa‘īd Akhtar; Rizvi, Sayyid Muhammad (1985). Imāmate: (the Vicegerency of the Prophet). World Organization for Islamic Services. ISBN 0920675115.
- Rizvi, Sayyid Muhammad; Kanju, Muhammad S. (2003) (in Swahili). Imam al-Mehdi. Dar es Salaam: Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9987620388.
