Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi

Allamah Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi
سيد سعيد اختر رضوي
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Born	(1927-01-05)5 January 1927 Saran District, Bihar
Died	20 June 2002(2002-06-20) (aged 75)
Resting place	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Nationality	Tanzanian
Occupation	Islamic scholar
Known for	Chief Missionary of Bilal Muslim Mission
Spouse	Sayyida Fatimah Zahra Rizvi
Children	Sayyid Ali Imam Rizvi, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, Sayyid Zaki Imam Rizvi, Sayyid Masud Rizvi, Sayyid Mukhtar Rizvi, Sayyida Qaiser Jahan Rizvi, Sayyida Zainab Rizvi
Parent(s)	Sayyid Abul Hassan Rizvi and Sayyida Siddiqa Rizvi
Relatives	Sayyid Hameed Asgher Rizvi, Sayyid Tawakkul Hussein Rizvi

Sayyid Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi (Template:Lang-ur) was an Indian born, Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, who promoted Islam in East Africa. He was given authorizations (Template:Lang-ar) by fourteen Grand Ayatullahs for riwayah, Qazawah, and Umur-e-Hasbiyah.

Biography

Rizvi was born in Ushri, Saran district, Bihar state, India, in 1927. His father was Sayyid Abul Hassan Rizvi and who was also a Maulana. He had five sons and two daughters. His second eldest son, Hujjat-ul-Islam wal Muslimeen Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi lives in Toronto, Canada. He is the Imam of the Islamic Shia Ithna‘asheri Jamaat (ISIJ) of Toronto. He spoke Urdu, English, Arabic, Persian, Swahili and was also familiar with Hindi and Gujarati.

In 1959 he was appointed the Islamic scholar (Template:Lang-ar) for Lindi, Tanzania. In 1962, e conceived a plan for propagating Islam. His plan was proposed and approved at the triennial Conference of the Africa Federation in Tanga in 1964. and became the Bilal Muslim Mission. Rizvi was transferred from Arusha to Dar es Salaam in mid-eastern Tanzania. He then went to Mombasa in southern Kenya in 1976 and co-founded the Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania in 1968 and the Bilal Muslim Mission of Kenya in 1971. Through his mission he introduced correspondence courses in Islamic studies in English and Swahili. He traveled and lectured to university students in Africa, Europe, Canada and USA.

His funeral was held in Dar es Salaam with two scouts holding black flags in the cortege to the burial site. Officials and Scholars from several countries were present. The Islamic funeral prayer (Salat al-Mayyit) was given by his son, Muhammad Rizvi.

Rizvi authored over 140 books, some of them having been translated into many languages.

Bibliography

As Author

• A Few Questions and Answers. Bilal Muslim Mission of Kenya.
• A Lecture On Nahju ’l-Balãghah. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 2001. ISBN 9789987620180.
• Day of Judgement. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1998. ISBN 9789987620029.
• Elements of Islamic Studies. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1986. ISBN 9789976956054.
• Fadak. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania.
• Family Life of Islam. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1988. ISBN 9789976956399.
• Fast. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1988. ISBN 9789976956313.
• Four Californian Lectures. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1989. ISBN 9789976956405.
• God : An Islamic Perspective. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1994. ISBN 9789976956801.
• Hijab: The Dress of Modesty in Islam. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1992. ISBN 9789976956740.
• Imamate: The vicegerency of the Holy Prophet. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1988. ISBN 9789976956139.
• In defense of Islamic Laws: Four Memoranda on various Personal Laws of Islam. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 2007.
• Inner Voice. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1989. ISBN 9789976956450.
• Islam. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania.
• Meaning and Origin of Shi'ism. Islamic Education & Information Centre.
• Muhammad is the Last Prophet. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1988. ISBN 9789976956283.
• Need of Religion. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1988. ISBN 9789976956375.
• Pork. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1975. ISBN 9789976956160.
• Prophecies about Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.). Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789987620234.
• Prophecies about the Holy Prophet of Islam in Hindu, Christian, Jewish & Parsi Scriptures. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789987620210.
• Prophethood. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1987. ISBN 9789976956177.
• Sects of Islam. World Islamic Network.
• Taqiyah. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1992. ISBN 9789976956733.
• The Holy Prophet. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789976956320.
• The Ideal Islamic Government. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1990. ISBN 9789976956634.
• The Justice of God. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1992. ISBN 9789976956641.
• The Quran and Hadith. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789976956870.
• The Quran: Its Protection from Alteration. Bilal Muslim Mission of Americas. ISBN 0964987813.
• Wahhabis Fitna Exposed. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1996. ISBN 9789976956764.
• What a Muslim Should Know and Believe. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789976956061.
• Your Questions Answered volume I. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania.
• Your Questions Answered volume II. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania.
• Your Questions Answered volume III. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania.
• Your Questions Answered volume III. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania.
• Your Questions Answered volume V. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789976956672.
• Your Questions Answered volume VI. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789976956900.
• Your Questions Answered volume VII. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789987620074.
• اتمام حجت. المعارف پبلیکیشن، گوپالپور.

As Translator

• Extracts from Correspondence between A Muslim and A Christian. World Organization for Islamic Services. 1980.
• Munajaat of Amirul Mumineen Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.). Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania.
• The Charter of Rights. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789987620050.
• The Return of al-Mahdi. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1996. ISBN 9789976956962.

As Editor

• On to the Right Path. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1999. ISBN 9789987620081.
• Bustani ya Elimu. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. ISBN 9789976956665.

Journal Articles

• "Imam Hasan, The Myth of his Divorces". al-Serat Journal. 4 (3).
• "Martyrdom of Imam Husayn and the Muslim and Jewish Calendars". al-Serat Journal. 6 (3–4).
• "The Illustrious Period of the Imamate of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin". al-Serat Journal. 5 (3–4).
• "The Scholarly Jihad of the Imams - 95 - 148 A.H Part One". al-Serat Journal. 9 (1–2).
• "The Scholarly Jihad of the Imams - 95 - 148 A.H Part Two". al-Serat Journal. 9 (1–2).
• "The Fast of Ashura". al-Serat Journal. 8 (3–4).
• "Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) and Bayah to Shaykhain". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

See also

• Rizvi
• List of Islamic scholars
• Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania

Suggested reading

• Outline of Shi'a Ithna-ashari History in East Africa by Marhum Mulla Asgharali M.M. Jaffer

External links

• Biography Playandlearn
• List of books by Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi