Madrasatul Waizeen

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'''Madrasatul Waizeen''' or '''Madrasatul Waezeen''' or Madrasat al-Wa'izin (College of Preachers), founded in 1919, is an old centre of [[Twelver Shia]] education in the city of [[Lucknow]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Other Lucknow |date=2016 |publisher=Vani Prakashan |isbn=9789352294206 |pages=76, 77 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=fjO6DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT75&dq=Madrasatul+Waizeen#v=onepage&q=Madrasatul%20Waizeen&f=false |access-date=10 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sumner |first1=Jeff |title=Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media: (formerly Ayer Directory of Publications). International; international index and maps, entries 40401-51061 |date=2001 |publisher=Gale Group |isbn=9780787656614 |pages=5293 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=K-wdAQAAMAAJ&q=Madrasatul+Waizeen&dq=Madrasatul+Waizeen |access-date=10 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Many of the clerics attend this school after they finish their graduate educations in other Shia seminaries to strengthen their oratory and preaching skills.<ref>Nasr, Sayyid Husayn, ''Ma'arif-i Islami dar jahan-i mu'asir'', as cited in [http://www.tahoor.com/fa/Article/View/27900?term=%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%86 Tahoor Encyclopedia], Retrieved 21 October 2015</ref> It is well-known for the valuable manuscripts in its library.<ref>[http://emamat.ir/hamayesh/main.php?pid=Gallery_Page&id=17 Madrasatul Waizeen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010174407/http://emamat.ir/hamayesh/main.php?pid=Gallery_Page&id=17 |date=10 October 2018 }}, International Conference on ‘Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn Lakhnawi, Retrieved 21 October 2015</ref>

==Foundation and development==
The seminary was founded on 19 May 1919<ref>Sadra'i Khoei, 'Ali, [http://mtif.org/p/article/64881/%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%B7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%87%D9%86%D9%88 Manuscripts of Madrasatul Waizeen of Lucknow], Muhaqqiq Tabata'i Foundation, Retrieved 21 October 2015</ref> by Maharaja [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan]] of [[Mahmudabad Estate|Mahmudabad]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Death Anniversary of Raja Sahib of Mehmoodabad [An Active Leader of Pakistan Movement] - SFP News |url=http://www.shaheedfoundation.org/foundationnews.asp?id=2232 |website=www.shaheedfoundation.org |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808012321/http://shaheedfoundation.org/foundationnews.asp?id=2232 |archive-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> in memory of his younger brother Sahibzada Mohammad Ali Ahmad Khan Sahib.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=5pn1UJW5LI3qlAWy7YBY&id=kytvAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22sibte+hasan%22+Lucknow&q=Madarsatul Vanishing culture of Lucknow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305144524/https://books.google.com/books?ei=5pn1UJW5LI3qlAWy7YBY&id=kytvAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22sibte+hasan%22+Lucknow&q=Madarsatul |date=5 March 2017 }} by Amir Hasan, B.R. Pub. Corp., 01-Dec-1990</ref> The Waqf-e-Madrasa-e-Ahmadiya of Mahmudabad was created by the Maharaja of Mahmudabad in 1919 by way of a registered ''[[Waqf]]nama''. The Madrastul Waizeen was founded by the aforementioned ''Waqf'' in 1919.

Shams-ul-Ulema [[Ayatullah]] [[Najmul Millat|Syed Najmul Hasan]] was involved in madrasa since the days of its founding.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nazmia.org/history.htm |title=Jamia-e-Nazmia: Foundation & Development |access-date=22 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113045910/http://www.nazmia.org/history.htm |archive-date=13 November 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==First Board of Trustees==
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 Estate|Mahmudabad]]
* Trustee: Najmul Millat [[Ayatullah]] [[Najmul Millat|Syed Najmul Hasan]]
* Trustee: Imam Jum'a of [[Mahmudabad, India|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 [[Amir Ahmad Khan|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]] [[Najmul Millat|Syed Najmul Hasan]]) also served as the managing trustee.

Maharajkumar Mohammad Amir Haider Khan of [[Mahmudabad, India|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, India|Mahmudabad]], [[Sitapur District]], India.


==Educational Program==
Madrasatul Waizeen is considered a higher Shia religious education, where the students learn high levels of Shia studies, specially fiqh and usul al-fiqh, but also take some courses in preaching. The student of this seminary should pass a 3-year program of studying after which they should go for a journey of preaching for people in India or another country for two years, after which they would get the title of "wa'iz" (preacher).<ref>Sadra'i Khoei, Ali, [http://mtif.org/p/article/64881/%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%B7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%87%D9%86%D9%88 Manuscripts of Madrasatul Wa'izeen of Lucknow], Muhaqqiq Tabataba'i Foundation, Retrieved 21 October 2015</ref>

Learning foreign languages such as Arabic, English, Farsi, etc., are obligatory for the students of Madrasatul Waizeen. The students also take some courses about other religions and denominations so they would become able to engage in interfaith dialogue and preaching for people of other faiths.

The Madrasa has an annual event on the last week of every December, when everyone who is in any way related to this seminary participates in a 3-day conference and reports about what they do around the world, and they are also informed about the activities of the seminary during the last year. The place of the conference is different time to time.<ref>Al-Shahristani, al-Sayyid Salih, [http://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/685700/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%DB%8C-%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%87%D9%86%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF--%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A9-%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF Madrasatul Waizeen fi Lucknow bi l-Hind; akbar markaz li l-da'aya al-Islamiyya fi l-Hind], al-'Irfan, 24, 1352 AH, part 9. Retrieved on Noormags in 21 October 2015</ref>

==Library==
The collections of the library of Madrasatul Waizeen include more than 20,000 books in print, and at least 1500 manuscripts.<ref>Sadra'i Khoei, 'Ali, [http://mtif.org/p/article/64881/%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%B7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%87%D9%86%D9%88 Manuscripts of Madrasatul Waizeen of Lucknow], Muhaqqiq Tabata'i Foundation, Retrieved 21 October 2015</ref> DR. Mohd. Taqi Ali Abidi, Asstt. Professor, Oriental Studies in Arabic & Persian, [[University of Lucknow]] compiled a Catalogue of Persian, Urdu & Arabic Manuscripts in Library of Madrasatul Waizeen in 1989-1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/pdf/ali-abidi-profile_100117.pdf |access-date=10 October 2018 |title=Archived copy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010140309/http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/pdf/ali-abidi-profile_100117.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Activitees and associated institutions==
Field of operations of this Madrasa has not been confined to India, but its missionaries have worked in Zanzibar, Uganda, Mombasa, Darussalam, Singapore, Shanghai.<ref>''Muslim Review: An English Monthly Magazine Of Madrasatul Waizeen'', volume XI, number 3 (September 1932)</ref>
During the late 1920s, the Madrasatul Waezeen started sending their missionaries to [[East Africa]]. These missionaries were, specially trained for preaching and propagating the faith. They toured East Africa, visiting various Jamaats of Shia Ithna-Asheris and prepared a comprehensive report of their own activities. The nature of these visits was expeditious, protracted for a few months during which time some of them extended their visits to as far south as [[Madagascar]], and northwards to [[Somalia]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jaffer |first1=Mulla Asgherali M.M. |title=An Outline History of the Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Community in Eastern Africa |url=http://dubaijamaat.com/an-outline-history-of-the-khoja-shia-ithna-asheri-community-in-eastern-africa-by-mulla-asgherali-mm-jaffer |website=dubaijamaat.com |publisher=KSIMC of Dubai |access-date=17 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084837/http://dubaijamaat.com/an-outline-history-of-the-khoja-shia-ithna-asheri-community-in-eastern-africa-by-mulla-asgherali-mm-jaffer |archive-date=19 August 2014 }}</ref>

The Madrasa has an associated institution in Mahmudabad, District Sitapur, India, known as Madrasa-e-Ahmadul Madaris. It is funded by the [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan|Raja of Mahmudabad]].{{fact|date=October 2018}}

==Former Principals==
Former principals include:
*Khateeb e Azam [[Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi]]*
*Ayatullah Syed Abul Hasan Naqvi*
* Allamah [[Adeel Akhtar Zaidi]] (from 1936 till his death in 1950) he served as the Second Principal of Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow
* [[Ayatullah]] Syed Rahat Hussain Rizvi Gopalpuri died in 1955
* Maulana [[Syed Ibne Hasan Nonaharvi]] (died on 25 March 1980)
* Maulana [[Syed Ibne Hasan Nonaharvi#Syed Shabihul Hasan Nonaharvi|Prof. Syed Shabihul Hasan Nonaharvi]] (died on 13 May 1998)
* [[Maulana]] Syed Mohsin Rizvi Gopalpuri died in 2000
* Maulana [[Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi]] (died on 11 May 2008)
* Maulana [http://www.adeebalhindi.in Mujtaba Ali Khan] ''Adeebul Hindi Marhoom'' (vice-principal)
* Maulana [[Urujul Hasan Meesum]] Honorary Principal of Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow

==Notable alumni==
* [[Ayatullah]] [[Syed Hamidul Hasan]]
* [[Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi]]
* [[Kaifi Azmi]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hasrat Mohani angle |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/840624 |access-date=10 October 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=25 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010174400/https://www.dawn.com/news/840624 |archive-date=10 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Notable Publications==
* The Holy Quran: A Translation with Commentary According to Shia Traditions and Principles. 2 vols. by A. F. Badshah Husain, 1936<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pinault |first1=D. |title=Horse of Karbala: Muslim Devotional Life in India |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137047656 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=uGMYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA132&dq=Madrasatul+Waizeen#v=onepage&q=Madrasatul%20Waizeen&f=false |access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Shiites |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137066930 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=7GgYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA199&dq=Madrasatul+Waizeen#v=onepage&q=Madrasatul%20Waizeen&f=false |access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
*The Muslim review : an English monthly magazine of Madrasatul Waizeen.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Madarsatulvāʻiẓīn (Lucknow |first1=India) |title=The Muslim review: an English monthly magazine of Madrasatul Waizeen |oclc=46451471 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Muslim review : an English monthly magazine of Madrasatul Waizeen. - Franklin |url=https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9929287593503681 |journal=The Muslim Review : An English Monthly Magazine of Madrasatul Waizeen |access-date=10 October 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010134912/https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9929287593503681 |archive-date=10 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Monthly Alwaiz, Lucknow

==See also==
* [[Jamia-e-Imania]]
* [[Jamia Nazmia]]
* [[Jawadia Arabic College]]
* [[Sultanul Madaris]]
* [[Tanzeemul Makatib]]
* [[Tafazzul Husain Kashmiri]]

==References==
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==External links==
* Waqf e Madrasa e Ahmadiyya, Mahmudabad, District Sitapur, U.P., India
*U.P. Shi’a Central Waqf Board
*[http://www.nazmia.org The official website of Jamia Nazmia]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100107103915/http://sultanulmadaris.org/ The official website of Sultanul Madaris]

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