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{{short description|21st-century Indian Shia cleric}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Syed Abbas Irshad Naqvi
| other_names =
| title = Khateeb-e Inqilab
| image = Abbas Irshad.jpg
| caption = Maulana Abbas Irshad Naqvi - Majlis 2022 - 15 Safar Amhat Sultanpur 2022
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| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| lineage =
| father = Syed Hasan Irshad Naqvi
| children =
| relatives = [[Tahir Jarwali]], [[Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati]]
| region =
| era = [[Modern era]]
| religion = [[Islam]]
| Maddhab = [[Ja'fari jurisprudence|Ja`fari]]
| school_tradition = [[Twelver]] [[Shi`a Islam]]
| main_interests = [[Azadari]], [[Tabarra]] Jumlabazi
| post = Joint Secretary - [[All India Shia Personal Law Board]]
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'''Syed Abbas Irshad Naqvi''', known as '''Khateeb-e-Inqilab''', is a [[Shia]] [[orator]] (''Zakir'') from [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name=PMI>{{cite news |title=MOULANA ABBAS IRSHAD QIBLA (LAKHNAVI) TO ADDRESS MAJALIS-E-SHAHADAT-E-SHAHZADI-E-KOUNAINs.a AT BAITUL QAYAMA.T.F - Pressmediaofindia |url=https://www.pressmediaofindia.com/moulana-abbas-irshad-qibla-lakhnavi-to-address-majalis-e-shahadat-e-shahzadi-e-kounains-a-at-baitul-qayama-t-f/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Press media of India }}</ref>

==Family background==
He is nephew of [[Tahir Jarwali]].{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

==Religious activities==
He is a ''zakir'' and recites the ''majalis'' (religious lectures to commemorate the Martyrdom of [[Imam Hussain]]) not only in India but globally, especially in [[Lucknow]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Kolkata]], [[Bangalore]], etc.<ref name=PMI/><ref>{{cite book |title=Ebook Sibtainabad Through The Lens Of Time |date=11 August 2017 |page=31 |url=https://archive.org/stream/EbookSibtainabadThroughTheLensOfTime/Ebook_Sibtainabad%20through%20the%20Lens%20of%20Time_djvu.txt |access-date=6 March 2024 |quote=...Maulana Abbas Irshad saheb, Maulana Meesam Zaidi saheb and Maulana Saif Abbas sahib, besides a number of other eminent clerics have addressed thousands of devotees from the mimbar of Imambada Sibtainabad ever since.}}</ref> He is also joint-secretary of [[All India Shia Personal Law Board]]. He has written a book on comparative religion titled ''Aitrafat Sahih Bukhari'' in Urdu published in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ziaraat.com - Online Books |url=https://www.ziyaraat.net/findbook.asp?srchwhat=All&LibroID=32&AgregarVista=Si&page=1&Archivo=AiterafatSahihBukhari.pdf&escritor=Molana%20Syed%20Abbas%20Irshad%20Naqvi&tema=All&idioma=All&orderby=titulo |website=www.ziyaraat.net |access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref>

==Social activities==
===Against homosexuality===
In 2009 he attended in a special discussion organized by [[City Montessori School]] to put forth their views on the [[Delhi High Court]]'s [[Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi|judgement]] of legalizing [[homosexual]] behaviour. The leaders of all religions faiths unanimously criticized the Delhi High Court's judgement and urged the [[Supreme Court of India]], [[Government of India|Central Government]] and all [[State governments of India|state governments]] to intervene and review this judgement. While talking to media Abbas Irshad Naqvi said that, ''"''homosexual relations will crush all the relations that we own but we should enjoy it in other way''"''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Hari Om |title=We strongly oppose homosexuality — Say various religious heads |url=http://jagdishgandhi.org/press/pressconf05072009.html |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=jagdishgandhi.org |date=5 June 2009 |location=Lucknow |language=en |format=Press Release}}</ref>

===Against photo shoots at Bara Imambara complex===
In 2019, he alongside other Shia clerics like Imam-e-Juma of [[Asafi Mosque]] [[Kalbe Jawad]], senior cleric [[Agha Roohi]], president of the [[Shia Moon Committee]] [[Syed Saif Abbas Naqvi|Saif Abbas]], academic and cleric [[Kalbe Sibtain Noori]], spokesperson of [[All India Shia Personal Law Board]] [[Yasoob Abbas]], etc. signed the memorandum demanding the maintenance of sanctity and religious fibre of 235-year-old [[Bara Imambara]] precincts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historians & clerics up in arms over ‘profane’ photo shoots at Bara Imambara, write to PM Modi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/historians-clerics-up-in-arms-over-profane-photo-shoots-at-bara-imambara-write-to-pm/articleshow/69697365.cms |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=8 June 2019 |location=Lucknow |language=en}}</ref>

===Restoration of Imambara Sibtainabad===
In 2020, he alongside other Shia clerics [[Kalbe Sadiq]], [[Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati|Agha Roohi]], [[Kalbe Jawad]], [[Yasoob Abbas]], [[Syed Saif Abbas Naqvi]], etc. requested [[Archaeological Survey of India]] for immediate assessment and time-bound restoration of the centrally protected monument [[Imambara Sibtainabad]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sibtainabad mutawalli for FIR against encroachers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sibtainabad-mutawalli-for-fir-against-encroachers/articleshow/74975629.cms |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=4 April 2020 |location=Lucknow |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Islamic scholars]]
* [[Yasoob Abbas]]
* [[Kalbe Jawad]]
* [[Syed Saif Abbas Naqvi]]
* [[Kalbe Sadiq]]

==References==
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ErwinGholson17 at 06:41, 8 February 2026