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{{Short description|Indian Sufi and Islamic scholar (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Hasnain Baqai
| image = Hasnain Baqai during Urs e Baqa Safipur Sharif.jpg
| caption = Hasnain Baqai, March 2016
| creed = [[Maturidi]]
| movement = [[Sufi]]
| influenced = [[Mu'in al-Din Chishti]],[[Waris Ali Shah]], [[Ahmed Raza khan]],
| religion = [[Islam]]
| school = [[Sufi]]
| lineage = Syed
| subsect =
| order = [[Chishtiya]],[[Qadriya]]
| other_name = Shah Saheb, Umdatus Sadaat, Syed e Millat
| pen_name =
| parents = Syed Waliullah Baqai
| posthumous_name =
| nationality = Indian
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|26 February 1994}}
| birth_place = [[Safipur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| location = [[Safipur]]
| title = Khatibul Hind
| profession = Islamic scholar
| education = Alim,Fazil,Graduate
| initiation = Khanqah Aliyah Baqaiyah
| present_post = Nayeb Sajjada Nasheen

| known_for = Islamic scholar and social leader,educational and humanitarian activist

| post =
| website = https://sufiboard.org/
}}

'''Hasnain Baqai''', (also known as '''Shah Saheb'''), is an Islamic scholar. He is the patron and parts of various social, academic and other developmental activities of Sufi Sunni Muslims in India.

== Offices ==
He has held the following offices:
*Executive Member of the [[All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board]]
*National President of Rashtriya Shia Sufi Sangh<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rastogi |first=Amulya |date=20 May 2019 |title=राजनाथ की हिमायत करने पर शिया धर्मगुरु को फिर मिली जान से मारने धमकी |url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/shia-religious-teacher-again-threat-to-kill-for-supporting-rajnath-singh |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=[[Amar Ujala]] |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1208028984828518401|user=swatantrabjp|title=इस बैठक में प्रमुख शिया धर्मगुरू मौलाना कल्बे जवाद साहब,वरिष्ठ शिया धर्मगुरु मौलाना रज़ा हुसैन साहब, मौलाना मोहिउ…|date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
*Official representative of Member of Parliament [[Sakshi Maharaj]], for minorities in Loksabha Unnao.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mishra |first=Jitendra |date=2022-05-19 |title=साक्षी महाराज के प्रतिनिधि पर हमला, की ताबड़तोड़ फायरिंग, सफीपुर चेयरमैन समेत 4 लोगों पर FIR दर्ज |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttar-pradesh/crime-in-uttar-pradesh-firing-on-bjp-mp-sakshi-maharaj-representative-in-unnao-au142-1239987.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=[[TV9 Bharatvarsh]] |language=hi}}</ref>
*National General Secretary of Sufi Islamic Board<ref>{{cite web |title=Central Executive Committee (C.E.C) |url=http://sufiboard.org/central-executive-committee-c-e-c/ |access-date=27 April 2022 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427222954/http://sufiboard.org/central-executive-committee-c-e-c/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*National General Secretary of [[All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council|All India Sufi Sajjada Nashin Council]].
== Triple Talaq ==
[[File:Maulana_shah_syed_hasnain_baqai_adressing_media_in_triple_talaq_issue_in_lucknow_13_may_2017.jpg|thumb|right|Baqai addressing the media]]
Baqai disagrees with the notion of a “[[Divorce in Islam|Triple Talaq]]” divorce. He is of the view that pronouncing Triple Talaq will not render marriage void. He supported the then ruling [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] rendition of an opinion against the legality of “Triple Talaq” divorce for Muslim women, during the proceedings of the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Nawal |date=12 May 2017 |title=तीन तलाक गैर इस्लामी मामला, सती प्रथा की तरह एक कुप्रथाः हसनैन बकाई |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-fatwa-of-khan-khan-alia-bakaiya-like-a-satipratha-three-divorce-is-a-mal-practice-16019162.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=[[Dainik Jagran]] |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-05-14 |title=Sufis join the chorus against triple talaq in single sitting |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sufis-join-the-chorus-against-triple-talaq-in-single-sitting/articleshow/58664033.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
== CAA & NRC ==
He held a large public meeting with Shia and Sufi religious leaders of the state of Uttar Pradesh, along with BJP's state president [[Swatantra Dev Singh]] regarding CAA, NRC in Uttar Pradesh and supported the government in favor of CAA, NRC.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1208028982181937152|user=swatantrabjp|title=देश भर से आए मुस्लिम वर्ग के प्रमुख धर्मगुरुओं, सूफ़ी संतो एवं प्रबुद्ध जनों के साथ लखनऊ में भेंट कर #NRC, #CAA जै…|date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
== Execution of Nimr al-Nimr & Faris Zarani ==
In an interview condemning the [[execution of Nimr al-Nimr]] in [[Saudi Arabia]], Baqai said: “One Shia and [one] Sunni cleric were hanged just because they were raising voices for minorities’ rights and against the sheltering of terrorism by Saudi Arabia.”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-04 |title=Protests in Srinagar, Lucknow over Saudi execution |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/protests-in-srinagar-lucknow-over-saudi-execution/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/restrictions-srinagar-after-shias-protest-execution-cleric-by-saudi-arabia-661906|title=Restrictions in Srinagar after Shias protest execution of cleric by Saudi Arabia|last=IBTimes|website=[[International Business Times]]|date=4 January 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
== Terrorism ==
In forums, he speaks vocally against terrorism, as he holds the belief that terrorism has no place in religion. According to him, the youth is being misled in the name of religion and it should be the responsibility of the religious leaders of every religion that the person of their religion should not fall under such mischief.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Anurag |date=24 February 2019 |title=आतंकी राष्ट्र घोषित हो पाकिस्तान, शिया-सुन्नी उलेमाओं ने सरकार से की मांग |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-pakistan-should-declared-terrorist-country-demands-shia-sunni-ulama-18985519.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=[[Dainik Jagran]] |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashish |first=Ishwar |date=24 February 2019 |title=आतंकवाद के खिलाफ इकट्ठा हुए मौलाना, बोले- हिंदुस्तान पर हमला बर्दाश्त नहीं कर सकते |url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/rashtriya-ekta-adhiveshan-in-protest-of-terrorism |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=[[Amar Ujala]] |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1513879769422897155|user=Republic_Bharat|title=#LIVE | आतंकवाद और कट्टरता का कोई मजहब नहीं होता : मौलाना हसनैन बकाई, इस्लामिक स्कॉलरदेखिए 'पूछता है भारत' ऐश्व…|date=12 April 2022}}</ref>
== Unity between Shia and Sunni ==
Baqai advocated the unity of [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=आतंकवादी धमकी के बावजूद 25 को होगा शिया-सूफी सुन्नी सम्मेलन |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/other-news/shia-sufi-sunni-conference-will-be-held-on-25th-despite-terrorist-threats/articleshow/63113546.cms |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=[[Navbharat Times]] |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Husain |first=Yusra |date=2018-02-23 |title=Shia cleric Kalbe Jawad claims he got threat call for speaking against terrorism |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/shia-cleric-kalbe-jawad-claims-he-got-threat-call-for-speaking-against-terrorism/articleshow/63049688.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tahlkanews.in/2023/03/lucknowbada-imambada-shiya--sufi-sammelan--469773.html|title=Lucknow Bada Imambada Shiya Sufi Sammelan|date=March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ankur |first=Anil |date=2018-03-26 |title=आतंकवाद का मुकाबला इमाम हुसैन ने किया था |trans-title=Muslim sammelan in Lucknow : opposed terrorism and its supporters |url=https://www.patrika.com/lucknow-news/muslim-sammelan-in-lucknow-opposed-terrorism-and-its-supporters-1-2550356/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=[[Rajasthan Patrika]] |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=आतंकवाद के खिलाफ बड़े इमामबाड़े शिया-सूफी सम्मेलन आज |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/story-muslim-1867549.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yojana Monitor |url=https://www.kashmirmonitor.in/Details/148556/a-curious-friendship }}{{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref>

== Popular Front of India ==
He started an agitation against the [[Popular Front of India]], as he claims PFI. to be a threat to the Peace and Integrity of the Indian nation and because they were radicalizing Indian youth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kashyap |first=Dev |date=2020-12-01 |title=जिहाद के नाम पर 72 हूरों का लालच देकर युवाओं को किया गुमराह |url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/misguided-youth-by-luring-pretty-girls-in-the-name-of-jihad-pfi-charges-for-terror-school |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/delhi/bharat/bharat-news/sufi-islamic-board-in-lucknow-demands-ban-on-pfi/na20201124012435466 | title=पीएफआई पर आईएसआईएस से संबंध रखने का आरोप, प्रतिबंध की मांग | date=24 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.up.punjabkesari.in/uttar-pradesh/news/pfi-and-its-political-arm-sdpi-should-be-banned-at-indian-level-sufi-society-1285671?amp | title=Pfi और उसकी राजनीतिक शाखा Sdpi को भारतीय स्तर पर किया जाए प्रतिबंधित: सूफी समाज | date=23 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sufiboard.org/s-i-b-movement-against-p-f-i/ | title=S.I.B. Movement against P.F.I. }}</ref>

== Family background ==

[[File:Official logo name of hasnain baqai.jpg|thumb|Official logo name of hasnain baqai]]

He was born on 26 February in Sufi City of [[Safipur]], in a highly religious Sufi family. He is the great grand son of Syed Baqa-Ullah Shah Safvi Khadmi Chishty and the son of Syed Shah Waliullah Baqai. He is the present Gaddi-nashin of Safipur.

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Sufis]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1994 births]]
[[Category:People from Unnao district]]
[[Category:Indian Islamic studies scholars]]

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