Mufti Jafar Hussain

Who is Mufti Jafar Hussain?

Ayatollah Mufti Jafar Hussain was a Pakistani Shia mujtahid and a political leader. He was elected as the President of Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafaria later split into two groups One headed by Allama Arif Hussaini ( Now banned Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan TJP) while the second group headed by Allama Hamid Ali Moosavi called ( Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafaria TNFJ continues to function under the old nomenclature of TNFJ ), after the demise of Syed Muhammad Dehlavi. He wrote a number of books, the most famous of which include translation of Nahj al-Balagha and Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya.