Najmul Millat

Who was Najmul Millat?

Ayatullah 'Najm al-Ḥasan, popularly known as Najmul Millat or Najmul Ulama, was a top faqīh and the founder of Jamia Nazmia, the oldest Shia religious institution of India. He trained several Ulama such as Sibte Hasan Naqvi, Farman Ali, Mohammad Haroon, Mohammad Dawood, Kifayat Hussain, Adeel Akhtar, and Jaffer Hussain. They all did Mumtazul Afazil from Jamia Nazmia.

Najmul Millat was born on 25 May 1863 to Akbar Hussain of Amroha. He was a favorite disciple and son-in-law of Mufti Syed Mohammad Abbas. Mufti Mohammad Abbas wrote more than 300 books. Najmul Millat studied all the higher faculties, including fiqh and Uṣūl al-fiqh in India under his guidance.

Najmul Millat was a contemporary of Ziauddin al-Iraqi, Kazim Tabatabai Yazdi and Abul Hasan Isfehani. He was a Faqih of the highest rank and trained several Ulama like Sibte Hasan, Adeel Akhtar and Kitayat Husain. He will always be remembered for his services to the Islam of Tibet, Burma, Africa and countries in the West rendered through the missionaries trained in his Jamia Nazmia. He wrote several books.

Najmul Millat died on 18 April 1938. He had two sons, Shams-ul-Ulama Syed Mohammad and Kazim. Mohammad was the founder of Madrasatul Waizeen. He had two sons - Taj-ul-Ulama Maulana Syed Mohd Zaki and Mohd Razi. Kazim also had two sons - the translators Mohammad Sadiq and Mohammad Mohsin. Jawad Husain Abidi was the son-in-law of Najmul Millat. Nasir Husain Abidi was the son of Jawad Husain.