Hasan Imam

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{{short description|Indian Grand Ayatollah and Religious leader}}
{{Infobox religious biography|name=Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi Zangipuri|religion=[[Shia Islam]]|birth_date=02 March 1974|children=[[Syed Raza Imam]], Syed Jawad Imam Zangipuri|office1=[[Imam|Imam-e-Jumma]] of Mira Road, [[Mumbai]]|term_start1=2003|office2=Dean of Hawzah Sahibe Zamaan, Qom [[Iran]]|term_start2=1997|term_end2=2002|office3=Chief of Shia Community of Mira Road, [[Mumbai|Northern Mumbai]] and Western Suburbs (Mumbai)|term_start3=2003|office4=Chairman of Imam University Zangipur|term_start4=November 25, 2024|background=#B0C4DE|spouse=Syeda Nishat Fatima Hasan Imam Zangipuri|location=[[Mumbai]], [[India]]|post=Supreme Religious Authority and Chief of Shia Community of Mira Road, [[Mumbai|Northern Mumbai]] and Western Suburbs (Mumbai), [[Imam|Imam e Jumma wal Jamaat]] of Mira Road, [[Mumbai]]|title=Grand Ayatollah, Allamah, Mawlana, Hujjat al-Islam, Daqeeq ul Daqaaeq ''(The Finest of the Fine)'', Aaftab e Imamat ''(The Sun of Imamat)'', Naqeeb ul Millat ''(The Leader of the Community)''|image=Maulana Hasan Imam Zangipuri.jpeg|caption=Ayatollah Zangipuri in 2026|creed=|jurisprudence=Twelver|honorific prefix=Grand Ayatollah, Allamah
Daqeeq ul Daqaeq, Aftab e Imamat
Naqeeb ul Millat}}

'''Grand Ayatollah Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi Zangipuri''' (born 2 March 1974) is an Indian [[Shia Islam|Shia]] [[Jurist]], [[Clergyman|cleric]], [[Mujtahid|Marja, Mujtahid]] and [[Leader|religious leader]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Al-Musawi|first=Hassan|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675026M/Contemporary_Shia_Religious_Leadership_in_the_Indian_Diaspora|title=Contemporary Shia Religious Leadership in the Indian Diaspora|date=2022|publisher=Dar al-Thaqalayn Publications|location=[[Najaf]], [[Karbala]]|pages=Unit 7, Allamah Maulana Syed Hasan Imam, Page 49 to Page 57|ol=62675026M}}</ref> he is prominent and influential religious leader and is regarded as one of the leading figures in India's [[Muslims|Muslim Community]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Rashtriya Andaaz|title=India's One Of Leading Muslim Figure And Shia Religious Leader Hazrat Maulana Syed Hasan Imam Zangipuri On Eid E Milad|date=2026-08-27|url=http://archive.org/details/indias-one-of-leading-muslim-figure-and-shia-religious-leader-hazrat-maulana-sye|access-date=2026-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Maulana Hasan Imam Facebook|title=Shia Religious Leader Maulana Syed Hasan Imam Zangipuri On A Community Social And Public Gathering|date=2026-08-26|url=http://archive.org/details/shia-religious-leader-maulana-syed-hasan-imam-zangipuri-on-a-community-social-and-public-gathering|access-date=2026-10-03}}</ref><ref>[https://newdle.com/writings/9b03f81c-68b8-457a-97da-b72b2eb927a4 Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi: A Senior Cleric and Revolutionary], ''STP News''</ref> He is the Supreme Religious Authority of Mira Road, [[Mumbai|Northern Mumbai]] and Western Suburbs (Mumbai) also regarded as the Chief of Shia Population and has served as the [[Imam|Imam-e-Jumma]] of Haidery Jama Masjid in Mira Road, [[Mumbai]] for more than [[2|two]] [[Decade|decades]].<ref name="inquilab2021">{{cite news|date=27 November 2021|title=وسیم رضوی کے خلاف میراروڈ کے مسلمانوں میں بھی شدید بے چینی اور اضطراب|language=Urdu|trans-title=Extreme unrest and anxiety among the Muslims of Mira Road against Wasim Rizvi|work=Inquilab|url=https://www.inquilab.com/news/articles/extreme-unrest-and-anxiety-among-the-muslims-of-mira-road-against-wasim-rizvi-31886}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=The Shia Times|url=http://archive.org/details/the-shia-times-2-successful-decades-of-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvi|title=The Shia Times, 2 Successful Decades Of Maulana Hasan Imam Rizvi|date=2022-03-09}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Zangipuri was born on March 1974 in Jangipur, Ghazipur.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine|url=https://archive.org/details/the-shia-times-shia-olama-magazine-2005-pg-19-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvi|access-date=2026-10-17|website=archive.org}}</ref> he studied his intial studies in [[India]] then moved to [[Qom]], [[Iran]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Falkenberger|first=Matthias|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675024M/The_Family_of_Masters|title=The Family of Masters|date=|publisher=Falkenberger Verlag|year=2026|location=[[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Germany]]|pages=Chapter no 12- Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi Zangipuri, Page 70 to Page 110|ol=62675024M}}</ref>, where he studied in [[Qom Seminary]] for about more than a decade<ref name=":2" /> In 2000, he got ijazah (permission) for ijtihad from [[Naser Makarem Shirazi|Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi]] and from then, he became a [[mujtahid]].<ref>Ijaza-e- Ijtihad, Page No. 1</ref>

Additionally Zangipuri served as the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of Hawzah e Sahibe Zamaan, a shia [[seminary]] in Qom Iran<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ahmed|first=Syed|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675031M/Qom_Ke_Ayyam|title=Qom Ke Ayyam|date=1995|publisher=Original Publisher: Qom Publications Place of Publication: Qom, Iran Year of Original Publication: 1995 Republished by: Zarr Press Place of Republishing: Dasht-e Barchi, District 13, Kabul, Afghanistan Year of Republishing: 1997|location=Qom, Iran and Dasht-e Barchi, District 13, Kabul, Afghanistan|pages=Page 5-6|ol=62675031M}}</ref><ref>Maulana Syed Ahmed, Qom ke Ayyam, p.22&23, Kabul</ref>. he was the first Indian to serve as the Dean of Hawzah e Sahibe Zamaan<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ahmed|first=Syed|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675031M/Qom_Ke_Ayyam|title=Qom Ke Ayyam|date=1995|publisher=Original Publisher: Qom Publications Place of Publication: Qom, Iran Year of Original Publication: 1995 Republished by: Zarr Press Place of Republishing: Dasht-e Barchi, District 13, Kabul, Afghanistan Year of Republishing: 1997|location=Qom, Iran and Dasht-e Barchi, District 13, Kabul, Afghanistan|pages=Page no 9|ol=62675031M}}</ref>. Zangipuri then left the office in 2002 and returned back to India<ref>{{Cite book|last=Afghanistani|first=Maulana Syed Ahmed|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675031M/Qom_Ke_Ayyam|title=Qom Ke Ayyam|date=1995|publisher=Original Publisher: Qom Publications Place of Publication: Qom, Iran Year of Original Publication: 1995 Republished by: Zarr Press Place of Republishing: Dasht-e Barchi, District 13, Kabul, Afghanistan Year of Republishing: 1997|location=Qom, Iran and Dasht-e Barchi, District 13, Kabul, Afghanistan|pages=Page no 13-14|ol=62675031M}}</ref><ref>Maulana Syed Ahmed, Qom ke Ayyam, P.17, Iran</ref>, on arrival back to India he received an offer letter as [[Imam|Imam-e-Jumma]] of Mira Road, a western suburb of [[Mumbai]]. since 2003 he is continuously serving as [[Imam|Imam-e-Jumma]] and later as chief of [[Shia Islam|shia community]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=IbrahimShaykh|date=2026-10-15|title=Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi: A Prominent Religious Leader and One of Most Influential Muslim Figures|url=https://submitpr.org/press-release/syed-hasan-imam-rizvi-a-prominent-religious-leader-and-one-of-most-influential-muslim-figures|access-date=2026-10-17|website=SubmitPR Free|language=en}}</ref>

Zangipuri is reported to have more than 1,00,000 followers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cohen|first=David Michael|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675030M/Religious_Authority_and_Social_Change_among_Twelver_Shia_Communities|title=Religious Authority and Social Change among Twelver Shia Communities|date=2024|publisher=Meridian Scholarly Publications|location=New York, United States|pages=Ayatollah Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi, Page 109 to Page 130|ol=62675030M}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Naqvi|first=Syed Abbas|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675025M/Ulama_of_the_Indian_Subcontinent_Biographical_Profiles_and_Intellectual_Traditions|title=Ulama of the Indian Subcontinent: Biographical Profiles and Intellectual Traditions|date=2023|publisher=Maktaba-e-Tahqiq, Pakistan|location=Karachi, Pakistan|pages=Section 19, Naqeeb-ul-Millat Ayatollah Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi, Page 127 to Page 149|ol=62675025M}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Eleanor J.|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675027M/Faith_and_Public_Leadership_among_India's_Muslim_Minorities|title=Faith and Public Leadership among India's Muslim Minorities|date=2024|publisher=Meridian Studies Press|location=New York, United States|ol=62675027M}}</ref>

Ayatollah Zangipuri<ref>[https://telegra.ph/Ayatollah-Syed-Hasan-Imam-Rizvi-Zangipuri-A-Revolutionary-10-21 Ayatollah Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi Zangipuri: A Revolutionary] ''Wilof d. Amins''</ref> is known as ''Naqeeb ul Millat'' meaning “leader of the community”<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Levesque|first=Dr Robert|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675032M/Indian_Muslim_Legends|title=Indian Muslim Legends: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia of Muslim scholars, Sufis, poets, philosophers, educators and reformers of Indian Sub continent.|date=2026|publisher=RL Publishing, USA|location=Fremont, California, United States|pages=Chapter 73, Page 465-467|doi=10.5281/zenodo.23338154}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Levesque|first=Dr. Robert|url=https://zenodo.org/records/23338154|title=Indian Muslim Legends|publisher=RL Publishing, USA|location=Fremont, California, United States|pages=Chapter No 73- Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi, Page 464 to Page 472|doi=10.5281/zenodo.23338154|ol=62675032M}}</ref>, ''Daqeeq ul Daqaaeq'' meaning "finest of fine"<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />. ''Allamah'' a title used for a scholar<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />. ''Aaftab-e-Imamat'', meaning “the Sun of Imamat,”<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> and Maulana, also spelled Mawlana or Molana, a title of respect commonly used for Muslim religious scholars.<ref name=":5" />

A compilation of his [[Sermon|sermons]] was published in a book titled ''Mimbar-e-Mudallal'', written by Syed Mehdi Jafri, a pakistani author and published by Idara-e-Ma'arif Publications in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jafri|first=Syed Mehdi|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL62675029M/Mimbar-e-Mudallal|title=Mimbar-e-Mudallal: Sermons and Intellectual Contributions of Syed Hasan Imam Rizvi|date=2023|publisher=Idara-e-Ma'arif Publications|location=Karachi, Pakistan|ol=OL62675029M}}</ref>

== Views ==
The Inquilab, ''(daily urdu newspaper)'' has reported Zangipuri as both [[Imam]] and [[Spokesperson]].<ref name="inquilab2021" /> Over the years, he has delivered religious addresses and participated in various [[Shia Islam|Shia]] religious and [[community]] programmes in Mira Road and elsewhere.

In March 2025, Zangipuri spoke about issues relating to [[Quds Day]], [[Palestine]] and Muslim unity.<ref name="quds2025">{{cite news|date=29 March 2025|title=رمضان المبارک کے آخری جمعہ کوشہر و مضافات میں ’یوم القدس‘ منایا گیا|language=Urdu|trans-title=Quds Day was observed in the city and suburbs on the last Friday of Ramadan|work=Inquilab|url=https://www.inquilab.com/news/articles/quds-day-was-celebrated-in-the-city-and-suburbs-on-the-last-friday-of-ramadan-75185}}</ref> In December 2025, Inquilab reported a ''"Seerat-un-Nabi and Ittehad-ul-Ummah conference"'' in [[Mira Road]] at which Zangipuri was also present, where he addressed the gathering on the role of individuals in strengthening the family system.<ref name="seerat2025">{{cite news|date=1 December 2025|title=سیرت النبیؐ و اتحاد امت کانفرنس میں قرآن مجید کے راستے پر چلنے کی تلقین|language=Urdu|trans-title=Call to follow the path of the Holy Quran at the Seerat-un-Nabi and Ittehad-ul-Ummah conference|work=Inquilab|url=https://www.inquilab.com/news/articles/exhortation-to-follow-the-path-of-the-holy-quran-at-the-seerat-ul-nabi-pbuh-and-ittehad-ul-ummah-conference-87709}}</ref> In 2021 report by ''Hamari Aawaz'' covered remarks Zangipuri made at a [[Social reform|social-reform]] meeting in [[Mira Road]].<ref name="hamariaawaz">{{cite news|date=16 March 2021|title=کرونا وائرس سے زیادہ خطرناک جہیز کا وائرس ہے: قاضی مطیع الرحمٰن قاسمی|language=Urdu|work=Hamari Aawaz|url=https://news.hamariaawaz.com/7967/}}</ref> Zangipuri has participated in a range of [[Religious studies|religious lectures]], [[Meeting|community meetings]] and [[Public demonstration|public demonstrations]]. Archival recordings show him at events relating to [[Al-Baqi Cemetery|Jannatul Baqi]], [[Quds Day|Quds]] [[Quds Day|Day]], the [[2022 Karnataka hijab row|hijab controversy]] and the [[Syed Wasim Rizvi|Waseem Rizvi]] controversy.<ref name="baqi2017">{{cite web|title=2017 Maulana Hasan Imam Rizvi's Protest on Jannatul Baqi|url=https://archive.org/details/2017-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvis-protest-on-jannatul-baqi|website=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="quds2023">{{cite web|title=2023 Yaum E Quds Protest, Mira Road, Maulana Hasan Imam Rizvi|url=https://archive.org/details/2023-yaum-e-quds-protest-mira-road-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvi|website=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="waseemarchive">{{cite web|title=2021 Darul Qaza Mira Road With Maulana Hasan Imam Rizvi|url=https://archive.org/details/2021-darul-qaza-mira-road-with-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvi-protest-on-waseem-rizvi-la|website=Internet Archive}}</ref> His public activities have also received coverage from outlets including ''Hawzah News'' and ''IQNA's Isfahan and Khorasan'' services<ref>{{Cite news|last=Isfahan|first=IQNA|title=IQNA Isfahan- Shia Olama wa Khuteba Board, Mira Road|url=https://isfahan.iqna.ir/ur/news/3512933/ممبئی-میں-شیعہ-علماء-اسمبلی-ہندوستان-کا-دو-روزہ-اہم-اجلاس-منعقد}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Khorasan|first=IQNA|title=IQNA Khorasan- Shia Olama wa Khuteba Council, Mira Road|url=https://khorasan.iqna.ir/ur/news/3512933/ممبئی-میں-شیعہ-علماء-اسمبلی-ہندوستان-کا-دو-روزہ-اہم-اجلاس-منعقد}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-10-21|title=ممبئی میں شیعہ علماء اسمبلی ہندوستان کا دو روزہ اجلاس؛ قومی مسائل کو باہمی اتفاق سے حل کرنے پر زور|url=https://ur.hawzahnews.com/news/384946/%D9%85%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A6%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B9%DB%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C-%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%81-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84|access-date=2026-10-02|website=حوزہ نیوز ایجنسی|publisher=حوزہ نیوز ایجنسی|language=ur}}</ref> In 2021, Zangipuri publicly responded to the controversy surrounding [[Syed Wasim Rizvi|Waseem Rizvi's]] proposed actions concerning the [[Quran]], according to ''[[The Inquilab]]''.<ref name="inquilab2021" /> Hawzah News further reported that ''"Maulana Hasan Imam and other clerics issued a video statement calling [[Syed Wasim Rizvi|Waseem Rizvi]] and his associates [[Apostasy|apostates]] and appealing for a [[Boycott|social boycott]]"''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-26|title=ہندوستان کے مختلف علاقوں کے علماء اور انجمنوں نے وسیم مرتد اور اس کے ساتھیوں کے سوشل بائیکاٹ کا اعلان کرتے ہوئے انہیں اسلام سے خارج قرار دیا|url=https://ur.hawzahnews.com/news/367998/%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%DA%BA-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%DA%BA-%D9%86%DB%92-%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1|access-date=2026-10-02|website=حوزہ نیوز ایجنسی|publisher=حوزہ نیوز ایجنسی|language=ur}}</ref> Zangipuri further criticised Waseem, stating, ''“These are verses from the Quran, not documents of the Waqf Board.”''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times|first=Mibha|title=Protestors seek Waseems arrest for petition against removal of Quranic verses|url=https://mibhatimes.com/social/protestors-seek-waseems-arrest-for-petition-against-removal-of-quranic-verses/|url-status=live}}</ref> March 2022 report by ''[[The Inquilab]]'' on a meeting concerning the [[hijab]] also listed Zangipuri among the religious figures who attended the gathering.<ref name="hijabinq">{{cite news|date=19 March 2022|title=اگر لڑکیاں حجاب پہنیں گی تو اسکول اور کالج انتظامیہ کو اجازت دینے پر مجبور ہونا پڑے گا|language=Urdu|trans-title=If girls wear hijab, school and college administrations will be forced to give permission|work=Inquilab|url=https://www.inquilab.com/news/articles/if-the-girls-wear-hijab-the-school-and-college-administration-will-be-forced-to-give-permission-34717}}</ref>

In 2017, Zangipuri was associated with a protest in Mira Road over statements made by journalist [[Rohit Sardana]]. Archival video footage shows him leading a [[protest rally]] and accompanying members of the Shia community to the Naya Nagar Police Station.<ref name="sardanatv">{{cite web|title=Shia Crowd Lead By Maulana Hasan Imam Rizvi Filed FIR In Mira Road Police Station Against Rohit Sardana On 2017|url=https://archive.org/details/shia-crowd-lead-by-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvi-filed-fir-in-mira-road-police-statio|website=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="sardanarally">{{cite web|title=2017, Rohit Sardana Protest Rally, Maulana Hasan Imam Rizvi|url=https://archive.org/details/2017-rohit-sardana-protest-rally-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvi|website=Internet Archive}}</ref> A later report by ''Veritas International Express'' described him as a senior Shia cleric and referred to him as the "Chief of Shias of Mira Road", the report said that he led members of the Shia community to Naya Nagar [[Police station|Police Station]] in connection with a complaint against [[Rohit Sardana|Sardana]].<ref name="veritassardana">{{cite news|date=2 September 2026|title=Senior Shia Cleric and Chief of Shia Population of Mira Road Maulana Syed Hasan Imam Zangipuri files an FIR against Journalist Rohit Sardana|work=Veritas International Express|url=https://veritasinternationalexpress.mojonetwork.in/national-news/mira-road-shia-cleric-fir-against-journalist-rohit-sardana}}</ref> Contemporary reporting by ''[[The Times of India]]'' independently documented that a police complaint had been filed in Mira Road concerning Sardana's remarks.<ref name="toiSardana">{{cite news|date=23 November 2017|title=Muslim groups see red over journo's tweet|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/muslim-groups-see-red-over-journos-tweet/articleshow/61759448.cms}}</ref><ref name="interview2015">{{cite web|date=2015|title=Interview Of Maulana Hasan Imam Rizvi, 2015, Zainabia Channel|url=https://archive.org/details/interview-of-maulana-hasan-imam-rizvi-2015-zainabia-channel|website=Internet Archive}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Syed Raza Imam]]
* [[Shia Islam]]
* [[Shia Islam in India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian Shia clerics]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Indian Shia Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian Islamic religious leaders]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Islam in India]]
[[Category:Hujjat Allah al-Mahdi]]

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