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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar and politician (b. 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mohibbullah Nadvi
| image =
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Rampur Lok Sabha constituency|Rampur]]
| term_start1 = 4 June 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi]]
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1976|01|01}}
| birth_place = Razanagar, [[Rampur district]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| occupation = Islamic scholar,<ref name="Preachers {{!}} Godmen, shamans & clerics">{{cite news |last1=India Today |title=Preachers {{!}} Godmen, shamans & clerics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-preachers-godmen-shamans-clerics-2565852-2024-07-13 |access-date=1 October 2024 |date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001074702/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-preachers-godmen-shamans-clerics-2565852-2024-07-13 |archive-date=1 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> [[Politician]]
| father = Mohammad Ali
| education = {{ubl|[[Ulama|Aālimiyyah]]|[[Master of Arts]]|[[Bachelor of Education]]}}
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]]|[[Jamia Millia Islamia]]|[[Al-Falah University]]}}
}}

'''Mohibbullah Nadvi''' (born 1 January 1976; {{IPA|hi|moːɦɪbʊlːaːɦ n̪əd̪ʋiː}}) is an Indian Islamic scholar, politician, and current [[Member of Parliament]] of [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Rampur Lok Sabha constituency|Rampur constituency]].<ref name="thewire"/> He is the Imam of the Parliament Street Mosque in [[Delhi]] and a member of the [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref name="eci">{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S247.htm |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=results.eci.gov.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><ref name="myneta">{{Cite web |title=Mohibbullah(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- RAMPUR(UTTAR PRADESH) |url=https://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=902 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604185128/https://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=902 |archive-date=2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=myneta.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-29 |title=Hopeful of getting Azam Khan's support: Rampur SP candidate |url=https://theprint.in/india/hopeful-of-getting-azam-khans-support-rampur-sp-candidate/2020344/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605070325/https://theprint.in/india/hopeful-of-getting-azam-khans-support-rampur-sp-candidate/2020344/ |archive-date=2024-06-05 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=[[The Print]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="standard">{{Cite web |date=19 July 2024 |title=Samajwadi MP Nadvi asks govt to mediate to stop war in Gaza, Ukraine |url=https://www.business-standard.com/politics/samajwadi-mp-nadvi-asks-govt-to-mediate-to-stop-war-in-gaza-ukraine-124071900578_1.html |access-date=8 August 2024 |website=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Mohibbullah Nadvi was born on January 1, 1976,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fatima |first=Heena |date=2024-04-12 |title=Why SP's Akhilesh defied Azam Khan and fielded a cleric from Delhi's Jama Masjid in Rampur seat |url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-sps-akhilesh-defied-azam-khan-and-fielded-a-cleric-from-delhis-jama-masjid-in-rampur-seat/2037231/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Akhtar |first=Suhail |date=26 June 2024 |title=من المسجد إلى البرلمان.. رحلة الإمام الهندي محب الله الندوي (فيديو) |trans-title=From the mosque to the parliament.. the journey of the Indian Imam Mohibullah Nadvi (video) |url=https://www.aljazeeramubasher.net/news/politics/2024/6/24/%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%ac%d8%af-%d8%a5%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%85 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=[[Al Jazeera Mubasher]] |language=ar}}</ref> to Mohammad Ali in Razanagar village, [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh]], to a Muslim family of Mohammad Ali.<ref name="myneta"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Srivastava |first=Piyush |date=2024-03-28 |title=Samajwadi Party fields Imam of Jama Masjid as its candidate for Rampur Lok Sabha seat |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/samajwadi-party-fields-imam-of-jama-masjid-as-its-candidate-for-rampur-lok-sabha-seat/cid/2009528 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331180152/https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/samajwadi-party-fields-imam-of-jama-masjid-as-its-candidate-for-rampur-lok-sabha-seat/cid/2009528 |archive-date=2024-03-31 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>

He received his Quranic education, or Hifz, in Rampur before continuing his studies at a madrasa in [[Sambhal]].<ref name="thewire">{{Cite web |title=The Maulana Who Defeated the BJP in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur |url=https://thewire.in/politics/maulana-nadvi-sp-uttar-pradesh-rampur |date=15 June 2024|access-date=2024-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001074730/https://thewire.in/politics/maulana-nadvi-sp-uttar-pradesh-rampur/?mid_related_new |archive-date=1 October 2024 |website=The Wire|language=en}}</ref>

Afterward, he moved to Lucknow to pursue higher education in Islamic studies at [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]], where he earned his title. He then headed to [[Aligarh]] for further studies but, disliking the intense political atmosphere on campus, chose instead to enroll at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in Delhi, where he graduated with a degree in Arabic honors. He later completed an MA in Islamic Studies and obtained a BEd from [[Al-Falah University]].<ref name="thewire"/><ref name="ind">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-25 |title=Parliament to mosque and back: A ritual MP-imam Mohibbullah says will continue |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/house-to-mosque-and-back-a-ritual-mp-imam-mohibbullah-says-will-continue-9412625/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
On March 28, 2005, Nadvi was appointed as an imam at the Parliament Street Mosque, New Delhi.<ref name="ind"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title=Rampur Lok Sabha Constituency: SP's Mohibullah Nadvi, BJP's Ghanshyam Lodhi and BSP's Zeeshan Khan in contest |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/rampur-lok-sabha-constituency-sps-mohibullah-nadvi-bjps-ghanshyam-lodhi-and-bsps-zeeshan-khan-in-contest-9269110/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-13 |title=Preachers {{!}} Godmen, shamans & clerics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-preachers-godmen-shamans-clerics-2565852-2024-07-13 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en |issn=0254-8399}}</ref>

He defeated [[Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by 87,434 votes in [[2024 Indian general election]] from the Rampur constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 'Hopeful of getting Azam Khan's support,' says Rampur SP candidate Maulana Nadvi |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/lok-sabha-elections-2024-hopeful-of-getting-azam-khans-support-says-rampur-sp-candidate-maulana-nadvi/3441040/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=[[The Financial Express (India)]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="eci" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-06-04 |title=SP's Mohibbullah Nadvi wins Rampur LS seat by over 87,000 votes |url=https://theprint.in/india/sps-mohibbullah-nadvi-wins-rampur-ls-seat-by-over-87000-votes/2116489/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 March 2024 |title=रामपुर में बढ़ गई सरगर्मी, क्‍या अखिलेश यादव ने मौलाना मोहिबुल्लाह नदवी को दे दिया टिकट? |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/rampur/rampur-news-akhilesh-yadav-gave-ticket-to-maulana-mohibullah-nadwi/articleshow/108812203.cms |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2024 |title=रामपुर में अखिलेश को मिल गया आजम खान का विकल्‍प! विरोध के बाद भी जीत गए मोहिबुल्लाह नदवी |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/rampur/rampur-lok-sabha-election-mohibbullah-nadvi-victory-made-him-substitute-of-azam-khan-latest-news-update/articleshow/110727280.cms |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

While giving a statement on external affairs in July 2024, he said that [[India]] is a great country. India should not only stop [[Gaza war|the war]] in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] by mediating but should also stop [[Russo-Ukrainian war|the war]] in [[Ukraine]] by intervening because India is the biggest example of a humanitarian approach, and that there is no bigger example of it than India in the world.<ref name="standard"/>

== Controversy ==
In July 2025, Nadvi faced political and religious criticism after photographs appeared showing Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders, including [[Akhilesh Yadav]] and MP [[Dimple Yadav]], inside the Parliament Street Mosque in New Delhi, where he serves as imam.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |title=BJP accuses Samajwadi Party of holding political meeting at a mosque, SP refutes the charge |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-accuses-samajwadi-party-of-holding-political-meeting-at-a-mosque-sp-refutes-the-charge/article69846523.ece |date=23 July 2025 |access-date=12 August 2025 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> According to BJP leaders, the gathering was political and amounted to misuse of the mosque, while SP leaders described it as a social visit.<ref name="Hindu" /><ref name="ANI">{{cite news |title=Akhilesh thinks all Islamic religious places are in his pocket: BJP's Jamal Siddiqui on SP's mosque meeting |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/akhilesh-thinks-all-islamic-religious-places-are-in-his-pocket-bjps-jamal-siddiqui-on-sps-mosque-meeting20250723124843/ |date=23 July 2025 |access-date=12 August 2025 |agency=ANI}}</ref>

Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, president of the [[All India Muslim Jamaat]], wrote to Delhi chief minister [[Rekha Gupta]] demanding Nadvi’s removal, citing what he described as a violation of the mosque’s sanctity, the entry of persons he called “impure”, and the participation of women despite local restrictions.<ref name="DH">{{Cite web |date=28 July 2025 |title=Delhi Mosque Row: Barelvi writes to Delhi CM, seeks removal of Nadvi from post of imam |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/uttar-pradesh/mosque-meeting-row-barelvi-writes-to-delhi-cm-seeks-removal-of-nadvi-from-post-of-imam-3651485 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref name="TOI29">{{cite news |title='Those who are impure can't visit mosque': Muslim body writes to Delhi CM Rekha Gupta after SP Parliament meet; seeks imam's Nadvi removal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/those-who-are-impure-cant-visit-mosque-muslim-body-writes-to-delhi-cm-rekha-gupta-after-sp-parliament-meet-seeks-imams-nadvi-removal/amp_articleshow/122945509.cms |date=29 July 2025 |access-date=12 August 2025 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> BJP Minority Morcha president Jamal Siddiqui also wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker seeking Nadvi’s disqualification, alleging that his position as imam constituted an “office of profit” paid by the [[Delhi Waqf Board]], and further alleging that he had hosted tea and snacks for party leaders inside the mosque.<ref name="TOI29" />

Separately, All India Imam Association president Sajid Rashidi criticised Nadvi for not objecting to Dimple Yadav’s attire and seating posture, remarks that led to an FIR against Rashidi for what police described as inflammatory and misogynistic comments.<ref name="TOI28">{{cite news |title='She should have learnt from Iqra Hasan how to sit': Maulana Sajid Rashidi justifies remarks on Dimple Yadav; targets SP MP Mohibbullah Nadvi, says he was 'sitting like a slave' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/she-should-have-learnt-from-iqra-hasan-how-to-sit-maulana-sajid-rashidi-justifies-remarks-on-dimple-yadav-targets-sp-mp-mohibbullah-nadvi-says-he-was-sitting-like-a-slave/articleshow/122949906.cms |date=28 July 2025 |access-date=12 August 2025 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> Nadvi rejected all allegations, stating that the gathering was informal, held ahead of a Parliament session, and intended to brief Akhilesh Yadav and others on the mosque’s history, noting that leaders such as [[Maulana Azad]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Rajendra Prasad]], and [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] had previously offered prayers there.<ref name="NBT">{{cite news |title=कौन हैं मौलाना मोहिबुल्लाह नदवी? पार्लियामेंट स्ट्रीट मस्जिद में सपा बैठक को लेकर विवाद, अब पलटवार |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/rampur/who-is-maulana-mohibullah-nadvi-controversy-over-sp-meeting-in-parliament-street-mosque-now-counter-attack/articleshow/122863160.cms |date=23 July 2025 |access-date=12 August 2025 |work=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

During the Winter Session of Parliament in December 2025, Samajwadi Party MP Mohibbullah Nadvi made a contentious remark in the Lok Sabha. Speaking about the Waqf (Amendment) Act and issues affecting the [[Muslim]] community, he stated that if what he described as oppression continued, “Muslims might have to do [[jihad]].” His comment sparked strong reactions and a political controversy.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Muslims might have to do jihad remark by SP MP Mohibullah Nadvi in Lok Sabha sparks row, BJP demands apology
|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/muslims-might-have-to-do-jihad-remark-by-sp-mp-mohibullah-nadvis-in-lok-sabha-sparks-row-bjp-demands-apology/articleshow/125761225.cms
|work=The Economic Times
|publisher=Times Internet
|access-date=2026-02-20
|language=en
}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Politics}}
*[[2024 Indian general election]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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