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| name = Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati Musavi<br/><small>alias</small><br/>'''Agha Roohi'''<br />
| title = Hujjatul Islam<br />
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| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[India]]<br />
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| ethnicity = [[Indian people|Indian]] <br/> [[Kintoor]]i [[Musavi]] [[Sayyid]]<br />
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| Maddhab = [[Ja'fari jurisprudence|Ja`fari]]<br />
| school_tradition = [[Usuli]] [[Twelver]] [[Shi`a Islam]]<br />
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'''Syed Ali Nasir Saeed [[Abaqati]] [[Musavi]]''', known as '''Roohul Millat''' and '''Agha Roohi''', is a [[Shia]] [[cleric]] from [[Lucknow]], [[India]].<br />
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==Family background==<br />
Syed Ali Nasir Saeed [[Abaqati]] popularly known as Agha Roohi is a Shia scholar from Lucknow, India and comes from the family of [[Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi]] whose book ''`Abaqat al'anwar fi imamat al 'A'immat al'athar'' is popular among Twelver Shi'a scholars worldwide, and quoted even today.<ref>[http://mullasadra.blogspot.in/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html#!/2011/09/scholarship-in-sayyid-family-in-avadh-i.html Scholarship in a sayyid family of Avadh I: Musavī Nīshāpūrī of Kintūr]</ref><br />
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He belongs to the lineage of [[Muhammad Quli|Syed Mohammad Quli Khan]].<ref>[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/3385087/Leader-of-Heaven Leader of Heaven] No. 18</ref><ref name="roots">[http://www.al-huda.com/Article_4of79.htm '''Roots of North Indian Shi‘ism in Iran and Iraq''' Religion and State in Awadh, 1722–1859], ''by J. R. I. Cole, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford''</ref><ref name = "islam">{{cite book| last1 = Burke| first1 = Edmund| last2 = Abrahamian| first2 = Ervand| last3 = Lapidus| first3 = Ira Marvin| title = Islam, Politics, and Social Movements| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6JrL2GdwkVsC&pg=PA284| year = 1988| publisher = University of California Press| isbn = 978-0-520-06868-1| page = 284 }}</ref><br />
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His family is renowned and respected in [[Lucknow]], where his father ''Saeed-ul-Millat '' Syed Mohammad Saeed and grandfather ''Syed Nasir-ul-Millat'' enjoyed much respect in their lifetimes. His ancestral town is [[Kintoor]], [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and he traces his lineage to Muhammad via Imam [[Musa al-Kazim]], hence the name "Musavi".<ref name = "Justin Jones">{{cite book| last = Jones| first = Justin| title = Shi'a Islam in Colonial India Religion, Community and Sectarianism| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rrioNz8_EwwC&pg=PA243| year = 2011| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-1-139-50123-1| page = 243 }}</ref><br />
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He is the first cousin of ''khateeb ul imaan, sher e Hindustan marhoom'' [[Tahir Jarwali]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}<br />
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He has two younger brothers Syed Husain Nasir Saeed Abaqati and Syed Sajjad Nasir Saeed Abaqati. He has two sons Syed Abbas Nasir Saeed Abaqati and Syed Murtaza Nasir Saeed Abaqati and currently resides in the famous Nasirya Library in [[Lucknow]]. His only Sister is married to famous Urdu Poet Kazim Jarwali.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}<br />
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==His majalis (religious lectures)==<br />
Agha Roohi recites the ''ashra-e-majalis'' (religious lecture to commemorate the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain, spanning ten days) at Shia PG College (at Victoria Street in Nakhas) in morning and at Afzal Mahal in evening.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014604/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-02-24/lucknow/28336668_1_moharrum-majlis-maulana-kalbe-jawwad Old city immersed in Moharrum solemnity], <br />
24 February 2004</ref><br />
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He is an ''exponent of [[Tabarra]]'', openly curse the enemies of Hussainiyat, the killers of Imam Hussain.<br />
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==Involvement in community matters, demonstrations and rallies==<br />
* He has been involved in issue related to [[Qazi Nurullah Shustari#Shaheed-e-Salis mousoleum|Mazar-e-Shahid Salis]] in [[Agra]].<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Shia-ulema-at-odds-over-shrine-control/Article1-85189.aspx# Shia ulema at odds over shrine control]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, HT Correspondent, Lucknow, 9 April 2006</ref><br />
* In 2006 he was removed from the board of [[Shia college]], Lucknow.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Shia-clerics-at-dispute-over-Shia-college/Article1-194660.aspx# Shia clerics at dispute over Shia college]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Masoodul Hasan, Lucknow, 19 December 2006</ref><br />
* In May 2006 he opposed 'new model nikahnama' for the Shia community issued by [[All India Shia Personal Law Board]], headed by Maulana [[Mirza Mohammed Athar]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020141942/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/103464.aspx Now, a model nikahnama only for Shias], M Hasan, Lucknow, 29 May 2006</ref><br />
* He held [[al-Qaeda]] responsible for [[2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing|2006]]–[[2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing|2007]] destruction of the [[Al-Askari Mosque]] in [[Samarra]], [[Iraq]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105094442/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1289445231.html Sadiq, Jawad blame US; Abaqati puts it on Qaeda], Article from: The ''Hindustan Times'', Article date: 15 June 2007</ref><br />
* In 2009 Law Commission's report on bigamy resulted in opposition from [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]], Agha Roohi suggested Law Commission to talk to clerics over this issue.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Keep-off-clerics-tell-law-panel-to-meet-PM/Article1-441001.aspx# Keep off, clerics tell law panel; to meet PM]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, M. Hasan, ''Hindustan Times'', Lucknow, 7 August 2009</ref><br />
* On 14 November 2010 he and fellow cleric [[Kalbe Jawad]] tried to stop the annual meeting of the board of trustees at Shia Post Graduate Degree College because it was being held on a Sunday. The men were taken into preventive custody but were released when violent protests broke out.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Cleric-detained--supporters-go-on-rampage-in-Lucknow/711205 Cleric detained, supporters go on rampage in Lucknow], [[The Indian Express|Express news service]], Mon 15 November 2010, 04:28 hrs</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&q=Agha+Roohi&pg=PA353|title=Muslims in Indian cities : Trajectories of Marginalisation|date=2012|publisher=Hurst & Co|others=Gayer, Laurent., Jaffrelot, Christophe.|isbn=9781849041768|location=London|oclc=794935130}}</ref><br />
* In Apr 2017, he issued a statement forbidding cow slaughter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fareed |first1=Faisal |title=Lucknow: Shia Muslim youths form 'Gau Raksha Dal', vow to end cow slaughter |url=https://scroll.in/latest/834041/lucknow-shia-muslim-youths-form-gau-raksha-dal-vow-to-end-cow-slaughter |accessdate=13 October 2018 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref><br />
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==Syed Abbas Nasir Saeed Abqati==<br />
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His son Syed Abbas Nasir Saeed Abqati (b. 1986), a PhD student in Shia theology, fought against the [[Islamic State in Iraq and Syria]] (ISIS, or IS) while he was studying at Najaf University (''Al-Hawza al-'Ilmiyya fi al-Najaf al-Ashraf'' Islamic seminary) in July 2014 when clashes with the ISIS broke out in Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fareed|first1=Mohd Faisal|title=Shia youth 'who fought ISIS' gets grand welcome home in Lucknow|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttar-pradesh/shia-youth-who-fought-isis-gets-grand-welcome-home-in-lucknow/|accessdate=13 Oct 2018|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeelani|first1=Gulam|title=Shia cleric who fought against ISIS, returns to a hero's welcome in Lucknow|url=http://www.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/lucknow-based-cleric-who-fought-against-isis-calls-it-a-killing-machine-627233.html|accessdate=30 November 2014|publisher=News18|date=13 Oct 2018}}</ref> Apart from other ''majalis'' he now addresses ''majlis'' at Shia College during first 10 days of Muharram.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maulana Abbas Nasir Saeed Abaqati Sb. |url=http://www.p5world.com/2017/10/23/maulana-abbas-nasir-saeed-abaqati-sb/ |website=www.p5world.com |accessdate=13 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Islamic scholars]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://twocircles.net/2010dec18/shia_sunni_clash_lucknow_during_muharram.html Shia Sunni clash in Lucknow during Muharram], 18 December 2010 – 11:04&nbsp;pm<br />
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