Allamah Sayyid Saeed Akhter Rizvi

Born: 1st Rajab, 1345 / 5th January, 1927

A faqih and muhaddith, an expert in

tafseer and scholastic theology, a rijali

and historian, an author and speaker, a

poet and a linguist.

His sincere zeal, armed with these

qualities, has made him one of the

greatest Muballighs the Shia world has

ever known. He initiated the plan of

tabligh among Africans; is a Founder

and Chief Missionary of Bilal Muslim

Mission of Tanzania. His books and

correspondence have been instrumental

in spreading the Orignal Islam from Philippines to Guyana.

Before him Tabligh among Africans was taboo; his endeavours have

turned in into a badge of honour; and now many youths spend their

times in various Tabligh activities. He speaks and writes in Urdu,

English, Arabic, Persian and Kiswahili; and knows Hindi and Gujarati.

More than one hundred books are to his credit; some of them have

been translated into seventeen languages. He has been given

Ijazah by fourteen Grand Ayatullahs for riwayah, Qazawah, and

Umur-e-hasbiyah

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