Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi
Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi (مولانا سيد سبط حسن نقوى) (d. 1935) was a Shia cleric from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was known by the title of "Khatib-E-Azam" (Great Orator). Family background. His last name "Naqvi" indicates he is one of the direct descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the lineage of the Imam Ali al-Naqi, he belonged to Nasirabadi sub-branch of "Naqvis of Darul Ijtihad Jais and Nasirabad". Waris Hasan comes from "Khandan-e-Ijtihad" a notable family of Shia Muslim clerics of erstwhile Oudh State whose Ayatollah Syed Dildar  Ali Naseerabadi "Ghufran-Ma'ab Naseerabadi" was Sibte's ancestor. Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi had a son named Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi. Waris Hasan too was a Shia cleric and held position of Principals of institutions like Shia College, Lucknow and Madrasatul Waizeen, Lucknow. Studies. He trained several Ulama such Kifayat Hussain, Adeel Akhtar, and Jaffer Hussain. He did "Mumtazul Afazil" from Jamia Nazmia where Ayatullah Najm al-Hasan "Namjmul Millat" was his teacher. Sibte Hasan was also the teacher of Maulana Ibne Hasan Nonaharvi. Public life. He was most famous for refining the style of Muharram "majlis" to the  format used today, most notably in the Urdu language. Before his time, majalises in Lucknow and other places contained marsiya, recited by great poets like Mir Anees and Mirza Dabeer. The new format has "Khutba" in Arabic, some "tafseer", "fazail" of Ahlul Bayt and then "masaeb" of Karbala. He has composed nauhey under pen-name "Fatir Jaisi", the collection has been published as 'Hamd e Rabbul Arbaab' and "Nauhe" by Noore Hidayat Foundation, Lucknow. He was one of the leading advocates of the Shia College campaign. He created a waqf "Shamsul Ulema Maulana" Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi on 10 April  1933, of which Waris Hasan his son became "mutwalli" (caretaker). Justine Jones has described Maulana as,