Hasnain Baqai

Hasnain Baqai, also known as Shah Saheb,is an Islamic scholar.He is the patron and parts of various social, academic and other developmental activities of Sufi Sunni Muslims in India.

Hasnain Baqai
Hasnain Baqai, March 2016
TitleKhatibul Hind
Personal
Born
Safipur
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
ParentsSyed Waliullah Baqai
SchoolSufi
LineageSyed
Known forIslamic scholar and social leader,educational and humanitarian activist
Other namesShah Saheb
ProfessionIslamic scholar
Muslim leader
Based inSafipur
InitiationKhanqah Aliyah Baqaiyah
ProfessionIslamic scholar
Present postNayeb Sajjada Nasheen
Websitehttps://sufiboard.org/
Hindi name
Hindiशाह सय्यद हसनैन बक़ाई

Family background

He was born on 26 February in Sufi City of Safipur, in highly religious Sufi family of Hazrat Syed Baqa-Ullah Shah Safvi Khadmi Chishty.He is the son of Maqdoom e Millat Shah Syed Waliullah Baqai.[1]

Positions

He has held the following positions:

[4]

  • National General Secretary of Sufi Islamic Board[5]
  • National General Secretary of All India Sufi Sajjada Nashin Council

Opinions

Divorce
Baqai addressing the media

Baqai disagrees with the notion of a "triple talaq" divorce. He is of the view that pronouncing triple Talaq will not render marriage void. He supported the BJP government rendition of an opinion against the legality of 'triple talaq' divorce for Muslim women, during the proceedings of the Supreme Court.[6][7]

CAA,NRC
Hasnain Baqai interacting with religious leaders on 21-12-2019

He held a big public meeting with big Shia and Sufi religious leaders of the state along with Bharatiya Janata Party's state president Swatantra Dev Singh regarding CAA, NRC in Uttar Pradesh and supported the government in favor of CAA, NRC. [8]

Execution of Nimr al-Nimr & Faris Zarani
Baqai addressing a crowd in Lucknow

In an interview condemning the execution of Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, Baqai said: "One Shia and [one] Sunni cleric were hanged just because they were raising voices for minorities’ rights and against the sheltering of terrorism by Saudi Arabia."[9][10]

Terrorism
Hasnain Baqai addressing media against Terrorism

He speaks vocally against terrorism from forums, he believes that terrorism has no religion. The youth is being misled in the name of religion and it should be the responsibility of the religious leader of every religion that the person of his religion should not fall under such mischief. [11] [12] [13]

Unity between Shia and Sunni

Baqai advocates the unity of Sunnis and Shia.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Hasnain Baqai addressing media Against popular Front of India

He started a nation-wide agitation against the Popular Front of India (P.F.I.) He says P.F.I. is a threat to the Peace and Integrity of our Nation and because they are radicalizing the youth of our Nation. [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

References
  1. "Safipur_ Unnao". www.aulia-e-hind.com.
  2. "AIUMB on Twitter".
  3. https://www.amarujala.com/amp/lucknow/shia-religious-teacher-again-threat-to-kill-for-supporting-rajnath-singh
  4. https://twitter.com/swatantrabjp/status/1208028984828518401?s=21&t=-4k8bsKttm1w1VZtmZ0yGw
  5. http://sufiboard.org/central-executive-committee-c-e-c/
  6. "तीन तलाक गैर इस्लामी मामला, सती प्रथा की तरह एक कुप्रथाः हसनैन बकाई".
  7. "Sufis join the chorus against triple talaq in single sitting – Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. https://twitter.com/swatantrabjp/status/1208028982181937152?s=21&t=PCQGFTtaZc-bcJmzJgVoHQ
  9. "Protests in Srinagar, Lucknow over Saudi execution". 4 January 2016.
  10. IBTimes (4 January 2016). "Restrictions in Srinagar after Shias protest execution of cleric by Saudi Arabia". International Business Times.
  11. https://m.jagran.com/lite/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-pakistan-should-declared-terrorist-country-demands-shia-sunni-ulama-18985519.html
  12. https://www.amarujala.com/amp/lucknow/rashtriya-ekta-adhiveshan-in-protest-of-terrorism
  13. https://twitter.com/republic_bharat/status/1513879769422897155?s=21&t=0oKS6Q06Ts6fZE-7m7_Pwg
  14. "आतंकवादी धमकी के बावजूद 25 को होगा शिया-सूफी सुन्नी सम्मेलन".
  15. "Shia cleric Kalbe Jawad claims he got threat call for speaking against terrorism | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  16. http://nayalook.com/?p=13057
  17. http://tahlkanews.in/up-news/lucknow-bada-imambada-shiya--sufi-sammelan--469773
  18. "आतंकवाद का मुकाबला इमाम हुसैन ने किया था". 26 March 2018.
  19. "आतंकवाद के खिलाफ बड़े इमामबाड़े शिया-सूफी सम्मेलन आज".
  20. "Yojana Monitor".
  21. https://goachronicle.com/sufi-islamic-board-writes-to-centre-demanding-a-ban-on-pfi/amp/
  22. https://www.amarujala.com/amp/india-news/misguided-youth-by-luring-pretty-girls-in-the-name-of-jihad-pfi-charges-for-terror-school
  23. https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/delhi/bharat/bharat-news/sufi-islamic-board-in-lucknow-demands-ban-on-pfi/na20201124012435466
  24. https://m.up.punjabkesari.in/uttar-pradesh/news/pfi-and-its-political-arm-sdpi-should-be-banned-at-indian-level-sufi-society-1285671?amp
  25. https://www.headlinekarnataka.com/news/National-International/8932/Sufi-Islamic-Board-carries-out-Extensive-campaign-to-Ban-PFI-in-India
  26. https://sufiboard.org/s-i-b-movement-against-p-f-i/
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