Syed Jawad Naqvi

Syed Jawad Naqvi سید جواد نقوی استاد is an eminent Pakistani Twelver Shia Muslim cleric born in Abottabad, Pakistan in 1952. He has three PhD's in Philosophy, Sociology and Fiqh. He has also studied and taught Islam in Iran for more than 30 years. His most prominent teacher was Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli.
Naqvi is significant for his unique style of preaching of Islam-e-Naab, The pure Islam, stepping away from the traditional practice among Shia Muslims ulema of confronting Sunni Muslims beliefs and delivering dialogue-filled sermons. He focuses more on implementing Islam in today's world, rather than living in the past. Naqvi is also the founder of the monthly magazine Masharab-e-Naab. His lectures and speechesmake him unique from other Muslim Urdu scholars. He stresses over Islamic Revolution of Iran and wants to establish Wilayat System.

Naqvi is the founder and leader of the Madressa Jamia Urwat-ul-Wusqa.

This Madressa is now much popular not even in Lahore but in whole Pakistan as well as in other neighbouring countries including Iran and India. He is also the founder and leader of Jamia Jafferiya and Jamia Umm-ul-Kitab for women. He is also the founder and leader of Jamia Deen-ul-Qayim Virtual Islamic Seminary.

Naqvi has written many books on Quran, Pan Islamic Unity, Karbala and Islam including "Adaab-e-Fahm-e-Quran", "Aqdar-e-Ashura" "Fitna Akhruz Zaman" "Wahdat Ummat Ka Framoush Rukn" "Rasm-i-Shabiri" and "Hussain as Waris-e-Anbia". Although most of his works are in Urdu, some of his publications have been translated into English, such as "The Candle of the Path of Allah", "Defeated Velvet Revolution In Iran", "Values of Ashoora", "The Philosophy of Islam" and "The System of Wilayat".

In the March 2015, just after the inauguration of Jamia Masjid Allama Mufti Jafar, Friday prayer has been started and Hujjatul Islam Ustad Syed Jawad Naqvi deliver the Khutba e Jumma, Friday sermon.

In 2013, Naqvi was banned by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif from lecturing at Masjid-e-Muhammadi in Lahore, over fears that his lectures would incite action against oppression. This occurred after Police deliberately prevented Naqvi's security from entering the mosque, sparking mass protests outside the mosque.