Arif Hussain Hussaini

Arif Hussain Hussaini
عارف حسين الحسينى
1st Leader of Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan
In office
29 August 1983 – 5 August 1988
Preceded byMufti Jafar Hussain
Succeeded bySyed Sajid Ali Naqvi
Personal details
Born
Syed Arif Hussain Hussaini

(1946-11-25)25 November 1946
Parachinar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died5 August 1988(1988-08-05) (aged 41)
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Manner of deathAssassination (gunshot wounds)
Resting placeAllama Hussaini shrine, Peiwar Pass[1]
NationalityPakistani
Political partyTehrik-e-Jafaria
EducationMadressah-e-Jaffaria
Alma materQom Seminary
TitleAllama
Hujjat al-Islam
Syed
Personal
ReligionIslam
DenominationTwelver Shīʿā
JurisprudenceUsuli
Main interest(s)Quran, Islamic philosophy, Tawhid, Forty Hadith, Kashf al-Asrar, Tahrir al-Wasilah, Islamic Government, Uṣūl al-Fiqh, Tafsīr, Nahj al-Balagha
Notable idea(s)Khomeinism, Wilayat al Faqih[2]
Notable work(s)
  • Aabad e Karwan
  • Piyam e Noor
Muslim leader

Syed Arif Hussain Al Hussaini (Urdu: علامہ عارف حسين الحسينى; 25 November 1946 – 5 August 1988) was an Twelver Shīʿā Muslim scholar, Islamist ideologue, Islamic Jurist, and Islamic Revolutionist leader of Shia Muslims in Pakistan. He is also known as Khomanei-e-Pakistan for his activities which earned him the reputation of being one of the most prominent advocates for the Shia population of Pakistan. He viewed the ideas of secularism, nationalism, liberalism and socialism as evil, which he understood to be the influence of Western and Soviet imperialism. He was assassinated in 1988 at aged 41.[6]

  1. ^ "Allama Arif Hussaini martyrdom anniversary held at his shrine". Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ Alex Vatanka, Influence of iranian revolution in Pakistan: Security, Diplomacy Islamist Influence, I.B.Tauris (1989), pp. 148 & 155
  3. ^ Alex Vatanka, Influence of iranian revolution in Pakistan: Security, Diplomacy Islamist Influence, I.B.Tauris (1989), pp. 148 & 155
  4. ^ R. Michael Feener (2004), Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, ABC-CLIO, p. 89, ISBN 9781576075166
  5. ^ Jafri 1979, p. 181.
  6. ^ Nasr, Mawdudi and Islamic Revivalism 1996, p. 49

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