Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab


Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab in Lucknow, India is an imambara constructed by eminent Shia cleric Ayatollah Syed Dildar Ali Naseerabadi Al Jayasi in the early 1790s.

The imambara

The imambara is named Ghufran Ma'ab after popular name of Ayatollah Syed Dildar Ali 'Gufran Ma'ab' and is major religious culture center of Lucknow. It is run by his descendants of Ayatollah Ghufran Ma'ab, as of May 2012 his descendant, Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad is mutawalli of the imambara. The imambara is located at Maulana Kalbe Hussain Road in Chowk locality of Lucknow.
Kalbe Jawad addresses the majlis there for the first 10 days of the holy month of Muharram which is attended by thousands of people. The imambara is known internationally for its Shaam-e-Ghariban majlis.

The graveyard

Outside the Imambara is a graveyard which was intended to be used as a place of burial for scholars. Many eminent personalities are buried in its graveyard. People buried in its graveyard include Maulana Syed Kalbe Hussain, Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid, Maulana Syed Ibne Hasan Nonaharvi and Sultan-ul-Ulema Maulana Syed Qaim Mahdi, Maulana Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi.

The Nasirabad imambara

There is an Imambarah with same name in Nasirabad the ancestral village Ayatollah Syed Dildar Ali Naseerabadi.