Sultanul Madaris
The Sultan ul Madaris سُلطان المدارس; is a Shia Islamic Madrasa for higher religious education in Lucknow, India. Major course of studies include Jurisprudence, Theology and Islamic Literature.About
It was founded in the year 1892 by Ayatullah Syed Muhammad Abul Hasan. The extensive madrasa buildings were erected under the supervision of the Nawab Mehdi Hasan Khan, a philanthropist of Awadh. The foundation stone was laid down in 1911 and the central hall was inaugurated by the then Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh Sir John Prescott Hewett.
Sultanul Madaris is the second Shia religious school in Lucknow. The first one was Madrasatul Imamia - Which was closed down by the Britishers and the third being Jamia Nazmia.Courses
The following courses are offered by the Madrasa:
- Darjat Tahtaniya
- Darjat Fokaania
- Darjat-e-Aalia
- Darj-e-Sannad-ul-Afazil
- Darj-e-Sadar-ul-Afazil
The first two courses Darjat Tahtaniya and Darjat Fokaania consisting of seven Darjas is the primary course.Alumni
Major personalities who have received education from Sultanul Madaris include, but are not limited to:
- Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Naqi Naqvi
- Ayatullah Al-Udhma Syed Rahat Hussain Rizvi Gopalpuri
- Ayatullah Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi Mujtahid,
- Maulana Syed Ibne Hasan Naunaharavi, Principal, Madrasatul Waizeen.
- Ziya'ul Millat Maulana Mujtahid Syed Wasi Mohammad Abidi, Principal, Wasiqa Arabic College, Faizabad.
- Zafrulmillat Ayatollah Syed Zafarul Hasan, Principal, Jawadia Arabic College, Banaras.
- Maulana Hafiz Kifayat Hussain.
- Hujjatul Islam Hakeem Maulana Syed Mazahir Hussain Rizvi Kararvi, Former Leader of Friday Prayers, Sultanate of Mahmudabad, Sitapur, Awadh
- Baba-e-Mantiq Maulana Syed Abdul Hussain.
- Allama Syed Ali Haider
- Maulana Ibne Hasan Karbalai, Karachi.
- Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan, Former Governor of West Bengal.
- Prof. Shabihul Hasan Naunaharavi, Lucknow University., was professor and chairman of Urdu Department at Lucknow University,
- Prof. Syed Suleman Abbas Rizvi, B.H.U.
- "Aqa-e-Shariat" Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid.
- Maulana Syed Hasan Rizvi, Karbala-e-Moalla, Iraq.
- Maulana Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, President All Jammu & Kashmir Shia Association
- Maulana Murtuza Husain "Fazil Lakhnavi", Lahore.
- Dr. Syed Kalbe Sadiq
- Maulana Syed Litafat Hussain Gopalpuri
- Maulana Syed Hasan Naqvi, Lucknow
- Prof. Imran Raza Rizvi.
- Maulana Syed Mohammad Mehdi Zayadpuri.
- Maulana Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar, Adeeb, Karachi.
- Maulana Ariful Millat Mufti Syed Arif Husain Rizvi Mujtahid. Ex-Principal, Sultanul Madaris, Khairpur.
- Maulana Syed Muhammad Adil Rizvi
- Ayatullah il uzma "Baqir-ul-Uloom" Maulana Syed Mohammad Baqir
- Ayatullah "Hadi-ul-Millat" Syed Mohammad Hadi.
- Maulana Syed Mohammad, Ex-Principal, Sultanul Madaris.
- Maulana Syed Ali, Ex-Principal, Sultanul Madaris.
- Maulana Syed Hussain, Prof. Faqihat, Jamia Sultania.
- Maulana Syed Ali Hussain, Lecturer, Faqihat, Jamia Sultania.
- Maulana Altaf Haider, Lecturer, Faqihat, Jamia Sultania.
- *Ex Principal, Madarse Aliya, Rampur ;
- *Ex Principal, Jamey Imaniya Nasirya, Jaunpur ;
- *Vice Principal, Sulatanul Madaris, Lucknow
- Khateeb-e-Akbar Allama Mirza Mohammed Athar
- Maulana Syed Abu Iftikhar Zaidi, Imam-e-Juma, Burundi.
- Maulana Aalim Husain, Shair Arabi
- Maulana Khadem Husain
- Maulana Syed Riyaz Akbar Aabedi Barahvi, Mombasa
- Maulana Mohammad Hasan Maroofi, Imam-e-Juma, Hussaini Mission, Hounslow, London
- Molana Mohammad Jafar waiz Ansari,Bani Madars e Jafarul uloom, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh