Allama Talib Jauhari, Pakistan’s renowned Shia scholar, passes away

by Tauqeer Abbas
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Allama Talib Jauhari, one of Pakistan’s most well-respected and known Shia scholars, has passed away at a private hospital in Karachi at the age of 81.
His death was confirmed by his son Riaz Johri. He had been hospitalised for a while and was in the ICU. He is said to have been suffering from cardiovascular complications and had been on the ventilator.
He is survived by three sons, and they will announce the details of the funeral, said Allama Shahenshah Naqvi, while speaking to SAMAA TV.
He was born in Patna, India on August 27, 1938. He was a poet and orator, who had been awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz.
His father Maulana Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar was a prominent scholar and an Urdu poet known for his exceptional poetry related to the Household of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), according to details available on his website.
“Allama Talib Jauhari studied Islamic theology in Najaf, Iraq under Ayatullah al Uzma Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. He was a student of Ayatullah Shaheed Sayyid Baqir Al-sadr. He has been a class fellow of Ayatullah al Uzma Sayyid Ali Sistani, although Ayatullah Sistani was among his seniors.  Allama Zeeshan Haider Jawwadi was also one of his class fellows in Najaf.”
Details of his funeral prayers are awaited. It is expected they will take place after Asr and he will be buried in Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard.

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