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Qazi Nurullah Shustari(Shaheed e Salis)(r.a)
Shaheed-e-Saalis, Qazi Nurullah Shustri r.a | Allama Muhammad Shifa Najafi
Qazi Noorullah Shustari (Urdu: قاضی نور اُللہ شوستری, Hindi: क़ाज़ी नूरुल्लाह शुस्तरी) (1542 -1610/11) also known as Shaheed-e-Salis (third martyr) was an eminent Shia faqih (jurist) and alim (scholar) of the Mughal period. He may also have served as the Qazi-ul-Quzaa during the reign of Akbar.
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- Qazi Nurullah ShustariShaheed e Salisra
- Shaheed e Saalis Qazi Nurullah Shustri ra Allama Muhammad Shifa Najafi
- Life
- Death
- Legacy
- works
- References
Life
He was born in 956 AH at Shushtar, in present-day Khuzestan, Southern of Iran. He belonged to the Marashi family in Amol. He moved from Mashhad to India, on 1 Shawwal 992/6 October 1584. Although according to some accounts the year may have been 1587. He was an emissary of Akbar in Kashmir obtained the first census of the areas of Mughal Empire during Akbar's reign.
Death
When Jahangir came to power his position within the court came under threat both from the enemies he had made while settling the disputes in Agra and Kashmir, and from Jahangir's own orthodox stance. Ultimately his own book Ahqaq-ul-haq was presented as evidence against him, he was declared a heretic and sentenced to death due to his religious beliefs. He was executed by flogging in Jumada II 1019/September 1610, when he was seventy.
Legacy
His tomb at Agra is under waqf deed of Dawood Nori Nasir Bagh. The deed states that a member from the family of Nasirul Millat would be patron of the Mazar.Shushtari wrote approximately fifty books and essays in Islamic sciences like kalam, jurisprudence and sirah. He has considered as one of those who paved the way for the development of shia.
works
He wrote many works in different disciplines. some of them are as follow: