Resident Scholar Maulana Sheikh Wajid Hussain Mehdavi

Wajid Hussain received his early education at Pilot Model School Parachinar, a well-reputed school in the town of Parachinar. In 2002, he joined Madrasa Jafferia in Parachinar, where he studied foundational subjects such as logic, jurisprudence, and Islamic principles. Later, he moved to Jamia Al-Kauthar in Islamabad to pursue advanced studies in jurisprudence and Islamic principles under the guidance of Sheikh Mohsin Ali Najafi, from whom he also learned Quranic interpretation.

After completing these studies, he traveled to the holy city of Qom in Iran and enrolled at Al-Mustafa International University. There, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Mysticism, writing his thesis on Islam and Liberalism. He then completed an MPhil in Islamic Philosophy, focusing his thesis on Rational Thought in the Quran and Sunnah.

Alongside his studies at Al-Mustafa University, he attended other academic institutions in Qom to deepen his research on Hadith and Mahdism.

In 2013, at the request of Allama Shaheed Muhammad Nawaz Irfani, he briefly taught at Madrasa Jafferia. Since 2020, he has resumed teaching there. During this period, he has actively participated in religious events at the central mosque and Imambargah, regularly delivering sermons during Muharram at the main Imambargah and leading Friday sermons in the absence of Agha Fida Hussain Mazaheri at Parachinar Markaz.

He later moved to Melbourne, Australia, at the request of the management committee of the Qaim Foundation Australia, where he now serves as the Resident Scholar.