Controversy
He was opposed by sections of the Shia community for writings in the book “Shaheed-E-Insaniyat” which proclaimed the Presence of Water in the Tents of Hazrat Imam Hussain (as) during the Battle of Karbala in 61AH, and also throws doubt the Martyrdom of Hazrat Ali Asghar (as) by the Arrow of Hurmula.
Shaheed-E-Insaniyat was published by Idaar-e-Yaadgar-e-Husaini which had 300 members. Their purpose was to present a book on Karbala which could be acceptable to an international inter-sect readers group.
The book was written in 1942 (1361 AH) by a team formed by all the Ulemas of all religion to write on Imam-e-Husain and Karbala on the occasion of completion of 1300 years of Karbala. Contributions from many of these learned men were then compiled in a book form by Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Naqi Naqvi and initially 500 copies were printed for review by the members of the mentioned organization (who were asked to review the text and revert with their comments) so that the final version could be published with any amendments if required.
There were over 40 objections on this draft but the controversy that got the biggest space with the common masses was about the presence of water in Karbala.
These statements were then attributed to Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Naqi and these allegations hounded him for the rest of his life.
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