Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi

Zainab Sayyid Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi (Urdu: سيد سعيد اختر رضوي) (January 5, 1927 - June 20, 2002) was an Indian born, Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, who promoted Islam in East Africa.

[citation needed] His father was Sayyid Abul Hassan Rizvi and who was also a Hakim[1][circular reference] (Yunani medicine doctor) and a religious scholar.

He spoke and wrote in Urdu, English, Arabic, Persian, Swahili and was also familiar with Hindi and Gujarati.

[3] His funeral was held in Dar es Salaam with two scouts holding black flags in the cortege to the burial site.

[3] The Bilal Muslim Mission had been able to accomplished at lot in its objective of spreading the true teaching of Islam, through the hard work of its dedicated founders.

People from Guyana in South America to Poland in Europe and from Malaysia to West Africa benefitted and embraced the true Islam.