Background
Arif Hussain al-Hussaini was born on 25 November 1946 in the Village Piwaar of Kurram Agency, Parachinar into the house of Fazal Hussain Shah.
Arif Hussain al-Hussaini was born on 25 November 1946 in the Village Piwaar of Kurram Agency, Parachinar into the house of Fazal Hussain Shah.
Later he got admission into the Madressa Jafria Parachinar from where he went to the Iraqi city of Najaf for further studies, where he also studied under Ayatollah Khomeini in Iraq.
His family belongs to the Husseini branch of Syeds, which trace descent to the fourth Shi"a imam, Zayn al-‘Ābidīn. The specific local branch name was Doerazai. Arif received his primary education at his home town government primary school and later went on to Parachinar to complete his matriculation.
In 1975 and 1977 he went on Haj.
Due to the his involvement in Kurrum Agency and also for Madressah-e-Jaffaria in Parachinar, Abid Hussain al Hussaini called him for help. In a meeting of 28 persons called in Bhakkar, Punjab, Arif Hussain was given the leadership of Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan, five months after the death of Mufti Jafar Hussain on February 10, 1984 in Bhakkar.
He was recommended by Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi and other. Hussaini was killed in Peshawar on August 5, 1988.
After having prayed at a local mosque, he was confronted by two gunmen and shot.
The attackers escaped but were later arrested. Hussaini died of his wounds while being transported by ambulance to a local hospital. His body was taken from Peshawar to his native village of Peshawar by helicopter.
The former President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and special representatives of the Iranian government participated in his funeral rites.
The Iranian government supported the construction of a mazar over his grave in Peshawar.
