Wazih, Mohammad (c 1803-1864) educationist, Islamic scholar and writer. Born in Bihar, he studied and worked in calcutta. He studied at Aliyah Madrassah in Calcutta and took up a teaching position at the same institution. He retired as Head of the Department of Arabic in 1856.

Mohammad Wazih was an influential personality in the Muslim society of Calcutta. He had profound knowledge of Islamic scriptures and Arabic literature. He termed India 'Darul Harb' (an enemy land), and took the view that it was unscriptural and unreasonable to offer Jumma and Eid prayers in this country. He also published a booklet to this effect which was titled Dafush Shurur An Masayilin Nuzur.

Mohammad Wazih was vice president of Anjuman-e-Islami (1855), the first Muslim organisation in Calcutta, and the first president of Abdul Latif's mohammedan literary society (1863). He wrote a book of explanatory notes on religious issues in Urdu which was titled Nizamul Islam (1841). In it he discussed a variety of topics on Shariyah in the form of questions and answers, and attempted to establish the superiority of the Hanafi school of thought among the four mazhabs. His disciple Nasiruddin Sami wrote a long qasida in Persian in praise of Moulana Wazih. [Wakil Ahmed]