Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi

Shaykh-ul-Quran
حضرت شیخ القرآن
Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi
محمد عبدالغفور ہزاروی
TitleRahbar-e-Sharia, Qudwat ul-Salikeen, Zubdat ul-Arfeen, Burhan-ul-Wasleen, Makhdoom Ahle Sunnah, Hazrat Shaykh-ul-Quran, Abu al-Haqaiq
Personal
Born9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1326 Hijri 1 January 1909 Georgian calendar
Chamba Pind, Kot Najeebullah, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died7 Sha'aban 1390 Hijri (1970-10-09)9 October 1970 (aged 61)
Resting placeWazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
Nationality Pakistan
EraModern era
RegionSouth Asia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedSufism
MovementBarelvi
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Tafsir, Sunnah, Hadith, Sharia, ʿAqīdah, Seerah, Mantiq, Islamic philosophy, oratory, Tasawwuf
Notable idea(s)Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat
Notable work(s)Jamia Nizamia Ghousia, Manaqib-al-Jaleela
Alma materDarul Uloom Bareily
TariqaChishti, Qadiriyya, Uwaisi
OccupationPolitical leader, Grand Mufti
Muslim leader
Disciple ofHamid Raza Khan
AwardsNishan-e-Imtiaz (1958)
President of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
In office
19 September 1948 – 9 October 1970
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byAbdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni[1]
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Manzar-e-Islam in Bareilly

Akhundzada Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (Urdu: اخوندزادہ محمد عبدالغفور ہزاروی چشتی) (1 January 1909 – 9 October 1970) was a Muslim theologian, jurist, and scholar of ahadith in Pakistan (South Asia).[2] He was active in the Pakistan movement, and served as a member of Council of Islamic Ideology. He was the companion of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and was active in the independence movement of Pakistan against the British Raj.[3] He was a Sufi of the Chishti Sufi order and the founding member of the religious Barelvi Sunni strain political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP). He became its president in 1948. He was also a political figure in Pakistan and was the first recipient of Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) by the President of Pakistan. He was also the chairman of Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat, an organisation opposed to the Ahmadiyya Movement that waged a campaign against Mirza Ghulam Ahmed's claim of prophethood.

  1. ^ "Awais Noorani slams JI politics". The Nation (newspaper). 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. ^ Zebiri, Kate. Review of Maududi and the making of Islamic fundamentalism. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 61, No. 1.(1998), pp. 167–168.
  3. ^ "Alliance with PML-Q triggers rift in Sunni Ittehad". Dawn (newspaper). 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.