Category Archives: Biographies

Hafiz Thanaullah Isa Khan Madni was born in February 1940 in Kals in the area of Qasur. he did his early studies in Sarhali Kalan in area of Qasur where his familial house was, and he memorized the Quran there. In 1953 a conference was held in his village in which Hafiz Abdullah Ropuri, his […]

The Shaykh studies and teaching in Egypt Shaykh AbdurRazaq ibn Afifi ibn Atiyah ibn AbdilBarr ibn Sharfudin was born in 1323 in Shanshor Egypt. He joined Al-Azhar in 1340, which was at the time under administration of Shaykh Muhammad Shakir, the father of the great Muhadith Shaykh Ahmad Shakir. He spend 4 years in primaries, […]

Biography of Allamah Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti (1291-1375) (1874-1956) Birth and Studies Shaykh Ibrahim was born in 1291/1874 in Sialkot, his father’s name was Seth Qadir Bakhsh. He studied the Quran at home and passed Matric exams in 1895 in Mission High school Gandam Mandi Sialkot. After doing Matric he was admitted in Murree College […]

Pr Ghulam Ahmad Hariri (1920-1990) He was born in Gurdaspur in 1920. he did his FA in 1938, his BA in 1940, his Molvi fazil in 1944, Munshi fazil in 1945, MA Arabic in 1955 in Punjab University. He would attend the lessons of Quran of Molana Ghullamullah Khan in Rawalpindi He started to work […]

Shaikh Muqtada Hasan Azhari (1939-2009) He was born on 8 august 1939 in Mao Nath Bhanjan in UP province, in a poor family, his father used to make clothes, and his mother was the daughter of Molana Muhammad Numan A'zami, a student of Mian Nazeer Husayn Dehlawi. He did his primary studies in Mao Nath […]

Biography of Shaykh Ridhaullah Mubarakpuri (1952-2003) Birth and family Shaykh Ridhaullah was born in the province A'zamGhar in the village of Mubarakpur in 1952. His father Haji Muhammad Idrees Jarah was not a scholar but a medical doctor and Hajji Muhammad Idrees Jarah's father Hakeem Muhammad Shafee' was the older brother of Allamah AbdurRahman Mubarakpuri, […]

Biography of Dr Abdul 'Aleem Abdul 'Azeem Al-Bastawi. Dr Abdul 'Aleem Al-Bastawi's father, Shaykh Abdul 'Azeem Bastawi was a famous Ahl e Hadith scholar, student of Shaykh Abdul Wahab Dehlawi. Shaykh Abdul 'Azeem Bazdawi's four sons all became scholars: The eldest Shaykh Abdul Wadood and Shaykh AbdusSaboor both studied in Dar Al-Hadith Rehmaniyah Dehli The […]

Biography of Hafiz Muhammad ibn Barakallah Lakhwi (1806-1893) Sayid Mian Nazeer Husayn Dehlawi: “The noble complete cognisant pious, gathering the rational and transmitted knowledge, following the example of prophets, the elite of the jurists, the Molvi (scholar) Muhammad, the truthful successor of the Molvi Barakallah Lakhwi” Shamsul Haq Azeenbadi: “The complete scholar, the pious son […]

Biography of Shaykh Senator Professor Sajid Mir, Ameer Markazi Jamiat Ahl e Hadith Pakistan Professor Sajid Mir was born on 12 October 1938 in Minapurah area of Sialkot. His father’s name was AbdulQayum Mir. He completed his primary education in Sialkot and obtained top positions from primary to FA, and obtained a scholarship for his […]

His father Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Banarsi He is the eldest son of the great scholar Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Banarsi. Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Banarsi was born in 1858/1274 and was a Sikh who loved to debate other religions, and after debating with Molana Ubaydullah Sindhi (author of Tuhfatul Hind), he converted to Islam in 1874. In […]