The biography of the father of Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi, Shaykh Abdul Aziz Sa’eedi, has been mentioned before, likewise the biography of his brother Shaykh Omar Farooq Sa’eedi. Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi was born on the 7^th September 1957 in Mankera (Bhakar).

Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi did his primary studies in Mankerah and went afterwards to study in Dar Al-Hadith Muhammadiyah Jalalpur Peerwala, then in Jamiyah Salafiyah Faisalabad and afterwards to Madinah University from which he graduated in 1983. Afterwards he passed MA Arabic and MA Islamiyat from Punjab University.

We count among his teachers: Shaykh Sultan Mahmood Jalalpuri, Shaykh Muhammad Rafeeq Athari, Shaykh Allah Yaar Khan, Hafiz Thanaullah Madni, Shaykh Muhammad Siddiq Lailpuri, Shaykh Ahmadullah Budhimalwi, Shaykh Qudratullah Fawq, Shaykh Umar Fullatah, Shaykh AbdulQadeer Habeeb Sindhi, Shaykh Atiyah Saalim, Shaykh Dhiya Ar-Rahman A’zami Umri.

Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi taught 6 years in Jamiyah Lahore Islamiyah of Shaykh AbdurRahman Madni. During this time, he also taught judges and lawyers in “Al-Ma’had Al-Aali li Shari’ah wal Qadha” of Shaykh AbdurRahman Madni.

In 1990 after passing the exams of service commission, Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi became lecturer in Government College Layah.

His writings

His efforts on the Tafsir of the Quran

1) Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi did some scholarly work on “Al-Jami lil Ahkam Al-Quran” of Imam Qurtubi and “Ahkam Al-Qur’an” of Imam Al-Jassas for Allamah Iqbal Open University Islamabad.

2) The topic of his M Phil is “Ahkam Al-Qur’an” of Qadhi Abu Bakr ibnul Arabi from Surah Al-Fatihah to Surah Al-Baqarah verse 60. He translated this section of the Tafsir and did Takhrij of the Ahadith and wrote many notes on it, making the Maqalah more than 300 pages.

3) “Tafsir Surah Fatihah”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

4) “Tafsir Surah Al-Hujurat”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

5) “Tafsir Surah Al-Jumu’ah”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

6) Fadhail Quran or us ke Huquq

His writings on Hadith:

1) Translation of “Arba’een Nawawi”, published by Farooqi Kutub Khana

2) “Sharh Arab’een Nawawi”: Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi wrote a 224 pages Urdu explanation of “Arabeen Nawawi” and it was published by Darussalam.

3) “As-Saheefah fil Asharah Ad-Da’eefah”: During his last year of Jamiyah Salafiyah Faisalabad, Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi did a Takhrij of 10 weak Ahadith in the chapter of Hudud of Sunnan Abi Dawood. This epistle was first called “Takhrij Al-Ahadith Al-Asharah min Kitab Al-Hudud min Sunnan Abi Dawood”.

4) “Takhrij Al-Ahadith Al-Waridah fi Hadd As-Saraqah wa ma Yustanbitu minha min Ahkam”: Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi wrote this epistle in his last year in Madinah University.

5) “Hadith ‘Amamah or un ki Isnadi Haythiyat”: This epistle was published in the magazine “Mohadis” Lahore regarding the Ahadith of turban.

6) “Adab Deen wa Duniya”: Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi translated the epistle of Hafiz ibn Rajab regarding the famous Hadith: “Two hungry wolves roaming freely among a flock of sheep are less destructive to them than the passion of a man for wealth and high status are to his religion.”, and it was published in “Mohadis”

7) “Ghayah An-Naf’ fi Shar’ Tamthil Al-Mumin bi Khamah Zar’”: Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi translated the epistle of Hafiz ibn Rajab regarding the Hadith in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim: “”The example of a believer is that of a fresh tender plant; from whatever direction the wind comes, it bends it, but when the wind becomes quiet, it becomes straight again”, and it was published in “Mohadis”

8) “Al-Lulu wal Marjan”: Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi translated with brief notes the book “Al-Lulu wal Marjan”, which is the compilation of 1906 Ahadith from Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim, of Allamah Muhammad Fuwad Baqi. It was published by Darussalam.

9) “Tadrib Ar-Rawi”: Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi translated the famous book of Mustalah Al-Hadith of Hafiz As-Suyuti, “Tadrib Ar-Rawi”. “Tadrib Ar-Rawi” is an explanation of Imam Nawawi’s “Taqreeb wa Taysir li Ma’rifah Sunnan Al-Basheer An-Nazeer”, which was a summary of “Muqaddimah ibn Salah”.

10) Al-Fath Ar-Rabbani Tarteeb Musnad Al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal Ash-Shaybani: Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi has been translating since long time with a group of scholars, the Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. He translated from part 7 to 12 and from part 19 to 24.

11) Translation of Sunnan ibn Majah, published by Maktabah Islamiyah

12) Translation and explanation of “Saheefah Hummam ibn Munabih”, published by Dar ibn Basheer.

13) Al-Ikmal fi Asma wa Rijal

14) Translation of Musnad Al-Imam Ash-Shafi’i

His other translated books:

1) “Adab Ad-Dua” of Shaykh Abdullah Khudri

2) “Kitab Tawheed” published by Darusalam

3) “Kalimah Al-Ikhlas” of Shaykh Majdi Fathi As-Sayid

4) “Al-Istisharah wal Istikharah” of Shaykh Abdullah Ulwan

5) “Al-Wafa bil A’hd wa Sidq fil A’hd” of Shaykh Aadil Mukhtar

6) “Al-‘Ibr” of Shaykh AbdurRahman Misri

7) “Huquq Al-Walidayn” of Shaykh Majdi Fathi As-Sayid

8) “Al-Ithar” of Shaykh Sameer Halabi

9) Translation of “Rahmatul lil Alamin” of Shaykh Sa’eed ibn Wahb Qahtani

10) “Khawateen se Muta’aliqah Makhsus Ahkam wa Masail” of Shaykh ibn Utheymeen

11) “Mawt ke Waqt” of Allamah ibn Jawzi

12) “Badkaron ki Zindgi ka Ibratnak Anjam” of Shaykh Majdi Fathi As-Sayid

13) “April Fool ki Tarikhi wa Shar’i Haythiyat” of Shaykh Asim Qariyuti

14) “Sona Chandi ke Zewarat kese Kharide” part of Fatawa of Shaykh ibn Utheymeen, published by Dar Al-Balagh

15) Translation of “Ghayatul Mureed Sharh Kitab Tawheed” of Shaykh Salih Aal Shaykh, published by Darusalam.

16) “Islam ke Ahkam wa Adaab”

17) Translation of “Kitab Az-Zuhd” of Imam Ibn Al-Mubarak

18) Translation of “Kitab Az-Zuhd” of Imam Hannad ibn Sari

19) Translation of “Ar-Radd alal Jahmiyah” of Imam Uthman ibn Saeed Darimi

20) Translation of Talkhis Sifah Salat Nabi (saw) of Shaykh Albani

21) Hajjatul Wida’ manzil bi Manzil

22) Fiqh Al-Islam

23) Zakah ke Masail wa Ahkam

24) Al-Istifa min Seerah Al-Mustafa

25) Al-Wafa bil Ahd w Sidq fil Ahd of Shaykh Al-Adil Al-Mukhtar

Other books written by Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi:

1) “Tazkirah Sa’eediyah”: biographies of his father Shaykh Abdul Aziz As-Sa’eedi, and also Shaykh Abu Sa’eed Sharfudin Dehlwi, published by Dar As-Sa’adah

2) “Sayd Kaainat ki Jangi Muhimat”, published by Dar As-Sa’adah

3) “Muntakhab Seerat Mustafa (saw)”

4) “Tazkirah Shuhada Badr wa Uhud”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

5) “Maqalat Seerat”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

6) “Muntakhab Maqalat Sa’eedi”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

7) “Munkireen Hadith ke Shubuhat or un ka Radd”: published by Dar Al-Balagh

8) “Muqaddas Rasool (saw) ke Muqaddas Ghazawat”: published by Maktabah Bayt As-Salam

9) “Maqalat Sa’eedi”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

10) “Maqalat Khatme Nubuwwat”: published by Dar As-Sa’adah

11) Adab Hajj

12) Adab Umrah

13) Badri Sahabah

14) Hazrat Abu Bakr ke Karname

15) Hazrat Umar Farooq ki adalti Islahat

Other services

Shaykh Sa’eed Muhtaba Sa’eedi was also part of Ulama Fatwa Council, of which Shaykh AbdusSattar Hammad is president and Shaykh Mubashar Rabbani was vice president, and many other scholars such as Shaykh Muhammad Muneer Qamar, Shaykh Javed Iqbal Sialkoti, Shaykh Khizar Hayat and others.

Death

Shaykh Sa’eed Mujtaba Sa’eedi passed away on the 26 February 2025. Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Rajiun.

Sources: “Dabistan Hadith” and “Ahl e Hadith Khuddam e Quran” of Shaykh Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti, magazine Mohaddis and others.