Biography of Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz (Sharih of Sunnan ibn Majah)

His Birth and Family

Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz was born in 1934 in the village “Chak Badhuke”, in the state of Mamdot, in the province of Ferozpur.

Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz was from the Rajput Wato family. His elders became Ahl e Hadith through the efforts of the Lakhvi family, and Shaykh Muhammad Ali Lakhvi in particular would visit their village.

His Education

Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz was 13 years old when Shaykh Muhammad Rehmani, who had graduated from Jamiyah Rehmaniyah Delhi, settled in his village. Shaykh Muhammad Ali started to study from him.

After the partition, Shaykh Muhammad Ali’s family moved to the village Chak N 88 near Faisalabad.

Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz joined the Madrasah Ta’lim Al-Islam of Sufi Abdullah in Odhanwala where he studied for 2 years. He benefited there from Shaykh Muhammad Sadiq Khaleel, Shaykh Muhammad Yaqoob Qureshi, Shaykh AbdusSamad Rauf, Shaykh AbdulHameed Hazarwi and Shaykh Muhammad Siddiq

In 1953, Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz joined Madrasah Mannaniyah in Wazeerabad where he remained a very little time.

Afterwards he joined Jamiyah Islamiyah in Gujranwala where Hafiz Muhammad Gondalwi and Shaykh Abul Barakat Ahmad were teaching. He studied there from the second part of 1953 to 1957. Shaykh Ataullah Haneef Bhujiyani, Shaykh Muhammad Ishaq Husainwi and Shaykh Sharfudin Muhadith Dehlwi would run the exams in these years.

In 1956, Shaykh Dawood Ghaznavi requested that Hafiz Muhammad Gondlawi teaches in Jamiyah Salafiyah Faisalabad which was newly created so Hafiz Muhammad Gondalwi went to teach there in 1957.

Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz after completing his studies in Jamiyah Islamiyah Gujranwala in 1957 went to Jamiyah Salafiyah Faisalabad to study Sahih Al-Bukhari from Hafiz Muhammad Gondalwi. He also benefited there from Shaykh Shareefullah Khan Sawati and Professor Ghulam Ahmad Hariri, and graduated from Jamiyah Salafiyah Faisalabad in 1858.

His Main Teachers

1) Shaykh Muhammad Rehmani

2) Shaykh Muhammad Sadiq Khaleel

3) Shaykh Muhammad Yaqoob Qureshi

4) Shaykh AbdusSamad Rauf

5) Shaykh AbdulHameed Hazarwi

6) Shaykh Muhammad Siddiq

7) Shaykh Abdullah Muzafargarhi

8) Shaykh Abul Barakat Ahmad Madrasi

9) Professor Ghulam Ahmad Hariri

10) Shaykh Shareefullah Khan Sawati

11) Hafiz Muhammad Gondalwi

His Teaching Career

The principal of Jamiyah Salafiyah Faisalabad, Shaykh Muhammad Ishaq Cheemah requested Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz to teach there straight after his graduation, so Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz started his teaching career in Jamiyah Salafiyah Faisalabad in 1959 and taught there for 3 years.

Afterwards Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz went in 1962 to teach in the Madrasah Dar Al-Hadith in Sialkot, in Mahallah Bagh Deputy, which was ran by Hafiz Muhammad Shareef Sialkoti. He taught there for 2 years.

In 1964, a businessman Hajji Khuda Bakhsh wanted to start a Madrasah in the Masjid of Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Mir, so he, with Shaykh Sajid Mir and Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Riysati (Khateeb of the Masjid of Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Mir) asked Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz to start a Madrasah there, so Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz started to teach there. In 1965, another teacher Shaykh Ata Ar-Rahman Ashraf was also hired to teach there. This Madrasah ran up to 1970.

Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz was giving Khutbah in Sialkot in Masjid Ahl e Hadith in Mahallah Lahori Shah Nasir Rd, so he decided to start a Madrasah in it called “Jamiyah Ibrahimiyah”. In 1979 this Madrasah was moved to a new building where a land was bought. This Madrasah had 300 students of Dars Nizami and 700 students of Hifz Al-Quran. Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz taught there up to 2007.

His Books

1) Injaz Al-Haajah Sharh Sunnan ibn Majah: A complete Arabic explanation of “Sunnan ibn Majah”, published in 9 volumes by “Dar An-Nur Islamabad” (of Shaykh Fazal Elahi) in conjunction with “Maktabah Al-Jamiyah” (The Maktabah of the International University of Islamabad). This work was introduced by Hafiz Salahdin Yusuf.

2) Salah Mustafa (saw)

3) Mi’raj Mustafa (saw)

4) Aal Mustafa (saw)

5) Ahmiyat Namaz: on the importance of the prayer

6) Arkaan e Islam

7) Hurmat Mut’ah bi Jawab Hillat Mut’ah: a book on the prohibition of temporary marriage in reply to the book “Hillat Mut’ah”

8) Khutba ke Dowran 2 Rakat parhne ka Hukm: A book on the permission to pray 2 Rak’at for the attendee arriving during the Friday Khutbah, in reply to an article of Shaykh Aamir Uthmani.

9) Ahkam Safar: Rulings of travel

10) Ahkam Talaq: Rulings of divorce

11) Ahkam Nikah: Rulings of marriage

12) Ahkam Waqf wa Hibah: Ruling on waqf and gifts

13) Ahkam Qasam wa Nazar: Ruling on Oath and Vows

14) Ahkam Dua wa Tawassul: Rulings on invocations and Tawassul

15) Ahkam ‘Iddat: rulings on waiting period (of divorced and widow)

16) Tuhfatul Wara fi Tahqiq Masail ‘Id Al-Adha: Rulings of ‘Id Al-Adha

17) Nafahat Al-Itr fi Thaqiq Masail ‘Id Al-Fitr: Rulings of ‘Id Al-fitr

18) Ramadan kese Guzarein: How to spend Ramadan

19) Rizq Halal or Rishwat: Halal earnings and bribery

20) Tohin Risalat ki Shar’i Saza: Punishment for blasphemy

21) Sharh Arbaeen Ibrahimi: Explanations of 40 Ahadith compiled by Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti

22) Sharh Arbaeen Sanai: Explanation of 40 Ahadith compiled by Shaykhul Islam Sanaullah Amritsari

23) Sharh Nukhbatul Ahadith iz Sayid Dawud Ghaznavi: Explanation of “Nukhbatul Ahadith” compiled by Shaykh Dawud Ghznavi

24) Islam mein Silah Rehmi ki Ahmiyat: Importance of blood relations

25) Sifat Muminin: etiquettes of believers

26) Mashwarah of Istikharah ki Ahmiyat: importance of seeking advise and Istikharah

27) Islam mein vote ki Shar’i Haythiyat: The Islamic view on voting

28) Tahreek Pakistan or Mawjudah Hukmaran: The movement of Pakistan and its current rulers

29) Awrat ke Siyasat mein Hisah lene ki Shar’i Haythiyat: The religious status of women taking parts in politics

30) Hurmat Mut’ah: prohibition of temporary marriage

His Death

Shaykh Muhammad Ali Janbaz was very ill since 2007 and he passed away on Saturday 13^th December 2008 in the night. He was buried the next day Sunday 14^th December, Shaykh Dr Fazal Elahi lead his funeral prayer. A large number of scholars and laymen came to join his funeral prayer and burial. May Allah Ta’ala grant him Firdaws Al-‘Ala, Ameen.

Sources: “Dabistan Hadith” of Shaykh Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti, and article of Qari Liaqat Ali Bajwah from Sialkot in the newspaper “Daily Sher e Pakistan Lahore”