Zar Wali Khan
| Era | www.ahsanululoom.com |
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| Region | Islamic scholar |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| School | Sunni Hanafi |
| Main interests | Shari'a, Hadith, Tafsir, Tasawwuf |
Shaikh-Ul-Hadith-Wa-Tafseer Hadhrat Moulana Mufti Muhammad Zar Wali Khan is a Deobandi Islamic scholar from Pakistan.[1] He is the founder of the Jamia Arabia Ahsan-ul-Uloom seminary located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan. He is an expert in the fields of Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), hadith, tafsir[2] and tasawwuf. His seminary is notable for being one of the first Deobandi institutions to offer the takhassus (PhD equivalent degree leading to mufti status) degree program to women.
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Qasim Nanotvi · Rashid Gangohi |
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Darul Uloom Deoband, India |
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Tablighi Jamaat |
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Work [edit]
Shaikh-Ul-Hadith-Wa-Tafseer Moulana Mufti Zar Wali Khan laid the foundation of a jamiah in 1398 Hijra (jamiah arabia Ahsan-Ul-Uloom). The objectives and aims of that jamiah is to formulate intellectual and endowed scholars who can guide the Muslim Ummah on the precise pathway.
Jamiah Arabia Ahsan-Ul-Uloom provides complete Islamic Education that includes Tafseer-Ul-Quran, Hadith Shareef, Fiqqah, Islamic rulebooks, Arabic literature and more free of expenditure. Other than Knowledge of Islam, Hifz and Nazrah Quran, Darjah-e-A'adadiyah i.e. (equivalent to eighth grade books including books with beginners Arabic, Persian and other Islamic books) are also taught.
In his jamiah there is an exceptional layout of Darjaat-at-Takhasusat, i.e. (Ph.D. Jamiah Arabia Ahsan-Ul-Uloom also has a Dar-Ul-Iftah in which queries related to day-to-day problems are resolved in the illumination of Islam with broad research and investigation under the management of Shaikh-Ul-Hadith-Wa-Tafseer Moulana Mufti Zar Wali Khan sahib. During usual vacations, outstanding planning for Daura-e-Tafseer-Ul-Quran is organized in which men and women (with pardah) from all line of work attend regularly.[3]
Personal life [edit]
Born in 1955, Mufti Zar Wali Khan completed his islamic education from Jamia Uloom ul Islamia,Banori Town, Karachi Pakistan before establishing the jamiah arabia Ahsan-Ul-Uloom. He is one of the living saint and islamic scholar of Hanafi Deobandi Madhab(school of thoughts) and famous for his work and knowledge. He is known as Ustaz-ul-Ulema.
Inspiration from Anwar Shah Kashmiri [edit]
Mufti Zar Wali Khan is in the students' tree of Imam ul Asar Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri, as he is student of Maulana Hanan and Moulana Yousuf binori - also in the students' tree of Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri. He is so much inspired by Anwar Shah Kashmiri that he named his own son after him.[4]
