Shujaat Ali Qadri

Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
Born	Syed Shujaat Ali January, 1941 Uttar Pradesh, India
Died	Januray 27, 1993 Jakarta, Indonesia
Region	Pakistan
School	Barelvi Sunni, Hanafi
Main interests	Fiqh, Islamic Philosophy, Hadith
Notable ideas	Efforts to unite the Barelvi ulema in Pakistan

Syed Shuja’at Ali Qadri was a Justice Federal Sharia’a Court, Pakistan and founder a sheikh-ul-hadith of the Darul Ulum Naeemia school in Karachi) Qadri was a scholar of Islamic Sciences and modern science, and had a deep and authoritative understanding of traditional and modern Arabic language. He involved himself with the work of authoring and publication besides holding various offices and wrote a number of texts.

Birth and family

Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri was born in Badaiyon (Uttar Pardesh, UP, India) in January 1941. He was the son of Syed Masood Ali Qadri, who was delegated to the office of Afta (Islamic jurisprudence) at the Jamia Islamia Anwar-ul-Uloom, Multan.

Education

Qadri got his initial education from Madersahe Arabia Hafiziya Saadiya, District Dadu, Aligarh. He learned Nazirah Quran Kareem from Hafiz Ghulam Rabbani, who was the brother of the teacher of Allama Ghulam Jilani Meerthi and Allama Hafiz Qari Shah Ahmed Noorani. He then, at the age of 10, migrated with his parents in 1951 to Multan, Pakistan and began his education in Madersah Anwar-ul-Ulum and eventually completed his darse nizami from this institute. He had the opportunity to learn from the following notable scholars:

• His father Mufti Sayed Masood Ali Qadri
• Chief of Debaters (Raeesul Manazireen) Abdul Hafeez Haqqani, the father of Muhammad Hasan Haqqani and
• Junaid of the time, accepted by the era, Ahmad Saeed Kazmi

He graduated from the Jamia Islamia Anwar-ul-Uloom, Multan at the age of eighteen. Besides this he achieved the following qualifications:

• M.A Islamiyat, University of Karachi, 1971
• M.A Arabi, University of Karachi, 1974
• Course on Arabic Literature, University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984
• PhD, University of Karachi, 1984

Didactic services

Qadri ennobled, by his teachings and services, Karachi after graduating and worked as a teacher and mufti in different Barelvi institutes or madaris of. He served as headmaster in Darul Uloom Amjadiya from 1969 to 1972. Thereafter he established Darul Uloom Naeemia with the assistance of some of his friends. The foundation stone of Darul Uloom Naeemia, Dastager, Block 15 was laid by Ahmad Saeed Kazmi along with other prominent scholars and preachers of Ahle Sunnat. During the late 1980s and 1990s he presented several lectures on the Quran and tafsir to his viewers in religious television programs aired on Pakistan Television Corporation. He remained as the sheikh-ul-hadith and mufti of Darul Ulum Naeemia till his death.

Ranks and offices held

Besides holding the offices of Sheikh-ul-Hadith and Afta he remained as a judge of Federal Shariat Court for six years from 1983 till 1989. He also served as a member of Islami Nazeriati Council, Pakistan from 1989 till his death in 1993.

Books, texts and translations

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1. Translation of Tafseere Mazhari (fifteen sections)
2. Translation of Mowahib-al-Luduniya
3. Translation of Sharah-as-Sadur
4. Translation of Al-Khairat-al-Hissan
5. Translation of Al-Shifae Sheikh Al-Raees (some parts)
6. Insha-al-Arabiya (four parts)
7. Translation of Khatme Nabuwat Magazine from Arabic to Urdu
8. Magazine on Khatme Nabuwat in Arabi
9. Islam mein Murtid ki Saza (Punishment of an apostate in Islam)
10. Islam ka Maashi Nizam (Islamic Economic System)
11. Aqaid o Aamal (Beliefs and Actions)
12. Teen Talaqain (Three divorces)
13. Translation and Commentary of Surah Bani Israeel with an biography of the Blessed Prophet Sallalahu Alihay Wassalam
14. Fiqahe Ahle Sunnat (Jurisprudence of Ahle Sunnat)
15. Adalate Islamia (Islamic Court)
16. Man huwa Ahmed Raza? (Who is Ahmed Raza?) – A biography of Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan, in Arabic Language
17. Fatawae Rizwiya (Translation of Arabic terms)
18. Arbaeen
19. Composition of the last part of Bahare Shariat (Fiqh Ahle Sunnat, Foreword, Madina Publishing, Karachi)
20. Phd Thesis - An Academic Movement in Arabic Language-Valley of Sindh in Twelth-Thirteenth A.D

Critical acclaim

Shujaat's colleagues and students were often observed praising him. Muhammad Abdul Hakim Sharaf Qadri glowingly described his character:

Mufti Sahib possessed a contented and polite personality. Even after becoming the Justice of Federal Sharia Court he always mingled with the students, teachers and scholars alike such that no one was ever able to perceive his high status or rank when he visited Jamia Nizamia Rizwiya Lahore. He always traveled with an intention for the propagation of religion and at times initiated such opportunities by making requests. An interesting and delicate aspect of his persona was that he always distanced himself from being a dull and dry person. He always remained jolly and kept happy each one of those who accompanied him. He used to turn a gathering into a field of Saffron (Za’afran).

Son of the ghazali of current century, philosopher of Islam, Professor Mazhar Saeed Kazimi also praised Qadri:

I knew Mufti Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri since childhood. He arrived in Multan at an age of ten and started his education from Maddarsah Anwar-ul-Uloom. His father, Hazrat Mufti Syed Masud Ali Qadri, was a Mufti and one of the senior teachers of the same maddarsah. At that time I was only five years old. The memories of my childhood have now blurred and hidden in shadows of the past. However, if I try hard to dig deep into old memories through special binoculars, past the mist of amnesia and look into scenes of a glorious past, the film of adulthood of Mufti Syed Shujaat Ali that appears on the curtains in my brain is that of a man who is decorated with the properties of beauteous face and a beauteous personality, a man who is emanating flowers of his wisdom amongst his colleagues on one hand and on the other accepting applause for his delicate interests and beauteous habits. I can recall him as an intelligent student with high respect for his teachers and a student who forced teachers to appreciate his intelligence by asking intriguing queries. The purpose of such questioning was not to compete with the teachers but to resolve the complex issues and questions that arose constantly within his mind. He was a hardworking student, fond of books and an advocate of research during the time of his studies. He used to make critical debates and commentaries on the books, during the daily discourse with his colleagues, which not only assisted in developing an understanding of the lessons learned but also helped in memorizing them. He was famous as a student with balanced and stable temperament. Regardless of the fact that he reached a lot of high ranks and positions, his beauteous character remained unaltered. Intelligence, honesty and humbleness are amongst the prime qualities of his fine character. This is the reason that no one ever got exasperated in his company.

Mufti Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri completed all his education from Madarsah Anwar-ul-Uloom, Multan till his graduation. No doubt he was a fact to be proud of due to his panoptic knowledge. My honorable father, ghazali of the current century Hazrat Allama Syed Ahmed Shah Sahib Kazimi used to show special politeness towards Mufti Sahab and always appreciated his hard work, dedication and intelligence. After graduation Mufti Sahab migrated to Karachi. My father used to remember his rightly guided student, Mufti Syed Shujaat Ali , with praiseworthy words even after his migration to Karachi.”

Death

On the 24th of January 1993 Qadri went on an official tour of Indonesia with a delegation of the Ministry of Population Control. It was during this tour that on the fourth of January 27 (Shabaan 1413 Hijri) he died. His body was brought back to Pakistan after a few days where he was buried in Darul Uloom Naeemia. His tomb is located inside the Daru Uloom Naeemia.

See also

• Madrassas in Pakistan
• Ahmad Saeed Kazmi
• Hanafi
• Mufti

External links

• Darul Ulum Naeemia
• Federal Shariat Court Annual Report 2003
• Information on Muftī Justice Sayyid Shujaat 'Alī Qadri's Phd Thesis at the website of Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
• His praiseworthy comments and appreciation for Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelwi
• Interview with Mufti Muneebur Rehman
• Speech given by Mufti Justice Sayyid Shujaat Ali Qadri at Bradford UK, 7th October 1989