| Full name | Shaikh-Ul-Hadith Mufti Zar Wali Khan |
|---|---|
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | Islamic scholar |
| School | Sunni Hanafi |
| Main interests | Shari'a, Hadith, Tafsir, Tasawwuf |
Shaikh-Ul-Hadith-Wa-Tafseer Moulana Mufti Zar Wali Khan is a Hanafi 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.
| Key figures | |
|
Qasim Nanotvi · Rashid Gangohi |
|
| Notable Institutions | |
|
Darul Uloom Deoband, India |
|
| Movements | |
|
Tablighi Jamaat |
Contents |
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 goals 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]
Born in 1955, Mufti Zar Wali Khan completed his islamic education from Jamia Uloom ul Islamia,Banori Town, Karachi before establishing the jamiah arabia Ahsan-Ul-Uloom.
Mufti Zar Wali Khan is in the students' tree of Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri, as he is student of Maulana Hanan who is 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]