Maulana Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi (5 June 1934 – 1 February 2015; Urdu: مولانا عبدالمجید لدھیانوی) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer who served as 7th Emir of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and a senior member of the executive committee of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan[1][2][3]
Maulana Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi | |
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مولانا عبدالمجید لدھیانوی | |
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| Born | 5 June 1934 |
| Died | 1 February 2015 (aged 80) |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Denomination | Sunni |
| Movement | Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat |
| Alma mater | Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom |
| Profession | Islamic scholar, writer |
| 7th Emir of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat | |
| In office 2010 – 1 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Khawaja Khan Muhammad |
| Succeeded by | Abdur Razzaq Iskander |
| 4th president of Iqra Rozatul Atfal Trust | |
| Preceded by | Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini |
| Succeeded by | Abdur Razzaq Iskander |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Mufti Mahmud Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini |
| Profession | Islamic scholar, writer |
Early life and education
editLudhianvi was born to Hafiz Muhammad Yusuf in 1934 in an Aryan family in Salempur Jagraon Tehsil, Ludhiana district. His father was a pious man and a middle-class landowner and farmer. He got his early education from Government High School at Salempur. During the eighth grade, it was decided the partition of India. He moved to Pakistan with his parents and settled in Shorkot and passed the middle school examination here. After that in 1949 he entered Jamia Darul Uloom Rabbania in Toba Tek Singh, to get religious education. After two years, he enrolled in Madrasa Ashraf Al-Rasheed in Faisalabad. Meanwhile, he married into a family living in Kamalia. Then he entered Jamia Qasim-ul-Uloom Multan and graduated from Dars-i Nizami in 1956. He studied Bukhari and Tirmidhi from Maulana Abdul Khaliq, a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, and Sahih Muslim from Mufti Mahmood. He also had the permission of Hadith from Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi, Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi and Muhammad Yousuf Banuri.[4]
Career
editAfter the demise of Khawaja Khan Muhammad in 2010, he was elected Amir of the Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat.[4] He also served as 4th president of Iqra Rozatul Atfal Trust.[5]
Literary works
edit- Tibyan ul Furqan (6. Vol)
- Khutbaat e Hakeem ul Asar (12. Vol)
Death
editHe died on 1 February 2015 of a heart attack at a seminar of the Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia at Multan.[6] His funeral prayer was led by Saleemullah Khan.[4] Nawaz Sharif (then Prime Minister),[7] Shahbaz Sharif (then Chief Minister) and Maulana Fazlur Rehman have offered condolences on his death.[8]
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editReferences
edit- ^ "Maulana Abdul Majeed Ludhyanvi passes away". dawn.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ * Siddiqui, Khawaja Saif-Ur-Rehman; Hureri, Muhammad Akram; Rehman, Abdur (2020). "Contemporary Social Issues and Urdu Tafāsīr: A Study of Mawlānā Abdul Majeed Ludhiānvī's "Tibyān al-Furqān"". Al-Qamar (in Arabic). 3 (2): 183–192. ISSN 2664-4398.
- ^ * Siddiqui, Khawaja Saif-Ur-Rehman; Hureri, Muhammad Akram (2021). "Social issues and Their Solutions in the Light of Tabian Al-Furqan (Maulana Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi)". Malakand University Research Journal of Islamic Studies (in Urdu). 3 (1): 89–103. ISSN 2708-6577.
- ^ a b c مولانا محمد اعجاز مصطفی. "حضرت مولانا عبدالمجید لدھیانوی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کی رحلت". Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "SCHOOL LEADERSHIP". iqratrust.edu.pk/en. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "مولانا عبدالمجید لدھیانوی ملتان میں وفاق المدارس کے سیمینار کے دوران انتقال کر گئے". dailypakistan.com.pk. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "PM expresses grief over the demise of Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi". Prime Minister's Office. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Maulana Majeed Ludhianvi dies during Wafaq's seminar". nation.com.pk. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2021.