Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi
Shaykh-ul-Quran حضرت شیخ القرآن Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi محمد عبدالغفور ہزاروی | |
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| Title | Rahbar-e-Sharia, Qudwat ul-Salikeen, Zubdat ul-Arfeen, Burhan-ul-Wasleen, Makhdoom Ahle Sunnah, Hazrat Shaykh-ul-Quran, Abu al-Haqaiq |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1326 Hijri 1 January 1909 Georgian calendar Chamba Pind, Kot Najeebullah, North-West Frontier Province, British India |
| Died | 7 Sha'aban 1390 Hijri 9 October 1970 (aged 61) |
| Resting place | Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | South Asia |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Tafsir, Sunnah, Hadith, Sharia, ʿAqīdah, Seerah, Mantiq, Islamic philosophy, oratory, Tasawwuf |
| Notable idea(s) | Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat |
| Notable work(s) | Jamia Nizamia Ghousia, Manaqib-al-Jaleela |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Bareily |
| Occupation | Political leader, Grand Mufti |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Chishti, Qadiriyya, Uwaisi |
| Creed | Sufism |
| Movement | Barelvi |
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| Disciple of | Hamid Raza Khan |
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| Awards | Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1958) |
| President of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan | |
| In office 19 September 1948 – 9 October 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni |
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Akhundzada Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (Urdu: اخوندزادہ محمد عبدالغفور ہزاروی چشتی) (1 January 1909 – 9 October 1970) was a Muslim theologian, jurist, and scholar of ahadith in Pakistan (South Asia). As a politically active figure engaged in Pakistan's independence movement, he was the first recipient of Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) by the President of Pakistan.
Hazarvi was active in the Pakistan movement and served as a member of Council of Islamic Ideology. He was the companion of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and was active in the independence movement of Pakistan against the British Raj.
A Sufi of the Chishti Sufi order, he was the founding member of the religious Barelvi Sunni strain political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) and became its president in 1948. He was also the chairman of Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat, an organisation opposed to the Ahmadiyya Movement that waged a campaign against Mirza Ghulam Ahmed's claim of prophethood.