is his Ahsanul Fatawa translated into English?
is his Ahsanul Fatawa translated into English?
Re: Scholars from Ludhehana
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Does anyone have any more information of 'Ulema from Ludhehana? Specifically from say 1800 to 1900?
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Re: Scholars from Ludhehana
Brother
assalam - u - allaikum
Ludihana had many ulama from same family
it was as under
Mollana Shah Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi
and his four sons Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi, Mollana Abdullah Ludihanavi, Mollana Abdul Aziz Ludihanavi, Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA
then famous two ulama from above family
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi RA (Vice-President Jamiat e Ulmai Hind)
Raees ul Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA
A latest book published on the family of Raees ul Ahrar named Raees ul Ahrar Dar Hadees e Degraan
Re: Scholars from Ludhehana
Brother
assalam - u - allaikum
Ludihana had many ulama from same family
it was as under
Mollana Shah Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi
and his four sons Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi, Mollana Abdullah Ludihanavi, Mollana Abdul Aziz Ludihanavi, Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA
then famous two ulama from above family
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi RA (Vice-President Jamiat e Ulmai Hind)
Raees ul Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA
A latest book published on the family of Raees ul Ahrar named Raees ul Ahrar Dar Hadees e Degraan
http://www.ahrarindia.com/AhrarNews.html
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• Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi (r.a)
and his sons were :-
• Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi (r.a)
• Maulana Muhammad Ludihanavi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdullah Ludihanavi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanavi (r.a)
In 1857, the leading family of Ulama of Ludhiana India threw in their lot with the revolutionaries. They marched to Delhi fighting their way through British Forces. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi and his four sons showed indomitable courage during the operations of siege.
When Delhi fell, they retired to the jungles of Patiala and evaded all attempts to be arrested by the government. On the proclamation of general amnesty they decided to return to Ludhiana. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi died on his way back.
His three sons resumed their ancestral work of religious teachings and his one son Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi migrated to Afghanistan.
Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi and his son Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi gave the first fatwa of independence from British Government which later was signed by famous Ulama(Muslim Scholars) of India and Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Muhammad, Maulana Abdullah and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludhinavi gave a Fatwa in the Jumma prayers for Muslims to participate in the struggle for the independence movement of India.
This Fatwa was later published. Itwas famously called as Fatwa Nusrat ul Abrar (1888).
Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, and GC University), Lahore wrote in his paper:-
Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan
( Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan echoed his thought
and fervently appealed to the Muslim community to join Indian
patriotic association and show their allegiance to the British
government. He vehemently appealed to the common Indian
Muslim that participation of Muslims in the politics was
harmful. He had persuaded few like-minded Ulama to issue
Fatwa that participation of Muslims in the Indian National
Congress was Haraam (illegal) and it was a supreme duty of
Indian Muslim to join Indian Patriotic association. All these
anti- Congress activities of Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan continued
till 1888. Now Ulama of Deoband became active to counter Sir.
Sayyed Ahmed Khan anti Congress posture. Maulana Rashid
Ahmed Ganguhi, Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mahmud ul Hassan and other
theologian of Deoband and Muslims from different parts of the
country opposed Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan and issued fatwa
against him. They had collectively issued fatwa supporting
Muslims participation in the Indian National Congress and
barring them from joining the Indian Patriotic Association.
Those Maulanas who were in the forefront to opposing sir sayed’s
fatwa were Ulamai-Ludhiana Maulana Mohammed sahib and
his two brothers Maulana Aziz Saheb and Maulana Abdullah
saheb.
They had collected fatwas against Sir sayyed from different
parts of the country and compiled it in a comprehensive book
v.i.z Nusratul Abrar.Maulana Mohammed Saheb in his
fatwa justified it by his vehement argument that the participation
of Muslims in the Indian National Congress was permissible and
that they should keep away from Indian patriotic association,
which was founded by an English officer. For a reference the
fatwa given by Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi can be cited
in Nusratul Abrar page No. 19-20,26 and the Fatwa given by
Maulana Mohammed ul Hassan sahib and the fatwa of Ulama of
Deoband in page No. 23-24, Maulana Mohammed and the
fatwa given by his two brothers can be cited on page No. 13-
19. In fact Nusratul Abrar contain Fatwa given by one hundred
Indian Ulama in support of Muslim joining the Indian National
congress and against Indian patriotic association. (Note Ref-
Indian struggle for Independence p.70 Naqshe Hayat, p 69, 70,
71.Nusratul Abrar)
It is also interesting to note that the Indian National Congress
during its initial phase of its formation was only confined to
holding rallies and presenting memorandum to the British
government. On the other hand the Ulama of (Deoband) were
engaged in preparing and planning and in envisaging
strategy to launch a comprehensive offence against the British
government. )
TAZKIRA-I-ULAMA-I-PUNJAB by Mr.Akhtar Rahi
53Maulana Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah both were brothers from Ballia wall, district Ludhiana. Abdullah earned considerable acclaim as a scholar. Sat at the feet of Muhammad Hassan Amritsari, Mehmud ul Hassan and Anwar Shah Kashmiri as student of hadith. Akhtar Rahi, Tazkira-i-ulma-i-Punjab, pp.346-47.
Mr.Tahir Kamran in his papers
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab)
wrote:-
( Apart from Lahore, Ludhiana and Jullundur were the two districts where
Deobandi Islam found conducive environ. Ulama from Ludhiana, particularly Maulana
Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came in the spotlight when they took a
lead in denouncing Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, the founder of Qadiani sect, as Kafir.
After graduating from Deoband, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came to Ludhiana and
started teaching at famous Madrasa Azizia. Later on, he shifted to Madrasa Allah Walla
along with his son Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhianvi (1890-1970), and remained engaged in teaching hadith.
However, Maulana Abdullah’s lasting contribution was the establishment of
Madrasa Darul Ulum Naumania ).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi (r.a):
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi was son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludihanavi and was grandson of Maulana Abdul QadirLudihanavi (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem was a student of Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hasan at Darul uloom Deoband.
Mufti Naeem saheb was Vice-President of Jamiat e Ulmai Hind at the time when Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madni (r.a) was President of JAMIAT ULAMA E HIND. He was also president of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. He remained President of District Congress Ludhiana for 28 years. He remained very active in politics until independence in 1947.
Mufti Naeem sahib was mohtamum (principle) of madrassa mahmodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana. Famous Alim Maulana Yousaf Ludihanavi RA and Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani RA was student of Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanavi.
His father Maulana Abdullah Ludihanavi was the first Mufti in the world who gave the first fatwa against the kufar of Mirza Ghullam Ahmad Qadiani and declared Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as Kafir (Non-Muslim).
His fatwa was famously known as the Fatawa e Qadria published by him and his brother Maulana Mohammad Ludihanavi.
Mufti Naeem saheb spent his whole life in the struggle for freedom. He participated in all the movements against Qadiyanis and also participated in the famous Reshami Rumal threek (Silk Letter)movement of his famous teacher Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hassan RA. He spent many years in jail for the struggle of Independence.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi also participated with Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA in the famous case against Qadianis called the case of Bahawalpur.
Mufti Naeem sahib was a close ally of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi RA, Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Syed Husain Ahmad Madani RA, Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori RA, Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani RA, Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi RA, Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi RA, Maulana GulBadsha RA, Maulana Qari Tayyab sb RA, Mollana Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA, Maulana Abdul Qadir Kasoori RA, Maulana Dawood Ghaznavi RA, Maulana Abdullah Darkhastawi and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi RA.
Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain wrote in his book
( Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan )
The tragic incidence of Kissa Khwani bazar of Peshawar and
the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
( During the freedom struggle in 1930 there was a firing in the
Kissa Khwani Bazar of Peshawar where thousands of brave
Pathans were killed and thousands were brutally tortured. The
Congress appointed the Azad inquiry commission to inquire into
the killings. The members of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi
and Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhinavi were the members of the inquiry committee.
The British Government did not permit the
members of the inquiry committee to go to Peshawar and
conduct the inquiry. However, the inquiry was conducted from
Rawalpindi. When the report of inquiry commission was
published the British Government was outraged and banned the
report. )
Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home Minister of India wrote about
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi in his book published in 1942:
AT Ludhiana I spent the day with 'Mufti
Moulvi Mohamed Naeem, a learned and a divine
Muslim, a member of the Working Committee of
the Jamiat-Ul-Ulema-i-Hind.
He is a man past middle age, self-possessed,
shrewd, with a keen sense of humour. Deep read
and widely informed, he speaks Urdu, somewhat
difficult for me to follow with that musical
cadence which long chanting of beautiful
words given to religious men. With a twinkle,
humorous no doubt, but which measures your
depth with uncanny insight, the Mufti Saheb is
sure of himself, his views and his ideals.
It was a treat to have spent the day with him.
As President of the District Congress Committee,
he started the first function of the day.
We went together to Bhaini Saheb, 16 miles
from Ludhiana. In the evening, talking over
men and things the Mufti Saheb let himself go
on various topics of the day.
The Mufti Saheb had no illusions about the
European influence. He repeated more than
once, those of us who have studied English learnt of
its deleterious effects after a bitter experience,
but he knew it from the beginning. He illustrated
his remark by an apt anecdote.
He quoted two Urdu lines from
Akbar Allaabadi:
“Afsos ke phiraon ko kallege ke na suje
Eun katl se baccho ke vo badnam na hota”
(It is a pity that Pharaoh didn't think of opening
a college; had he done so, he would have
been saved the infamy of a Massacre of Innocents.)
I appreciated his point of view. I have realised
the havoc which University education has
done to the ideals and character of our
younger generation. I myself in the course of
thirty years had to unlearn most of the things
which I learnt in the college and I could not but
feel that this devout Muslim divine with his
mocking smile and twinkling eye had a clearer
vision into the reality of things than we who
claim to know the wisdom of the east and the
west.
And as I bade him goodbye on the station, God
alone knows how ardently I wished that there
were more Muslims of Mufti Saheb's type in this
country.
For long I pondered over the race of men
which had produced Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr.
Ansari, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Khan Abdul
Gaffar Khan, Dr. Khan Saheb and Mufti Naeem Saheb,
in the India of pre-British days when Hindus
and Muslims combined to resist the British penetration
into the country.
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi (r.a):
Famous Majlis e Ahrar President Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi was son of Mollana Zakariya Ludihanavi RA and grandson of Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi RA. He spent about 10 years in jail during the struggle of independence against British Government.
Mr Tahir Kamran in his papers
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab) wrote:-
Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludhianvi was the most renowned of
all Deobandi Ulama from Ludhiana.
He was a Deoband graduate and favourite student of
Maulana Habibur Rehman Usmani RA and Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA.
In 1919, he entered politics and began addressing the public meetings along with Mollana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (1885-1949) when Khilafat Movement had just commenced. He remained very active in politics throughout his life. He was also one of the chief protagonists of Majlis-i-Ahrar. He remained president of Majlis Ahrar e Islam e Hind for approx 10 years from 1930 to 1940.
In the annals of Ahrar movement, he is remembered as Raees ul Ahrar (Leader of Ahrar). Astoundingly, Habib ur Rehman stayed back in Ludhiana instead of migrating to Pakistan. His sons still live in East Punjab and are engaged in Tabligh (preaching).
MS SAMINA AWAN Professor Allama Iqbal University wrote in her book Majlis-i-Ahrar:
Muslim Urban Politics in Colonial Punjab:
Majlis-i-Ahrar’s Early Activism
Samina Awan
Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman Ludhianavi, a leading Ahrari, undertook to
take salt and defy the law. The police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse
the Congress rally he was addressing in Ludhiana, and injured several people.
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman was put behind bars for one year because he declared:
“I consider the British Government a foreign government. I
consider it my duty to expel the British and win freedom for our
country. For this, whatever punishment we are given, shall be
accepted gladly. So it is the duty of all Indians to boycott British
goods and to make the running of the country impossible”.
After his arrest, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad nominated Ch.Afzal Haq, a member of
the Congress Working Committee, as the de-facto leader of the movement”
Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman aur Hindustan ki Jang-i-Azadi Delhi: Taleemi-Samaji Markaz, 179.
Kashmiri, Shorish. (ed.). (1944
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi (r.a) was a close ally of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA, Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari RA, Mollana Abul Kalam Azad RA, Maulana Daood Ghanznavi RA, Chaudhary Afzal Haq RA, Mollana Ahmad Ali Lahori RA, Mollana Shabir Ahmad Usmani RA, Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi RA,Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi RA, Maulana Qari Tayyab RA, Maulana Zakariya Kandhalwi RA, Mollana Zafar Ali Khan RA, Master Taj u Din Ansari RA,Sheikh Hassam u Din RA, Mollana Husain Ahmad Madni RA, Mollana Hifzur Rehman Seuharvi RA, Mollana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi RA, Mollana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani RA, Mollana Sayeed Mohammad Mian, Janbaz Mirza RA, Mollana Ghullam Rasool Mehar, Mollana Abdul Majid Saliq, Subhash Chander Boss, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan and Agha Shroish Kashmiri RA.
He was graduate of DarulUloom Deoband, Sheikh ul Hadees Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah kandhalvi RA mentions him in his biography. He was the subject of the famous conversation on Tasawwuf as mentioned in his autobiography.
Maulana Habib ur Rahman grew close to Hazrat Maulana Abul Qadir Raipuri RA and Sheikh ul Hadees Maulana Zakariya RA. After the partition, in love of Hazrat Raipuri and Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah, Maulana Habib ur Rahman remained in Punjab with an aim of "keeping Islam alive" in India.
He became famous for helping poor Muslims that remained in India and also Muslim women who were kidnapped by Sikhs during partition. He helped many women repatriate to Pakistan and he helped the helpless Muslims in many ways uplifting their moral spirits.
The Jamia madrassa mahmoodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana, which was a famous madrassa and a place where Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi studied for a few years, was demolished after partition. Maulana Habibur Rahman worked to rebuild it.
Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain wrote in his book
( Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan )
( At the time of the Second Civil Disobedience Movement in
1932 the Congress had formed a "War Council" to recruit
people for systematic struggle against the British Government.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had also set up a parallel
organizational dictator viz, Idara Harabia (Centre for struggle).
The first "dictator" of Idara Harabia was Mufti Kifayatullah. He
led 100,000 men procession and courted arrest on 11 March,
1930. The second dictator of Idara Harabia, Maulana Hussain
Ahmed Madani was arrested on his way to Delhi from Deoband.
Thereafter numerous Jamiat leaders like Ahmed Sayyid Dehlavi,
Hifzur Rahaman Seoharvi, Sayeed Mohammad Mian, and
Maulana Habibur Rahman Ladhianvi were arrested one after another for
their anti-British activities. )
After Mollana Habib ur Rehman died, his sons Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (Mufti e Azam Punjab), Maulana Saeed ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA, Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Jamai RA and Mollana Khalil ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA continued his work and after they died the sons of Mufti Ahmad Rehmani RA are continuing the work in India. In fact they have managed to lay the foundation of the famous Darul Uloom that was demolished in Ludhiana at the time of partition.
His one grandson who is also named as Maulana Habibur Rahman Sani. He and His brother Mr Attiq ur Rehman Ludihanavi and his son Mr Mohammad Usman Rehmani are very actively involved for the welfare of the Muslims of India.
There is a famous story about Maulana Habibur Rahman RA senior that after partition a village of poor Hindus wanted to change their religion to release themselves of the caste system, so they invited a Sikh Guru, a Buddhist Monk and a Muslim Alim to preach to them. The Sikh Guru delivered a speech for a few hours, followed by the Monk and then finally Mawlana Habibur Raman’s turn came. He took a jug and went through the crowd giving people water and then came on the stage and offered the Guru and the Monk to drink water from the same glass. They refused (because they considered the Hindu low-castes as dirty (Achhoots). Mawlana Habib ur Rehman RA then went to his chair and by saying bismillah he drank water from the same glass. The people saw the Guru and the Monk refusing and the muslim Imam accepting and this touched them so much that they accepted Islam.
His biography named Raees ul Ahrar was written by his son Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Ludihanavi Jamai RA in Delhi.
Mufti Zia ul Hassan (r.a):
Mufti Zia ul Hassan (r.a):
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was a legendary leader. He was migrated from Ludhiana-India to Sahiwal-Pakistan in 1947. In 1946 elections of India, Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) lost to Rai Iqbal in Ludhiana. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) participated in 1946 elections from Jamiat Ulama e Hind. He was general secretary of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab-India.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) and his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) established Madrassa Banatul Islam in 1941 in Ludhiana-India. Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) inaugurated Madrassa Banatul Islam Ludhiana-India in 1941. Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) named madrassa banatul Islam as women section of Darul uloom Deoband.
Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyeb (r.a) mohtamim darul uloom deoband visited Madrassa Banatul Islam Ludhiana in 1943 and praised the efforts of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) and his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a).
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has established similar Madrassa Banatul Islam in Sahiwal-Pakistan in 1948.
Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a) was very happy when he heard that same Madrassa Banatul Islam is established in Sahiwal as well.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has founded three schools...Nangle Anmbia High School, Mahmoodia High School, and Banatul Islam High School in Sahiwal. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was president of the Punjab TB association.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was president of Pakistan Muslim League Sahiwal as well as the member of working committee of Pakistan Muslim League.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was qualified from Darul-Uloom Deoband and he was a student of Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayyed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was son of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a).
Jamia Zia-ul-Quran Sahiwal was established in 1987 by Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan’s sister mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti saheba (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was the President/Founder of 32 Associations/Organisations.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was President Anti TB Association of Pakistan.
The old name of the city of Sahiwal was Montgomery. It was changed to Sahiwal by Mufti Zia-ul-Hasan in 1966.
He was born in 1918 Ludhiana-India and Died in 1983 Sahiwal-Pakistan.
He remained very active in politics throughout his life.
He has participated in all tehreeks (movements) against Qadiyanis.
Mr.M.Hamza (Senator) :
Mr.M. Hamza saheb is cousin of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a).
Mr.Hamza was a MNA from Gojra and member of Pakistan Muslim League. He remained very active in politics throughout his life and became member of West Pakistan assembly in 1960, 1963-64 and he was member Pakistan national assembly in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 1997.
Mr.M.Hamza was Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997.
Mr.Hamza is the most successful in parliamentary politics from the family of Ulama e Ludhiana.
Mr.M.Hamza is currently Senator of Pakistan.
Age above 80 years, he is still very active in politics.
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• Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi (r.a)
and his sons were :-
• Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi (r.a)
• Maulana Muhammad Ludihanavi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdullah Ludihanavi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanavi (r.a)
In 1857, the leading family of Ulama of Ludhiana India threw in their lot with the revolutionaries. They marched to Delhi fighting their way through British Forces. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi and his four sons showed indomitable courage during the operations of siege.
When Delhi fell, they retired to the jungles of Patiala and evaded all attempts to be arrested by the government. On the proclamation of general amnesty they decided to return to Ludhiana. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi died on his way back.
His three sons resumed their ancestral work of religious teachings and his one son Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi migrated to Afghanistan.
Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanavi and his son Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanavi gave the first fatwa of independence from British Government which later was signed by famous Ulama(Muslim Scholars) of India and Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Muhammad, Maulana Abdullah and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludhinavi gave a Fatwa in the Jumma prayers for Muslims to participate in the struggle for the independence movement of India.
This Fatwa was later published. Itwas famously called as Fatwa Nusrat ul Abrar (1888).
Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, and GC University), Lahore wrote in his paper:-
Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan
( Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan echoed his thought
and fervently appealed to the Muslim community to join Indian
patriotic association and show their allegiance to the British
government. He vehemently appealed to the common Indian
Muslim that participation of Muslims in the politics was
harmful. He had persuaded few like-minded Ulama to issue
Fatwa that participation of Muslims in the Indian National
Congress was Haraam (illegal) and it was a supreme duty of
Indian Muslim to join Indian Patriotic association. All these
anti- Congress activities of Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan continued
till 1888. Now Ulama of Deoband became active to counter Sir.
Sayyed Ahmed Khan anti Congress posture. Maulana Rashid
Ahmed Ganguhi, Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mahmud ul Hassan and other
theologian of Deoband and Muslims from different parts of the
country opposed Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan and issued fatwa
against him. They had collectively issued fatwa supporting
Muslims participation in the Indian National Congress and
barring them from joining the Indian Patriotic Association.
Those Maulanas who were in the forefront to opposing sir sayed’s
fatwa were Ulamai-Ludhiana Maulana Mohammed sahib and
his two brothers Maulana Aziz Saheb and Maulana Abdullah
saheb.
They had collected fatwas against Sir sayyed from different
parts of the country and compiled it in a comprehensive book
v.i.z Nusratul Abrar.Maulana Mohammed Saheb in his
fatwa justified it by his vehement argument that the participation
of Muslims in the Indian National Congress was permissible and
that they should keep away from Indian patriotic association,
which was founded by an English officer. For a reference the
fatwa given by Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi can be cited
in Nusratul Abrar page No. 19-20,26 and the Fatwa given by
Maulana Mohammed ul Hassan sahib and the fatwa of Ulama of
Deoband in page No. 23-24, Maulana Mohammed and the
fatwa given by his two brothers can be cited on page No. 13-
19. In fact Nusratul Abrar contain Fatwa given by one hundred
Indian Ulama in support of Muslim joining the Indian National
congress and against Indian patriotic association. (Note Ref-
Indian struggle for Independence p.70 Naqshe Hayat, p 69, 70,
71.Nusratul Abrar)
It is also interesting to note that the Indian National Congress
during its initial phase of its formation was only confined to
holding rallies and presenting memorandum to the British
government. On the other hand the Ulama of (Deoband) were
engaged in preparing and planning and in envisaging
strategy to launch a comprehensive offence against the British
government. )
TAZKIRA-I-ULAMA-I-PUNJAB by Mr.Akhtar Rahi
53Maulana Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah both were brothers from Ballia wall, district Ludhiana. Abdullah earned considerable acclaim as a scholar. Sat at the feet of Muhammad Hassan Amritsari, Mehmud ul Hassan and Anwar Shah Kashmiri as student of hadith. Akhtar Rahi, Tazkira-i-ulma-i-Punjab, pp.346-47.
Mr.Tahir Kamran in his papers
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab)
wrote:-
( Apart from Lahore, Ludhiana and Jullundur were the two districts where
Deobandi Islam found conducive environ. Ulama from Ludhiana, particularly Maulana
Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came in the spotlight when they took a
lead in denouncing Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, the founder of Qadiani sect, as Kafir.
After graduating from Deoband, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came to Ludhiana and
started teaching at famous Madrasa Azizia. Later on, he shifted to Madrasa Allah Walla
along with his son Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhianvi (1890-1970), and remained engaged in teaching hadith.
However, Maulana Abdullah’s lasting contribution was the establishment of
Madrasa Darul Ulum Naumania ).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi (r.a):
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi was son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludihanavi and was grandson of Maulana Abdul QadirLudihanavi (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem was a student of Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hasan at Darul uloom Deoband.
Mufti Naeem saheb was Vice-President of Jamiat e Ulmai Hind at the time when Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madni (r.a) was President of JAMIAT ULAMA E HIND. He was also president of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. He remained President of District Congress Ludhiana for 28 years. He remained very active in politics until independence in 1947.
Mufti Naeem sahib was mohtamum (principle) of madrassa mahmodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana. Famous Alim Maulana Yousaf Ludihanavi RA and Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani RA was student of Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanavi.
His father Maulana Abdullah Ludihanavi was the first Mufti in the world who gave the first fatwa against the kufar of Mirza Ghullam Ahmad Qadiani and declared Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as Kafir (Non-Muslim).
His fatwa was famously known as the Fatawa e Qadria published by him and his brother Maulana Mohammad Ludihanavi.
Mufti Naeem saheb spent his whole life in the struggle for freedom. He participated in all the movements against Qadiyanis and also participated in the famous Reshami Rumal threek (Silk Letter)movement of his famous teacher Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hassan RA. He spent many years in jail for the struggle of Independence.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi also participated with Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA in the famous case against Qadianis called the case of Bahawalpur.
Mufti Naeem sahib was a close ally of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi RA, Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Syed Husain Ahmad Madani RA, Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori RA, Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani RA, Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi RA, Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi RA, Maulana GulBadsha RA, Maulana Qari Tayyab sb RA, Mollana Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA, Maulana Abdul Qadir Kasoori RA, Maulana Dawood Ghaznavi RA, Maulana Abdullah Darkhastawi and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi RA.
Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain wrote in his book
( Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan )
The tragic incidence of Kissa Khwani bazar of Peshawar and
the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
( During the freedom struggle in 1930 there was a firing in the
Kissa Khwani Bazar of Peshawar where thousands of brave
Pathans were killed and thousands were brutally tortured. The
Congress appointed the Azad inquiry commission to inquire into
the killings. The members of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi
and Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhinavi were the members of the inquiry committee.
The British Government did not permit the
members of the inquiry committee to go to Peshawar and
conduct the inquiry. However, the inquiry was conducted from
Rawalpindi. When the report of inquiry commission was
published the British Government was outraged and banned the
report. )
Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home Minister of India wrote about
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludihanavi in his book published in 1942:
AT Ludhiana I spent the day with 'Mufti
Moulvi Mohamed Naeem, a learned and a divine
Muslim, a member of the Working Committee of
the Jamiat-Ul-Ulema-i-Hind.
He is a man past middle age, self-possessed,
shrewd, with a keen sense of humour. Deep read
and widely informed, he speaks Urdu, somewhat
difficult for me to follow with that musical
cadence which long chanting of beautiful
words given to religious men. With a twinkle,
humorous no doubt, but which measures your
depth with uncanny insight, the Mufti Saheb is
sure of himself, his views and his ideals.
It was a treat to have spent the day with him.
As President of the District Congress Committee,
he started the first function of the day.
We went together to Bhaini Saheb, 16 miles
from Ludhiana. In the evening, talking over
men and things the Mufti Saheb let himself go
on various topics of the day.
The Mufti Saheb had no illusions about the
European influence. He repeated more than
once, those of us who have studied English learnt of
its deleterious effects after a bitter experience,
but he knew it from the beginning. He illustrated
his remark by an apt anecdote.
He quoted two Urdu lines from
Akbar Allaabadi:
“Afsos ke phiraon ko kallege ke na suje
Eun katl se baccho ke vo badnam na hota”
(It is a pity that Pharaoh didn't think of opening
a college; had he done so, he would have
been saved the infamy of a Massacre of Innocents.)
I appreciated his point of view. I have realised
the havoc which University education has
done to the ideals and character of our
younger generation. I myself in the course of
thirty years had to unlearn most of the things
which I learnt in the college and I could not but
feel that this devout Muslim divine with his
mocking smile and twinkling eye had a clearer
vision into the reality of things than we who
claim to know the wisdom of the east and the
west.
And as I bade him goodbye on the station, God
alone knows how ardently I wished that there
were more Muslims of Mufti Saheb's type in this
country.
For long I pondered over the race of men
which had produced Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr.
Ansari, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Khan Abdul
Gaffar Khan, Dr. Khan Saheb and Mufti Naeem Saheb,
in the India of pre-British days when Hindus
and Muslims combined to resist the British penetration
into the country.
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi (r.a):
Famous Majlis e Ahrar President Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi was son of Mollana Zakariya Ludihanavi RA and grandson of Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi RA. He spent about 10 years in jail during the struggle of independence against British Government.
Mr Tahir Kamran in his papers
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab) wrote:-
Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludhianvi was the most renowned of
all Deobandi Ulama from Ludhiana.
He was a Deoband graduate and favourite student of
Maulana Habibur Rehman Usmani RA and Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA.
In 1919, he entered politics and began addressing the public meetings along with Mollana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (1885-1949) when Khilafat Movement had just commenced. He remained very active in politics throughout his life. He was also one of the chief protagonists of Majlis-i-Ahrar. He remained president of Majlis Ahrar e Islam e Hind for approx 10 years from 1930 to 1940.
In the annals of Ahrar movement, he is remembered as Raees ul Ahrar (Leader of Ahrar). Astoundingly, Habib ur Rehman stayed back in Ludhiana instead of migrating to Pakistan. His sons still live in East Punjab and are engaged in Tabligh (preaching).
MS SAMINA AWAN Professor Allama Iqbal University wrote in her book Majlis-i-Ahrar:
Muslim Urban Politics in Colonial Punjab:
Majlis-i-Ahrar’s Early Activism
Samina Awan
Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman Ludhianavi, a leading Ahrari, undertook to
take salt and defy the law. The police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse
the Congress rally he was addressing in Ludhiana, and injured several people.
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman was put behind bars for one year because he declared:
“I consider the British Government a foreign government. I
consider it my duty to expel the British and win freedom for our
country. For this, whatever punishment we are given, shall be
accepted gladly. So it is the duty of all Indians to boycott British
goods and to make the running of the country impossible”.
After his arrest, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad nominated Ch.Afzal Haq, a member of
the Congress Working Committee, as the de-facto leader of the movement”
Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman aur Hindustan ki Jang-i-Azadi Delhi: Taleemi-Samaji Markaz, 179.
Kashmiri, Shorish. (ed.). (1944
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanavi (r.a) was a close ally of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri RA, Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari RA, Mollana Abul Kalam Azad RA, Maulana Daood Ghanznavi RA, Chaudhary Afzal Haq RA, Mollana Ahmad Ali Lahori RA, Mollana Shabir Ahmad Usmani RA, Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi RA,Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi RA, Maulana Qari Tayyab RA, Maulana Zakariya Kandhalwi RA, Mollana Zafar Ali Khan RA, Master Taj u Din Ansari RA,Sheikh Hassam u Din RA, Mollana Husain Ahmad Madni RA, Mollana Hifzur Rehman Seuharvi RA, Mollana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi RA, Mollana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani RA, Mollana Sayeed Mohammad Mian, Janbaz Mirza RA, Mollana Ghullam Rasool Mehar, Mollana Abdul Majid Saliq, Subhash Chander Boss, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan and Agha Shroish Kashmiri RA.
He was graduate of DarulUloom Deoband, Sheikh ul Hadees Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah kandhalvi RA mentions him in his biography. He was the subject of the famous conversation on Tasawwuf as mentioned in his autobiography.
Maulana Habib ur Rahman grew close to Hazrat Maulana Abul Qadir Raipuri RA and Sheikh ul Hadees Maulana Zakariya RA. After the partition, in love of Hazrat Raipuri and Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah, Maulana Habib ur Rahman remained in Punjab with an aim of "keeping Islam alive" in India.
He became famous for helping poor Muslims that remained in India and also Muslim women who were kidnapped by Sikhs during partition. He helped many women repatriate to Pakistan and he helped the helpless Muslims in many ways uplifting their moral spirits.
The Jamia madrassa mahmoodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana, which was a famous madrassa and a place where Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi studied for a few years, was demolished after partition. Maulana Habibur Rahman worked to rebuild it.
Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain wrote in his book
( Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan )
( At the time of the Second Civil Disobedience Movement in
1932 the Congress had formed a "War Council" to recruit
people for systematic struggle against the British Government.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had also set up a parallel
organizational dictator viz, Idara Harabia (Centre for struggle).
The first "dictator" of Idara Harabia was Mufti Kifayatullah. He
led 100,000 men procession and courted arrest on 11 March,
1930. The second dictator of Idara Harabia, Maulana Hussain
Ahmed Madani was arrested on his way to Delhi from Deoband.
Thereafter numerous Jamiat leaders like Ahmed Sayyid Dehlavi,
Hifzur Rahaman Seoharvi, Sayeed Mohammad Mian, and
Maulana Habibur Rahman Ladhianvi were arrested one after another for
their anti-British activities. )
After Mollana Habib ur Rehman died, his sons Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (Mufti e Azam Punjab), Maulana Saeed ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA, Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Jamai RA and Mollana Khalil ur Rehman Ludihanavi RA continued his work and after they died the sons of Mufti Ahmad Rehmani RA are continuing the work in India. In fact they have managed to lay the foundation of the famous Darul Uloom that was demolished in Ludhiana at the time of partition.
His one grandson who is also named as Maulana Habibur Rahman Sani. He and His brother Mr Attiq ur Rehman Ludihanavi and his son Mr Mohammad Usman Rehmani are very actively involved for the welfare of the Muslims of India.
There is a famous story about Maulana Habibur Rahman RA senior that after partition a village of poor Hindus wanted to change their religion to release themselves of the caste system, so they invited a Sikh Guru, a Buddhist Monk and a Muslim Alim to preach to them. The Sikh Guru delivered a speech for a few hours, followed by the Monk and then finally Mawlana Habibur Raman’s turn came. He took a jug and went through the crowd giving people water and then came on the stage and offered the Guru and the Monk to drink water from the same glass. They refused (because they considered the Hindu low-castes as dirty (Achhoots). Mawlana Habib ur Rehman RA then went to his chair and by saying bismillah he drank water from the same glass. The people saw the Guru and the Monk refusing and the muslim Imam accepting and this touched them so much that they accepted Islam.
His biography named Raees ul Ahrar was written by his son Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Ludihanavi Jamai RA in Delhi.
Mufti Zia ul Hassan (r.a):
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was a legendary leader. He was migrated from Ludhiana-India to Sahiwal-Pakistan in 1947. In 1946 elections of India, Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) lost to Rai Iqbal in Ludhiana. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) participated in 1946 elections from Jamiat Ulama e Hind. He was general secretary of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab-India.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) and his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) established Madrassa Banatul Islam in 1941 in Ludhiana-India. Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) inaugurated Madrassa Banatul Islam Ludhiana-India in 1941. Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) named madrassa banatul Islam as women section of Darul uloom Deoband.
Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyeb (r.a) mohtamim darul uloom deoband visited Madrassa Banatul Islam Ludhiana in 1943 and praised the efforts of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) and his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a).
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has established similar Madrassa Banatul Islam in Sahiwal-Pakistan in 1948.
Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a) was very happy when he heard that same Madrassa Banatul Islam is established in Sahiwal as well.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has founded three schools...Nangle Anmbia High School, Mahmoodia High School, and Banatul Islam High School in Sahiwal. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was president of the Punjab TB association.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was president of Pakistan Muslim League Sahiwal as well as the member of working committee of Pakistan Muslim League.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was qualified from Darul-Uloom Deoband and he was a student of Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayyed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was son of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a).
Jamia Zia-ul-Quran Sahiwal was established in 1987 by Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan’s sister mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti saheba (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was the President/Founder of 32 Associations/Organisations.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was President Anti TB Association of Pakistan.
The old name of the city of Sahiwal was Montgomery. It was changed to Sahiwal by Mufti Zia-ul-Hasan in 1966.
He was born in 1918 Ludhiana-India and Died in 1983 Sahiwal-Pakistan.
He remained very active in politics throughout his life.
He has participated in all tehreeks (movements) against Qadiyanis.
Mr.M.Hamza (Senator) :
Mr.M. Hamza saheb is cousin of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a).
Mr.Hamza was a MNA from Gojra and member of Pakistan Muslim League. He remained very active in politics throughout his life and became member of West Pakistan assembly in 1960, 1963-64 and he was member Pakistan national assembly in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 1997.
Mr.M.Hamza was Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997.
Mr.Hamza is the most successful in parliamentary politics from the family of Ulama e Ludhiana.
Mr.M.Hamza is currently Senator of Pakistan.
Age above 80 years, he is still very active in politics.
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Re: Scholars from Ludhehana
• Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a)
and his sons:
• Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Muhammad Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi (r.a)
In 1857, the leading family of Ulama of Ludhiana India threw in their lot with the revolutionaries. They marched to Delhi fighting their way through British Forces. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his four sons showed indomitable courage during the operations of siege.
When Delhi fell, they retired to the jungles of Patiala and evaded all attempts to be arrested by the government. On the proclamation of general amnesty they decided to return to Ludhiana. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a) died on his way back.
His three sons resumed their ancestral work of religious teachings and his one son Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi migrated to Afghanistan.
Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his son Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi gave the first fatwa of independence from British Government which later was signed by famous Ulama(Muslim Scholars) of India and Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Muhammad, Maulana Abdullah and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi gave a Fatwa in the Jumma prayers for Muslims to participate in the struggle for the independence movement of India.
This Fatwa was later published.It was famously called as Fatwa Nusrat ul Abrar (1888).
[ (History of the Freedom Movement in India) by Dr. Tara Chand published by Ministry of Information Government of India. ]
[ Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan ]
( Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan echoed his thought
and fervently appealed to the Muslim community to join Indian
patriotic association and show their allegiance to the British
Government. He vehemently appealed to the common Indian
Muslim that participation of Muslims in the politics was
harmful. He had persuaded few like-minded Ulama to issue
Fatwa that participation of Muslims in the Indian National
Congress was Haraam (illegal) and it was a supreme duty of
Indian Muslim to join Indian Patriotic association. All these
anti- Congress activities of Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan continued
till 1888. Now Ulama of Deoband became active to counter Sir.
Sayyed Ahmed Khan anti Congress posture. Maulana Rashid
Ahmed Ganguhi, Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mahmud ul Hassan and other
theologian of Deoband and Muslims from different parts of the
country opposed Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan and issued fatwa
against him. They had collectively issued fatwa supporting
Muslims participation in the Indian National Congress and
barring them from joining the Indian Patriotic Association.
Those Maulanas who were in the forefront to opposing sir sayed’s
fatwa were Ulama i Ludhiana Maulana Mohammed sahib and
his two brothers Maulana Aziz Sahib and Maulana Abdullah
sahib.
They had collected fatwas against Sir sayyed from different
parts of the country and compiled it in a comprehensive book
v.i.z Nusrat ul Abrar.Maulana Mohammed Sahib in his
fatwa justified it by his vehement argument that the participation
of Muslims in the Indian National Congress was permissible and
that they should keep away from Indian patriotic association,
which was founded by an English officer. For a reference the
fatwa given by Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi can be cited
in Nusrat ul Abrar page No. 19-20, 26 and the Fatwa given by
Maulana Mohammed ul Hassan sahib and the fatwa of Ulama of
Deoband in page No. 23-24, Maulana Mohammed and the
fatwa given by his two brothers can be cited on page No. 13-
19. In fact Nusrat ul Abrar contain Fatwa given by one hundred
Indian Ulama in support of Muslim joining the Indian National
congress and against Indian patriotic association. (Note Ref-
Indian struggle for Independence p.70 Naqsh e Hayat, p 69, 70,
71. Nusrat ul Abrar)
It is also interesting to note that the Indian National Congress
during its initial phase of its formation was only confined to
holding rallies and presenting memorandum to the British
Government. On the other hand the Ulama of (Deoband) were
engaged in preparing and planning and in envisaging
strategy to launch a comprehensive offence against the British
Government. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
53Maulana Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah both were brothers from Ballia walli, district Ludhiana. Abdullah earned considerable acclaim as a scholar. Sat at the feet of Muhammad Hassan Amritsari, Mehmud ul Hassan and Anwar Shah Kashmiri as student of hadith. Akhtar Rahi, Tazkira-i-ulama-i-Punjab, pp.346-47.
[ TAZKIRA-e-ULAMA-e-PUNJAB by Mr.Akhtar Rahi ]
[ Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab ]
( Apart from Lahore, Ludhiana and Jullundur were the two districts where
Deobandi Islam found conducive environ. Ulema from Ludhiana, particularly Maulana
Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came in the spotlight when they took a
lead in denouncing Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, the founder of Qadiani sect, as Kafir.
After graduating from Deoband, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came to Ludhiana and
started teaching at famous Madrasa Azizia. Later on, he shifted to Madrasa Allah Walla
along with his son Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhianvi (1890-1971), and remained engaged in teaching hadith.
However, Maulana Abdullah’s lasting contribution was the establishment of
Madrasa Darul Ulum Naumania).
Note: Mr Tahir Kamran did a mistake here; Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi who gave fatwa of Kufar against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani was never a student of Darul uloom Deoband.
But in fact his nephew whose name was also Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi was student
[ Mr.Tahir Kamran ]
Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a):
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem was student of Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at Darul uloom Deoband.
Mufti Naeem sahib was Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind at the time when Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a) and Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) were Presidents of JAMIAT ULAMA E HIND. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was also President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Muhammad Naeem remained President of District Congress Ludhiana from (1919 to 1947) constantly for 28 years. This was a record in Indian politics that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was President District Congress Ludhiana for a period of 28 years. Mufti Naeem sahib was also member working committee of Jamiat Ulama e Hind since 1919 till 1947. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested in Reshami Rumaal Tehreek (Silk Letter Movement) on his way to Afghanistan. He was going to Afghanistan on the orders of his famous teacher Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a). Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi was sent for 3 years in jail on this arrest.
This is also very important to note that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) participated in all independence movements of Sheikh ul Hind and importantly to note that when Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) joined Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at that time only Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a) and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) were with Sheikh ul Hind in freedom movements. Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a) joined politics later in 1919 when Jamiat Ulama e Hind was established and Sheikh ul Hind became the first President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
The resolution of complete independence was submitted by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) as Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind in annual conference of Jamiat ul Hind at Amroha-India in 1930. Mufti Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested immediately after Amroha conference and was sent to jail for 2 years.
In 1942 Quit India Movement of Jamiat Ulama e Hind and Indian National Congress, Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested again and sent to Anbala jail for 2 years.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has spent total 7 years in jail during the struggle of Indian independence.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) remained very active in politics until independence of India in 1947.
Mufti Naeem sahib was mohtamum (principle) of madrassa Arabia Allah Walla in Ludhiana-India. Famous Islamic Scholar Maulana Yousaf Ludhianvi (r.a) and Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a) were students of Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a).
His father Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a) was the first Islamic scholar in the world who gave the first fatwa against the kufar of Mirza Ghullam Ahmad Qadiani and declared Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as Kafir (Non-Muslim).
His fatwa was famously known and was published by his brother Maulana Mohammad Ludhianvi (r.a) in Fatwa e Qadaria.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem sahib spent his most of the life in the struggle for freedom. He participated in all the movements against Qadiyanis and also participated in the famous Reshami Rumal threek (Silk Letter) movement of his famous teacher Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hassan (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has also participated with Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) in the famous case against Qadianis called the case of Bahawalpur.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was a close ally of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a), Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Husain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a), Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Bashir Ahmad Bhutta (r.a), Maulana Sayed Gul Badsha (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a) Mohtamum Darul uloom Deoband, Mollana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a).
When Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) came back to India after 25 years exile then Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana was established in 1941 by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and his son Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) under the supervision of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a).
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) said I am very happy to see Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and he ranked Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana as the women section of Darul uloom Deoband.
Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) daughter of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was the first principle of Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and later after partition she became principle of Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal established by her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1948. Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a) praised both Islamic institutions Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal.
In October 1976, Govt of Pakistan nationalised all schools therefore Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) started Jamia Zia ul Quran Sahiwal after the death of her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1987.
Until today it is a very famous Islamic Institution for women in Sahiwal.
( Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan )
The tragic incidence of Kissa Khwani bazar of Peshawar and
the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
( During the freedom struggle in 1930 there was a firing in the
Kissa Khwani Bazar of Peshawar where thousands of brave
Pathans were killed and thousands were brutally tortured. The
Congress appointed the Azad inquiry commission to inquire into
the killings. The members of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi
and Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi were the members of the inquiry committee.
The British Government did not permit the
members of the inquiry committee to go to Peshawar and
conduct the inquiry. However, the inquiry was conducted from
Rawalpindi. When the report of inquiry commission was
published the British Government was outraged and banned the
report. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister, Governor of UP-India mentioned Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi in his book published in 1942:
AT Ludhiana I spent the day with 'Mufti
Moulvi Muhammad Naeem, a learned Muslim divine
, a member of the Working Committee of
the Jamiat-ul- Ulema-in-Hind.
He is a man past middle age, self-possessed,
shrewd, with a keen sense of humour. Deep read
and widely informed, he speaks Urdu, somewhat
difficult for me to follow with that musical
cadence which long chanting of beautiful
words given to religious men. With a twinkle,
humorous no doubt, but which measures your
depth with uncanny insight, the Mufti Sahib is
sure of himself, his views and his ideals.
It was a treat to have spent the day with him.
As President of the District Congress Committee,
he started the first function of the day.
We went together to Bhaini Sahib, 16 miles
from Ludhiana. In the evening, talking over
men and things the Mufti Sahib let himself go
on various topics of the day.
The Mufti Sahib had no illusions about the
European influence. He repeated more than
once, those of us who have studied English learnt of
its deleterious effects after a bitter experience,
but he knew it from the beginning. He illustrated
his remark by an apt anecdote.
He quoted two Urdu lines from
Akbar Allaabadi:
“Afsos ke phiraon ko kallege ke na suje
Eun katl se baccho ke vo badnam na hota”
(It is a pity that Pharaoh didn't think of opening
a college; had he done so, he would have
been saved the infamy of a Massacre of Innocents.)
I appreciated his point of view. I have realised
the havoc which University education has
done to the ideals and character of our
younger generation. I myself in the course of
thirty years had to unlearn most of the things
which I learnt in the college and I could not but
feel that this devout Muslim divine with his
mocking smile and twinkling eye had a clearer
vision into the reality of things than we who
claim to know the wisdom of the east and the
west.
And as I bade him goodbye on the station, God
alone knows how ardently I wished that there
were more Muslims of Mufti Saheb's type in this
country.
For long I pondered over the race of men
which had produced Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr.
Ansari, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Khan Abdul
Gaffar Khan, Dr. Khan Sahib and Mufti Naeem Sahib,
in the India of pre-British days when Hindus
and Muslims combined to resist the British penetration
into the country.
[ Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister and Governor UP of India ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a):
Famous Majlis e Ahrar President Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was son of Mollana Zakariya Ludihanvi (r.a) and grandson of Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi RA. He spent about 10 years in jail during the struggle of independence against British Government.
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab) :
Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludhianvi was the most renowned of
all Deobandi Ulama from Ludhiana.
He was a Deoband graduate and favourite student of
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Usmani (r.a) and Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
In 1919, he entered politics and began addressing the public meetings along with Mollana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (1885-1949) when Khilafat Movement had just commenced. He remained very active in politics throughout his life. He was also one of the chief protagonists of Majlis-i-Ahrar. He remained president of Majlis Ahrar e Islam e Hind for approx. 10 years from 1930 to 1940.
In the annals of Ahrar movement, he is remembered as Rais ul Ahrar (Leader of Ahrar). Astoundingly, Habib ur Rehman stayed back in Ludhiana instead of migrating to Pakistan. His sons still live in East Punjab and are engaged in Tabligh (preaching).
[ Mr Tahir Kamran ]
Muslim Urban Politics in Colonial Punjab:
Majlis-i-Ahrar’s Early Activism
Samina Awan Professor
Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman Ludhianavi, a leading Ahrari, undertook to
take salt and defy the law. The police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse
the Congress rally he was addressing in Ludhiana, and injured several people.
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman was put behind bars for one year because he declared:
“I consider the British Government a foreign government. I
consider it my duty to expel the British and win freedom for our
country. For this, whatever punishment we are given, shall be
accepted gladly. So it is the duty of all Indians to boycott British
goods and to make the running of the country impossible”.
After his arrest, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad nominated Ch.Afzal Haq, a member of
the Congress Working Committee, as the de-facto leader of the movement”
Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman aur Hindustan ki Jang-i-Azadi Delhi: Taleemi-Samaji Markaz, 179.
Kashmiri Shorish. (ed.). (1944
[ MS SAMINA AWAN Professor Allama Iqbal University ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was a close ally of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a), Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (r.a), Mollana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a), Maulana Daood Ghanznavi (r.a), Chaudhary Afzal Haq (r.a), Mollana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Mollana Shabir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a),Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a), Maulana Zakariya Kandhalwi (r.a), Mollana Zafar Ali Khan (r.a), Master Taj u Din Ansari (r.a),Sheikh Hassam u Din (r.a), Mollana Hifzur Rehman Seuharvi (r.a), Mollana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi (r.a), Mollana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a), Mollana Sayeed Mohammad Mian (r.a), Janbaz Mirza (r.a), Mollana Ghullam Rasool Mehar (r.a), Mollana Abdul Majid Saliq (r.a), Subhash Chander Boss, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan (r.a), Agha Shroish Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
He was a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband, Sheikh ul Hadees Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah kandhalvi (r.a) mentions him in his biography. He was the subject of the famous conversation on Tasawwuf as mentioned in his autobiography.
Maulana Habib ur Rahman grew close to Hazrat Maulana Abul Qadir Raipuri (r.a) and Sheikh ul Haddis Maulana Zakariya (r.a). After the partition, in love of Hazrat Raipuri and Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah, Maulana Habib ur Rahman remained in Punjab with an aim of "keeping Islam alive" in India.
He became famous for helping poor muslims that remained in India and also muslim women who were kidnapped by Sikhs during partition. He helped many women repatriate to Pakistan and he helped the helpless Muslims in many ways uplifting their moral spirits.
The Jamia madrassa mahmoodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana, which was a famous madrassa and a place where Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi studied for a few years, was demolished after partition. Maulana Habib ur Rahman worked to rebuild it.
( Ulama Freedom Struggle and Concept of Pakistan )
( At the time of the Second Civil Disobedience Movement in
1932 the Congress had formed a "War Council" to recruit
people for systematic struggle against the British Government.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had also set up a parallel
organizational dictator viz, Idara Harabia (Centre for struggle).
The first "dictator" of Idara Harabia was Mufti Kifayatullah. He
led 100,000 men procession and courted arrest on 11 March,
1930. The second dictator of Idara Harabia, Maulana Hussain
Ahmed Madani was arrested on his way to Delhi from Deoband.
Thereafter numerous Jamiat leaders like Ahmed Sayyid Dehlavi,
Hifzur Rahaman Seoharvi, Sayeed Mohammad Mian, and
Maulana Habib ur Rahman Ladhianvi were arrested one after another for
their anti-British activities. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
After Mollana Habib ur Rehman died, his sons Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (Mufti e Azam Punjab), Maulana Saeed ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a), Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Jamai (r.a) and Mollana Khalil ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) continued his work and after they died the sons of Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (r.a) are continuing ancestral work of religious teachings in India. In fact they have managed to lay the foundation of the famous Darul Uloom that was demolished in Ludhiana at the time of partition.
His one grandson who is named as Maulana Habib ur Rahman Sani his brothers Mr Attiq ur Rehman Ludhianvi, Ghazzi Ubaid ur Rehman Ludhianvi and his son Mr Mohammad Usman Rehmani are very actively involved for the welfare of the Muslims of India.
There is a famous story about Maulana Habib ur Rahman RA senior that after partition a village of poor Hindus wanted to change their religion to release themselves of the caste system, so they invited a Sikh Guru, a Buddhist Monk and a Muslim Alim to preach to them. The Sikh Guru delivered a speech for a few hours, followed by the Monk and then finally Mawlana Habib ur Raman’s turn came. He took a jug and went through the crowd giving people water and then came on the stage and offered the Guru and the Monk to drink water from the same glass. They refused (because they considered the Hindu low-castes as dirty (Achhoots). Mawlana Habib ur Rehman RA then went to his chair and by saying bismillah he drank water from the same glass. The people saw the Guru and the Monk refusing and the muslim Imam accepting and this touched them so much that they accepted Islam.
His biography named Raees ul Ahrar was written by his son Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Ludhianvi Jamai (r.a) in Delhi-India.
Mufti Zia ul Hassan (r.a): A Legendry Leader
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was a legendary leader. He was migrated from Ludhiana-India to Sahiwal in 1947.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has established Madrassa Banat ul Islam in Ludhiana with his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) in 1941 in Ludhiana - India.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has founded three schools...Nangle Anmbia High School, Mahmoodia High School, and Banat ul Islam High School in Sahiwal. He established Jamia Rasheedia Sahiwal and Masjid e Shouhada in Sahiwal.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was President of Pakistan Muslim League Sahiwal as well as the member working committee of Pakistan Muslim League.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was qualified from Darul-uloom Deoband and he was student of Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) and Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was son of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a).
Jamia Zia-ul-Quran Sahiwal was established by Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan’s sister mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti sahiba (r.a) in 1987.
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was the President / Founder of 32 Associations / Charity Organisations of Pakistan. He established many health centres in Sahiwal.
The old name of the city of Sahiwal was Montgomery. It was changed to Sahiwal by Mufti Zia-ul-Hasan in 1966 in district council sahiwal when he was member there.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan remained very active in politics throughout his life. Mufti Zia ul Hasan participated in general elections of India in 1946 on congress ticket from Ludhiana seat but lost to Rai Iqbal of district Ludhiana. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a) gave him congress ticket for 1946 elections.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was general secretary of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) travelled in all India with Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) President Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has participated in all tehreeks (movements) against Qadiyanis in India and Pakistan.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan was born in 1918 Ludhiana-India and Died in 1983 Sahiwal-Pakistan.
Mr.M.Hamza Senator [ Former MNA and Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan) :
Mr.M. Hamza sahib is cousin of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a).
Mr.Hamza was a MNA from Gojra and is a member of Pakistan Muslim League. He remained very active in politics throughout his life and became member of west Pakistan assembly in 1960, 1963-64 and then he was member of Pakistan national assembly in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 1997.
Mr.M.Hamza was Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997.
Mr Hamza is most successful in parliamentary politics from the family of Ulama e Ludihana.
Mr.M.Hamza is currently Senator of Pakistan.
Age above 80 years, he is still very active in politics.
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Re: Scholars from Ludhehana
• Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a)
and his sons:
• Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Muhammad Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi (r.a)
In 1857, the leading family of Ulama of Ludhiana India threw in their lot with the revolutionaries. They marched to Delhi fighting their way through British Forces. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his four sons showed indomitable courage during the operations of siege.
When Delhi fell, they retired to the jungles of Patiala and evaded all attempts to be arrested by the government. On the proclamation of general amnesty they decided to return to Ludhiana. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a) died on his way back.
His three sons resumed their ancestral work of religious teachings and his one son Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi migrated to Afghanistan.
Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his son Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi gave the first fatwa of independence from British Government which later was signed by famous Ulama(Muslim Scholars) of India and Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Muhammad, Maulana Abdullah and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi gave a Fatwa in the Jumma prayers for Muslims to participate in the struggle for the independence movement of India.
This Fatwa was later published.It was famously called as Fatwa Nusrat ul Abrar (1888).
[ (History of the Freedom Movement in India) by Dr. Tara Chand published by Ministry of Information Government of India. ]
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( Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan echoed his thought
and fervently appealed to the Muslim community to join Indian
patriotic association and show their allegiance to the British
Government. He vehemently appealed to the common Indian
Muslim that participation of Muslims in the politics was
harmful. He had persuaded few like-minded Ulama to issue
Fatwa that participation of Muslims in the Indian National
Congress was Haraam (illegal) and it was a supreme duty of
Indian Muslim to join Indian Patriotic association. All these
anti- Congress activities of Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan continued
till 1888. Now Ulama of Deoband became active to counter Sir.
Sayyed Ahmed Khan anti Congress posture. Maulana Rashid
Ahmed Ganguhi, Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mahmud ul Hassan and other
theologian of Deoband and Muslims from different parts of the
country opposed Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan and issued fatwa
against him. They had collectively issued fatwa supporting
Muslims participation in the Indian National Congress and
barring them from joining the Indian Patriotic Association.
Those Maulanas who were in the forefront to opposing sir sayed’s
fatwa were Ulama i Ludhiana Maulana Mohammed sahib and
his two brothers Maulana Aziz Sahib and Maulana Abdullah
sahib.
They had collected fatwas against Sir sayyed from different
parts of the country and compiled it in a comprehensive book
v.i.z Nusrat ul Abrar.Maulana Mohammed Sahib in his
fatwa justified it by his vehement argument that the participation
of Muslims in the Indian National Congress was permissible and
that they should keep away from Indian patriotic association,
which was founded by an English officer. For a reference the
fatwa given by Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi can be cited
in Nusrat ul Abrar page No. 19-20, 26 and the Fatwa given by
Maulana Mohammed ul Hassan sahib and the fatwa of Ulama of
Deoband in page No. 23-24, Maulana Mohammed and the
fatwa given by his two brothers can be cited on page No. 13-
19. In fact Nusrat ul Abrar contain Fatwa given by one hundred
Indian Ulama in support of Muslim joining the Indian National
congress and against Indian patriotic association. (Note Ref-
Indian struggle for Independence p.70 Naqsh e Hayat, p 69, 70,
71. Nusrat ul Abrar)
It is also interesting to note that the Indian National Congress
during its initial phase of its formation was only confined to
holding rallies and presenting memorandum to the British
Government. On the other hand the Ulama of (Deoband) were
engaged in preparing and planning and in envisaging
strategy to launch a comprehensive offence against the British
Government. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
53Maulana Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah both were brothers from Ballia walli, district Ludhiana. Abdullah earned considerable acclaim as a scholar. Sat at the feet of Muhammad Hassan Amritsari, Mehmud ul Hassan and Anwar Shah Kashmiri as student of hadith. Akhtar Rahi, Tazkira-i-ulama-i-Punjab, pp.346-47.
[ TAZKIRA-e-ULAMA-e-PUNJAB by Mr.Akhtar Rahi ]
[ Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab ]
( Apart from Lahore, Ludhiana and Jullundur were the two districts where
Deobandi Islam found conducive environ. Ulema from Ludhiana, particularly Maulana
Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came in the spotlight when they took a
lead in denouncing Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, the founder of Qadiani sect, as Kafir.
After graduating from Deoband, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came to Ludhiana and
started teaching at famous Madrasa Azizia. Later on, he shifted to Madrasa Allah Walla
along with his son Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhianvi (1890-1971), and remained engaged in teaching hadith.
However, Maulana Abdullah’s lasting contribution was the establishment of
Madrasa Darul Ulum Naumania).
Note: Mr Tahir Kamran did a mistake here; Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi who gave fatwa of Kufar against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani was never a student of Darul uloom Deoband.
But in fact his nephew whose name was also Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi was student
[ Mr.Tahir Kamran ]
Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a):
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem was student of Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at Darul uloom Deoband.
Mufti Naeem sahib was Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind at the time when Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a) and Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) were Presidents of JAMIAT ULAMA E HIND. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was also President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Muhammad Naeem remained President of District Congress Ludhiana from (1919 to 1947) constantly for 28 years. This was a record in Indian politics that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was President District Congress Ludhiana for a period of 28 years. Mufti Naeem sahib was also member working committee of Jamiat Ulama e Hind since 1919 till 1947. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested in Reshami Rumaal Tehreek (Silk Letter Movement) on his way to Afghanistan. He was going to Afghanistan on the orders of his famous teacher Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a). Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi was sent for 3 years in jail on this arrest.
This is also very important to note that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) participated in all independence movements of Sheikh ul Hind and importantly to note that when Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) joined Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at that time only Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a) and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) were with Sheikh ul Hind in freedom movements. Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a) joined politics later in 1919 when Jamiat Ulama e Hind was established and Sheikh ul Hind became the first President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
The resolution of complete independence was submitted by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) as Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind in annual conference of Jamiat ul Hind at Amroha-India in 1930. Mufti Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested immediately after Amroha conference and was sent to jail for 2 years.
In 1942 Quit India Movement of Jamiat Ulama e Hind and Indian National Congress, Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested again and sent to Anbala jail for 2 years.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has spent total 7 years in jail during the struggle of Indian independence.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) remained very active in politics until independence of India in 1947.
Mufti Naeem sahib was mohtamum (principle) of madrassa Arabia Allah Walla in Ludhiana-India. Famous Islamic Scholar Maulana Yousaf Ludhianvi (r.a) and Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a) were students of Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a).
His father Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a) was the first Islamic scholar in the world who gave the first fatwa against the kufar of Mirza Ghullam Ahmad Qadiani and declared Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as Kafir (Non-Muslim).
His fatwa was famously known and was published by his brother Maulana Mohammad Ludhianvi (r.a) in Fatwa e Qadaria.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem sahib spent his most of the life in the struggle for freedom. He participated in all the movements against Qadiyanis and also participated in the famous Reshami Rumal threek (Silk Letter) movement of his famous teacher Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hassan (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has also participated with Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) in the famous case against Qadianis called the case of Bahawalpur.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was a close ally of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a), Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Husain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a), Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Bashir Ahmad Bhutta (r.a), Maulana Sayed Gul Badsha (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a) Mohtamum Darul uloom Deoband, Mollana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a).
When Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) came back to India after 25 years exile then Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana was established in 1941 by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and his son Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) under the supervision of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a).
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) said I am very happy to see Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and he ranked Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana as the women section of Darul uloom Deoband.
Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) daughter of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was the first principle of Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and later after partition she became principle of Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal established by her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1948. Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a) praised both Islamic institutions Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal.
In October 1976, Govt of Pakistan nationalised all schools therefore Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) started Jamia Zia ul Quran Sahiwal after the death of her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1987.
Until today it is a very famous Islamic Institution for women in Sahiwal.
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The tragic incidence of Kissa Khwani bazar of Peshawar and
the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
( During the freedom struggle in 1930 there was a firing in the
Kissa Khwani Bazar of Peshawar where thousands of brave
Pathans were killed and thousands were brutally tortured. The
Congress appointed the Azad inquiry commission to inquire into
the killings. The members of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi
and Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi were the members of the inquiry committee.
The British Government did not permit the
members of the inquiry committee to go to Peshawar and
conduct the inquiry. However, the inquiry was conducted from
Rawalpindi. When the report of inquiry commission was
published the British Government was outraged and banned the
report. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister, Governor of UP-India mentioned Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi in his book published in 1942:
AT Ludhiana I spent the day with 'Mufti
Moulvi Muhammad Naeem, a learned Muslim divine
, a member of the Working Committee of
the Jamiat-ul- Ulema-in-Hind.
He is a man past middle age, self-possessed,
shrewd, with a keen sense of humour. Deep read
and widely informed, he speaks Urdu, somewhat
difficult for me to follow with that musical
cadence which long chanting of beautiful
words given to religious men. With a twinkle,
humorous no doubt, but which measures your
depth with uncanny insight, the Mufti Sahib is
sure of himself, his views and his ideals.
It was a treat to have spent the day with him.
As President of the District Congress Committee,
he started the first function of the day.
We went together to Bhaini Sahib, 16 miles
from Ludhiana. In the evening, talking over
men and things the Mufti Sahib let himself go
on various topics of the day.
The Mufti Sahib had no illusions about the
European influence. He repeated more than
once, those of us who have studied English learnt of
its deleterious effects after a bitter experience,
but he knew it from the beginning. He illustrated
his remark by an apt anecdote.
He quoted two Urdu lines from
Akbar Allaabadi:
“Afsos ke phiraon ko kallege ke na suje
Eun katl se baccho ke vo badnam na hota”
(It is a pity that Pharaoh didn't think of opening
a college; had he done so, he would have
been saved the infamy of a Massacre of Innocents.)
I appreciated his point of view. I have realised
the havoc which University education has
done to the ideals and character of our
younger generation. I myself in the course of
thirty years had to unlearn most of the things
which I learnt in the college and I could not but
feel that this devout Muslim divine with his
mocking smile and twinkling eye had a clearer
vision into the reality of things than we who
claim to know the wisdom of the east and the
west.
And as I bade him goodbye on the station, God
alone knows how ardently I wished that there
were more Muslims of Mufti Saheb's type in this
country.
For long I pondered over the race of men
which had produced Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr.
Ansari, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Khan Abdul
Gaffar Khan, Dr. Khan Sahib and Mufti Naeem Sahib,
in the India of pre-British days when Hindus
and Muslims combined to resist the British penetration
into the country.
[ Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister and Governor UP of India ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a):
Famous Majlis e Ahrar President Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was son of Mollana Zakariya Ludihanvi (r.a) and grandson of Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi RA. He spent about 10 years in jail during the struggle of independence against British Government.
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab) :
Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludhianvi was the most renowned of
all Deobandi Ulama from Ludhiana.
He was a Deoband graduate and favourite student of
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Usmani (r.a) and Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
In 1919, he entered politics and began addressing the public meetings along with Mollana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (1885-1949) when Khilafat Movement had just commenced. He remained very active in politics throughout his life. He was also one of the chief protagonists of Majlis-i-Ahrar. He remained president of Majlis Ahrar e Islam e Hind for approx. 10 years from 1930 to 1940.
In the annals of Ahrar movement, he is remembered as Rais ul Ahrar (Leader of Ahrar). Astoundingly, Habib ur Rehman stayed back in Ludhiana instead of migrating to Pakistan. His sons still live in East Punjab and are engaged in Tabligh (preaching).
[ Mr Tahir Kamran ]
Muslim Urban Politics in Colonial Punjab:
Majlis-i-Ahrar’s Early Activism
Samina Awan Professor
Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman Ludhianavi, a leading Ahrari, undertook to
take salt and defy the law. The police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse
the Congress rally he was addressing in Ludhiana, and injured several people.
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman was put behind bars for one year because he declared:
“I consider the British Government a foreign government. I
consider it my duty to expel the British and win freedom for our
country. For this, whatever punishment we are given, shall be
accepted gladly. So it is the duty of all Indians to boycott British
goods and to make the running of the country impossible”.
After his arrest, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad nominated Ch.Afzal Haq, a member of
the Congress Working Committee, as the de-facto leader of the movement”
Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman aur Hindustan ki Jang-i-Azadi Delhi: Taleemi-Samaji Markaz, 179.
Kashmiri Shorish. (ed.). (1944
[ MS SAMINA AWAN Professor Allama Iqbal University ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was a close ally of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a), Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (r.a), Mollana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a), Maulana Daood Ghanznavi (r.a), Chaudhary Afzal Haq (r.a), Mollana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Mollana Shabir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a),Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a), Maulana Zakariya Kandhalwi (r.a), Mollana Zafar Ali Khan (r.a), Master Taj u Din Ansari (r.a),Sheikh Hassam u Din (r.a), Mollana Hifzur Rehman Seuharvi (r.a), Mollana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi (r.a), Mollana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a), Mollana Sayeed Mohammad Mian (r.a), Janbaz Mirza (r.a), Mollana Ghullam Rasool Mehar (r.a), Mollana Abdul Majid Saliq (r.a), Subhash Chander Boss, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan (r.a), Agha Shroish Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
He was a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband, Sheikh ul Hadees Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah kandhalvi (r.a) mentions him in his biography. He was the subject of the famous conversation on Tasawwuf as mentioned in his autobiography.
Maulana Habib ur Rahman grew close to Hazrat Maulana Abul Qadir Raipuri (r.a) and Sheikh ul Haddis Maulana Zakariya (r.a). After the partition, in love of Hazrat Raipuri and Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah, Maulana Habib ur Rahman remained in Punjab with an aim of "keeping Islam alive" in India.
He became famous for helping poor muslims that remained in India and also muslim women who were kidnapped by Sikhs during partition. He helped many women repatriate to Pakistan and he helped the helpless Muslims in many ways uplifting their moral spirits.
The Jamia madrassa mahmoodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana, which was a famous madrassa and a place where Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi studied for a few years, was demolished after partition. Maulana Habib ur Rahman worked to rebuild it.
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( At the time of the Second Civil Disobedience Movement in
1932 the Congress had formed a "War Council" to recruit
people for systematic struggle against the British Government.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had also set up a parallel
organizational dictator viz, Idara Harabia (Centre for struggle).
The first "dictator" of Idara Harabia was Mufti Kifayatullah. He
led 100,000 men procession and courted arrest on 11 March,
1930. The second dictator of Idara Harabia, Maulana Hussain
Ahmed Madani was arrested on his way to Delhi from Deoband.
Thereafter numerous Jamiat leaders like Ahmed Sayyid Dehlavi,
Hifzur Rahaman Seoharvi, Sayeed Mohammad Mian, and
Maulana Habib ur Rahman Ladhianvi were arrested one after another for
their anti-British activities. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
After Mollana Habib ur Rehman died, his sons Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (Mufti e Azam Punjab), Maulana Saeed ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a), Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Jamai (r.a) and Mollana Khalil ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) continued his work and after they died the sons of Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (r.a) are continuing ancestral work of religious teachings in India. In fact they have managed to lay the foundation of the famous Darul Uloom that was demolished in Ludhiana at the time of partition.
His one grandson who is named as Maulana Habib ur Rahman Sani his brothers Mr Attiq ur Rehman Ludhianvi, Ghazzi Ubaid ur Rehman Ludhianvi and his son Mr Mohammad Usman Rehmani are very actively involved for the welfare of the Muslims of India.
There is a famous story about Maulana Habib ur Rahman RA senior that after partition a village of poor Hindus wanted to change their religion to release themselves of the caste system, so they invited a Sikh Guru, a Buddhist Monk and a Muslim Alim to preach to them. The Sikh Guru delivered a speech for a few hours, followed by the Monk and then finally Mawlana Habib ur Raman’s turn came. He took a jug and went through the crowd giving people water and then came on the stage and offered the Guru and the Monk to drink water from the same glass. They refused (because they considered the Hindu low-castes as dirty (Achhoots). Mawlana Habib ur Rehman RA then went to his chair and by saying bismillah he drank water from the same glass. The people saw the Guru and the Monk refusing and the muslim Imam accepting and this touched them so much that they accepted Islam.
His biography named Raees ul Ahrar was written by his son Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Ludhianvi Jamai (r.a) in Delhi-India.
Mufti Zia ul Hassan (r.a): A Legendry Leader
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was a legendary leader. He was migrated from Ludhiana-India to Sahiwal in 1947.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has established Madrassa Banat ul Islam in Ludhiana with his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) in 1941 in Ludhiana - India.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has founded three schools...Nangle Anmbia High School, Mahmoodia High School, and Banat ul Islam High School in Sahiwal. He established Jamia Rasheedia Sahiwal and Masjid e Shouhada in Sahiwal.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was President of Pakistan Muslim League Sahiwal as well as the member working committee of Pakistan Muslim League.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was qualified from Darul-uloom Deoband and he was student of Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) and Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was son of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a).
Jamia Zia-ul-Quran Sahiwal was established by Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan’s sister mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti sahiba (r.a) in 1987.
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was the President / Founder of 32 Associations / Charity Organisations of Pakistan. He established many health centres in Sahiwal.
The old name of the city of Sahiwal was Montgomery. It was changed to Sahiwal by Mufti Zia-ul-Hasan in 1966 in district council sahiwal when he was member there.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan remained very active in politics throughout his life. Mufti Zia ul Hasan participated in general elections of India in 1946 on congress ticket from Ludhiana seat but lost to Rai Iqbal of district Ludhiana. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a) gave him congress ticket for 1946 elections.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was general secretary of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) travelled in all India with Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) President Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has participated in all tehreeks (movements) against Qadiyanis in India and Pakistan.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan was born in 1918 Ludhiana-India and Died in 1983 Sahiwal-Pakistan.
Mr.M.Hamza Senator [ Former MNA and Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan) :
Mr.M. Hamza sahib is cousin of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a).
Mr.Hamza was a MNA from Gojra and is a member of Pakistan Muslim League. He remained very active in politics throughout his life and became member of west Pakistan assembly in 1960, 1963-64 and then he was member of Pakistan national assembly in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 1997.
Mr.M.Hamza was Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997.
Mr Hamza is most successful in parliamentary politics from the family of Ulama e Ludihana.
Mr.M.Hamza is currently Senator of Pakistan.
Age above 80 years, he is still very active in politics.
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Re: Scholars from Ludhehana
• Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a)
and his sons:
• Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Muhammad Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi (r.a)
In 1857, the leading family of Ulama of Ludhiana India threw in their lot with the revolutionaries. They marched to Delhi fighting their way through British Forces. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his four sons showed indomitable courage during the operations of siege.
When Delhi fell, they retired to the jungles of Patiala and evaded all attempts to be arrested by the government. On the proclamation of general amnesty they decided to return to Ludhiana. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a) died on his way back.
His three sons resumed their ancestral work of religious teachings and his one son Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi migrated to Afghanistan.
Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his son Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi gave the first fatwa of independence from British Government which later was signed by famous Ulama(Muslim Scholars) of India and Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Muhammad, Maulana Abdullah and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi gave a Fatwa in the Jumma prayers for Muslims to participate in the struggle for the independence movement of India.
This Fatwa was later published.It was famously called as Fatwa Nusrat ul Abrar (1888).
[ (History of the Freedom Movement in India) by Dr. Tara Chand published by Ministry of Information Government of India. ]
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( Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan echoed his thought
and fervently appealed to the Muslim community to join Indian
patriotic association and show their allegiance to the British
Government. He vehemently appealed to the common Indian
Muslim that participation of Muslims in the politics was
harmful. He had persuaded few like-minded Ulama to issue
Fatwa that participation of Muslims in the Indian National
Congress was Haraam (illegal) and it was a supreme duty of
Indian Muslim to join Indian Patriotic association. All these
anti- Congress activities of Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan continued
till 1888. Now Ulama of Deoband became active to counter Sir.
Sayyed Ahmed Khan anti Congress posture. Maulana Rashid
Ahmed Ganguhi, Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mahmud ul Hassan and other
theologian of Deoband and Muslims from different parts of the
country opposed Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan and issued fatwa
against him. They had collectively issued fatwa supporting
Muslims participation in the Indian National Congress and
barring them from joining the Indian Patriotic Association.
Those Maulanas who were in the forefront to opposing sir sayed’s
fatwa were Ulama i Ludhiana Maulana Mohammed sahib and
his two brothers Maulana Aziz Sahib and Maulana Abdullah
sahib.
They had collected fatwas against Sir sayyed from different
parts of the country and compiled it in a comprehensive book
v.i.z Nusrat ul Abrar.Maulana Mohammed Sahib in his
fatwa justified it by his vehement argument that the participation
of Muslims in the Indian National Congress was permissible and
that they should keep away from Indian patriotic association,
which was founded by an English officer. For a reference the
fatwa given by Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi can be cited
in Nusrat ul Abrar page No. 19-20, 26 and the Fatwa given by
Maulana Mohammed ul Hassan sahib and the fatwa of Ulama of
Deoband in page No. 23-24, Maulana Mohammed and the
fatwa given by his two brothers can be cited on page No. 13-
19. In fact Nusrat ul Abrar contain Fatwa given by one hundred
Indian Ulama in support of Muslim joining the Indian National
congress and against Indian patriotic association. (Note Ref-
Indian struggle for Independence p.70 Naqsh e Hayat, p 69, 70,
71. Nusrat ul Abrar)
It is also interesting to note that the Indian National Congress
during its initial phase of its formation was only confined to
holding rallies and presenting memorandum to the British
Government. On the other hand the Ulama of (Deoband) were
engaged in preparing and planning and in envisaging
strategy to launch a comprehensive offence against the British
Government. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
53Maulana Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah both were brothers from Ballia walli, district Ludhiana. Abdullah earned considerable acclaim as a scholar. Sat at the feet of Muhammad Hassan Amritsari, Mehmud ul Hassan and Anwar Shah Kashmiri as student of hadith. Akhtar Rahi, Tazkira-i-ulama-i-Punjab, pp.346-47.
[ TAZKIRA-e-ULAMA-e-PUNJAB by Mr.Akhtar Rahi ]
[ Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab ]
( Apart from Lahore, Ludhiana and Jullundur were the two districts where
Deobandi Islam found conducive environ. Ulema from Ludhiana, particularly Maulana
Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came in the spotlight when they took a
lead in denouncing Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, the founder of Qadiani sect, as Kafir.
After graduating from Deoband, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came to Ludhiana and
started teaching at famous Madrasa Azizia. Later on, he shifted to Madrasa Allah Walla
along with his son Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhianvi (1890-1971), and remained engaged in teaching hadith.
However, Maulana Abdullah’s lasting contribution was the establishment of
Madrasa Darul Ulum Naumania).
Note: Mr Tahir Kamran did a mistake here; Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi who gave fatwa of Kufar against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani was never a student of Darul uloom Deoband.
But in fact his nephew whose name was also Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi was student
[ Mr.Tahir Kamran ]
Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a):
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem was student of Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at Darul uloom Deoband.
Mufti Naeem sahib was Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind at the time when Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a) and Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) were Presidents of JAMIAT ULAMA E HIND. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was also President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Muhammad Naeem remained President of District Congress Ludhiana from (1919 to 1947) constantly for 28 years. This was a record in Indian politics that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was President District Congress Ludhiana for a period of 28 years. Mufti Naeem sahib was also member working committee of Jamiat Ulama e Hind since 1919 till 1947. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested in Reshami Rumaal Tehreek (Silk Letter Movement) on his way to Afghanistan. He was going to Afghanistan on the orders of his famous teacher Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a). Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi was sent for 3 years in jail on this arrest.
This is also very important to note that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) participated in all independence movements of Sheikh ul Hind and importantly to note that when Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) joined Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at that time only Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a) and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) were with Sheikh ul Hind in freedom movements. Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a) joined politics later in 1919 when Jamiat Ulama e Hind was established and Sheikh ul Hind became the first President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
The resolution of complete independence was submitted by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) as Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind in annual conference of Jamiat ul Hind at Amroha-India in 1930. Mufti Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested immediately after Amroha conference and was sent to jail for 2 years.
In 1942 Quit India Movement of Jamiat Ulama e Hind and Indian National Congress, Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested again and sent to Anbala jail for 2 years.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has spent total 7 years in jail during the struggle of Indian independence.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) remained very active in politics until independence of India in 1947.
Mufti Naeem sahib was mohtamum (principle) of madrassa Arabia Allah Walla in Ludhiana-India. Famous Islamic Scholar Maulana Yousaf Ludhianvi (r.a) and Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a) were students of Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a).
His father Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a) was the first Islamic scholar in the world who gave the first fatwa against the kufar of Mirza Ghullam Ahmad Qadiani and declared Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as Kafir (Non-Muslim).
His fatwa was famously known and was published by his brother Maulana Mohammad Ludhianvi (r.a) in Fatwa e Qadaria.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem sahib spent his most of the life in the struggle for freedom. He participated in all the movements against Qadiyanis and also participated in the famous Reshami Rumal threek (Silk Letter) movement of his famous teacher Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hassan (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has also participated with Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) in the famous case against Qadianis called the case of Bahawalpur.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was a close ally of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a), Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Husain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a), Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Bashir Ahmad Bhutta (r.a), Maulana Sayed Gul Badsha (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a) Mohtamum Darul uloom Deoband, Mollana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a).
When Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) came back to India after 25 years exile then Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana was established in 1941 by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and his son Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) under the supervision of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a).
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) said I am very happy to see Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and he ranked Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana as the women section of Darul uloom Deoband.
Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) daughter of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was the first principle of Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and later after partition she became principle of Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal established by her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1948. Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a) praised both Islamic institutions Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal.
In October 1976, Govt of Pakistan nationalised all schools therefore Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) started Jamia Zia ul Quran Sahiwal after the death of her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1987.
Until today it is a very famous Islamic Institution for women in Sahiwal.
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The tragic incidence of Kissa Khwani bazar of Peshawar and
the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
( During the freedom struggle in 1930 there was a firing in the
Kissa Khwani Bazar of Peshawar where thousands of brave
Pathans were killed and thousands were brutally tortured. The
Congress appointed the Azad inquiry commission to inquire into
the killings. The members of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi
and Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi were the members of the inquiry committee.
The British Government did not permit the
members of the inquiry committee to go to Peshawar and
conduct the inquiry. However, the inquiry was conducted from
Rawalpindi. When the report of inquiry commission was
published the British Government was outraged and banned the
report. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister, Governor of UP-India mentioned Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi in his book published in 1942:
AT Ludhiana I spent the day with 'Mufti
Moulvi Muhammad Naeem, a learned Muslim divine
, a member of the Working Committee of
the Jamiat-ul- Ulema-in-Hind.
He is a man past middle age, self-possessed,
shrewd, with a keen sense of humour. Deep read
and widely informed, he speaks Urdu, somewhat
difficult for me to follow with that musical
cadence which long chanting of beautiful
words given to religious men. With a twinkle,
humorous no doubt, but which measures your
depth with uncanny insight, the Mufti Sahib is
sure of himself, his views and his ideals.
It was a treat to have spent the day with him.
As President of the District Congress Committee,
he started the first function of the day.
We went together to Bhaini Sahib, 16 miles
from Ludhiana. In the evening, talking over
men and things the Mufti Sahib let himself go
on various topics of the day.
The Mufti Sahib had no illusions about the
European influence. He repeated more than
once, those of us who have studied English learnt of
its deleterious effects after a bitter experience,
but he knew it from the beginning. He illustrated
his remark by an apt anecdote.
He quoted two Urdu lines from
Akbar Allaabadi:
“Afsos ke phiraon ko kallege ke na suje
Eun katl se baccho ke vo badnam na hota”
(It is a pity that Pharaoh didn't think of opening
a college; had he done so, he would have
been saved the infamy of a Massacre of Innocents.)
I appreciated his point of view. I have realised
the havoc which University education has
done to the ideals and character of our
younger generation. I myself in the course of
thirty years had to unlearn most of the things
which I learnt in the college and I could not but
feel that this devout Muslim divine with his
mocking smile and twinkling eye had a clearer
vision into the reality of things than we who
claim to know the wisdom of the east and the
west.
And as I bade him goodbye on the station, God
alone knows how ardently I wished that there
were more Muslims of Mufti Saheb's type in this
country.
For long I pondered over the race of men
which had produced Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr.
Ansari, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Khan Abdul
Gaffar Khan, Dr. Khan Sahib and Mufti Naeem Sahib,
in the India of pre-British days when Hindus
and Muslims combined to resist the British penetration
into the country.
[ Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister and Governor UP of India ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a):
Famous Majlis e Ahrar President Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was son of Mollana Zakariya Ludihanvi (r.a) and grandson of Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi RA. He spent about 10 years in jail during the struggle of independence against British Government.
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab) :
Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludhianvi was the most renowned of
all Deobandi Ulama from Ludhiana.
He was a Deoband graduate and favourite student of
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Usmani (r.a) and Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
In 1919, he entered politics and began addressing the public meetings along with Mollana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (1885-1949) when Khilafat Movement had just commenced. He remained very active in politics throughout his life. He was also one of the chief protagonists of Majlis-i-Ahrar. He remained president of Majlis Ahrar e Islam e Hind for approx. 10 years from 1930 to 1940.
In the annals of Ahrar movement, he is remembered as Rais ul Ahrar (Leader of Ahrar). Astoundingly, Habib ur Rehman stayed back in Ludhiana instead of migrating to Pakistan. His sons still live in East Punjab and are engaged in Tabligh (preaching).
[ Mr Tahir Kamran ]
Muslim Urban Politics in Colonial Punjab:
Majlis-i-Ahrar’s Early Activism
Samina Awan Professor
Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman Ludhianavi, a leading Ahrari, undertook to
take salt and defy the law. The police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse
the Congress rally he was addressing in Ludhiana, and injured several people.
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman was put behind bars for one year because he declared:
“I consider the British Government a foreign government. I
consider it my duty to expel the British and win freedom for our
country. For this, whatever punishment we are given, shall be
accepted gladly. So it is the duty of all Indians to boycott British
goods and to make the running of the country impossible”.
After his arrest, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad nominated Ch.Afzal Haq, a member of
the Congress Working Committee, as the de-facto leader of the movement”
Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman aur Hindustan ki Jang-i-Azadi Delhi: Taleemi-Samaji Markaz, 179.
Kashmiri Shorish. (ed.). (1944
[ MS SAMINA AWAN Professor Allama Iqbal University ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was a close ally of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a), Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (r.a), Mollana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a), Maulana Daood Ghanznavi (r.a), Chaudhary Afzal Haq (r.a), Mollana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Mollana Shabir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a),Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a), Maulana Zakariya Kandhalwi (r.a), Mollana Zafar Ali Khan (r.a), Master Taj u Din Ansari (r.a),Sheikh Hassam u Din (r.a), Mollana Hifzur Rehman Seuharvi (r.a), Mollana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi (r.a), Mollana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a), Mollana Sayeed Mohammad Mian (r.a), Janbaz Mirza (r.a), Mollana Ghullam Rasool Mehar (r.a), Mollana Abdul Majid Saliq (r.a), Subhash Chander Boss, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan (r.a), Agha Shroish Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
He was a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband, Sheikh ul Hadees Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah kandhalvi (r.a) mentions him in his biography. He was the subject of the famous conversation on Tasawwuf as mentioned in his autobiography.
Maulana Habib ur Rahman grew close to Hazrat Maulana Abul Qadir Raipuri (r.a) and Sheikh ul Haddis Maulana Zakariya (r.a). After the partition, in love of Hazrat Raipuri and Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah, Maulana Habib ur Rahman remained in Punjab with an aim of "keeping Islam alive" in India.
He became famous for helping poor muslims that remained in India and also muslim women who were kidnapped by Sikhs during partition. He helped many women repatriate to Pakistan and he helped the helpless Muslims in many ways uplifting their moral spirits.
The Jamia madrassa mahmoodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana, which was a famous madrassa and a place where Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi studied for a few years, was demolished after partition. Maulana Habib ur Rahman worked to rebuild it.
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( At the time of the Second Civil Disobedience Movement in
1932 the Congress had formed a "War Council" to recruit
people for systematic struggle against the British Government.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had also set up a parallel
organizational dictator viz, Idara Harabia (Centre for struggle).
The first "dictator" of Idara Harabia was Mufti Kifayatullah. He
led 100,000 men procession and courted arrest on 11 March,
1930. The second dictator of Idara Harabia, Maulana Hussain
Ahmed Madani was arrested on his way to Delhi from Deoband.
Thereafter numerous Jamiat leaders like Ahmed Sayyid Dehlavi,
Hifzur Rahaman Seoharvi, Sayeed Mohammad Mian, and
Maulana Habib ur Rahman Ladhianvi were arrested one after another for
their anti-British activities. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
After Mollana Habib ur Rehman died, his sons Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (Mufti e Azam Punjab), Maulana Saeed ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a), Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Jamai (r.a) and Mollana Khalil ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) continued his work and after they died the sons of Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (r.a) are continuing ancestral work of religious teachings in India. In fact they have managed to lay the foundation of the famous Darul Uloom that was demolished in Ludhiana at the time of partition.
His one grandson who is named as Maulana Habib ur Rahman Sani his brothers Mr Attiq ur Rehman Ludhianvi, Ghazzi Ubaid ur Rehman Ludhianvi and his son Mr Mohammad Usman Rehmani are very actively involved for the welfare of the Muslims of India.
There is a famous story about Maulana Habib ur Rahman RA senior that after partition a village of poor Hindus wanted to change their religion to release themselves of the caste system, so they invited a Sikh Guru, a Buddhist Monk and a Muslim Alim to preach to them. The Sikh Guru delivered a speech for a few hours, followed by the Monk and then finally Mawlana Habib ur Raman’s turn came. He took a jug and went through the crowd giving people water and then came on the stage and offered the Guru and the Monk to drink water from the same glass. They refused (because they considered the Hindu low-castes as dirty (Achhoots). Mawlana Habib ur Rehman RA then went to his chair and by saying bismillah he drank water from the same glass. The people saw the Guru and the Monk refusing and the muslim Imam accepting and this touched them so much that they accepted Islam.
His biography named Raees ul Ahrar was written by his son Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Ludhianvi Jamai (r.a) in Delhi-India.
Mufti Zia ul Hassan (r.a): A Legendry Leader
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was a legendary leader. He was migrated from Ludhiana-India to Sahiwal in 1947.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has established Madrassa Banat ul Islam in Ludhiana with his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) in 1941 in Ludhiana - India.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has founded three schools...Nangle Anmbia High School, Mahmoodia High School, and Banat ul Islam High School in Sahiwal. He established Jamia Rasheedia Sahiwal and Masjid e Shouhada in Sahiwal.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was President of Pakistan Muslim League Sahiwal as well as the member working committee of Pakistan Muslim League.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was qualified from Darul-uloom Deoband and he was student of Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) and Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was son of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a).
Jamia Zia-ul-Quran Sahiwal was established by Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan’s sister mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti sahiba (r.a) in 1987.
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was the President / Founder of 32 Associations / Charity Organisations of Pakistan. He established many health centres in Sahiwal.
The old name of the city of Sahiwal was Montgomery. It was changed to Sahiwal by Mufti Zia-ul-Hasan in 1966 in district council sahiwal when he was member there.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan remained very active in politics throughout his life. Mufti Zia ul Hasan participated in general elections of India in 1946 on congress ticket from Ludhiana seat but lost to Rai Iqbal of district Ludhiana. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a) gave him congress ticket for 1946 elections.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was general secretary of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) travelled in all India with Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) President Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has participated in all tehreeks (movements) against Qadiyanis in India and Pakistan.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan was born in 1918 Ludhiana-India and Died in 1983 Sahiwal-Pakistan.
Mr.M.Hamza Senator [ Former MNA and Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan) :
Mr.M. Hamza sahib is cousin of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a).
Mr.Hamza was a MNA from Gojra and is a member of Pakistan Muslim League. He remained very active in politics throughout his life and became member of west Pakistan assembly in 1960, 1963-64 and then he was member of Pakistan national assembly in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 1997.
Mr.M.Hamza was Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997.
Mr Hamza is most successful in parliamentary politics from the family of Ulama e Ludihana.
Mr.M.Hamza is currently Senator of Pakistan.
Age above 80 years, he is still very active in politics.
Re: Scholars from Ludhehana
• Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a)
and his sons:
• Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Muhammad Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a)
• Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi (r.a)
In 1857, the leading family of Ulama of Ludhiana India threw in their lot with the revolutionaries. They marched to Delhi fighting their way through British Forces. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his four sons showed indomitable courage during the operations of siege.
When Delhi fell, they retired to the jungles of Patiala and evaded all attempts to be arrested by the government. On the proclamation of general amnesty they decided to return to Ludhiana. Mollana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a) died on his way back.
His three sons resumed their ancestral work of religious teachings and his one son Maulana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi migrated to Afghanistan.
Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi and his son Mollana Saif ur Rehman Ludihanvi gave the first fatwa of independence from British Government which later was signed by famous Ulama(Muslim Scholars) of India and Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Muhammad, Maulana Abdullah and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ludihanvi gave a Fatwa in the Jumma prayers for Muslims to participate in the struggle for the independence movement of India.
This Fatwa was later published.It was famously called as Fatwa Nusrat ul Abrar (1888).
[ (History of the Freedom Movement in India) by Dr. Tara Chand published by Ministry of Information Government of India. ]
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( Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan echoed his thought
and fervently appealed to the Muslim community to join Indian
patriotic association and show their allegiance to the British
Government. He vehemently appealed to the common Indian
Muslim that participation of Muslims in the politics was
harmful. He had persuaded few like-minded Ulama to issue
Fatwa that participation of Muslims in the Indian National
Congress was Haraam (illegal) and it was a supreme duty of
Indian Muslim to join Indian Patriotic association. All these
anti- Congress activities of Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan continued
till 1888. Now Ulama of Deoband became active to counter Sir.
Sayyed Ahmed Khan anti Congress posture. Maulana Rashid
Ahmed Ganguhi, Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mahmud ul Hassan and other
theologian of Deoband and Muslims from different parts of the
country opposed Sir. Sayyed Ahmed Khan and issued fatwa
against him. They had collectively issued fatwa supporting
Muslims participation in the Indian National Congress and
barring them from joining the Indian Patriotic Association.
Those Maulanas who were in the forefront to opposing sir sayed’s
fatwa were Ulama i Ludhiana Maulana Mohammed sahib and
his two brothers Maulana Aziz Sahib and Maulana Abdullah
sahib.
They had collected fatwas against Sir sayyed from different
parts of the country and compiled it in a comprehensive book
v.i.z Nusrat ul Abrar.Maulana Mohammed Sahib in his
fatwa justified it by his vehement argument that the participation
of Muslims in the Indian National Congress was permissible and
that they should keep away from Indian patriotic association,
which was founded by an English officer. For a reference the
fatwa given by Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi can be cited
in Nusrat ul Abrar page No. 19-20, 26 and the Fatwa given by
Maulana Mohammed ul Hassan sahib and the fatwa of Ulama of
Deoband in page No. 23-24, Maulana Mohammed and the
fatwa given by his two brothers can be cited on page No. 13-
19. In fact Nusrat ul Abrar contain Fatwa given by one hundred
Indian Ulama in support of Muslim joining the Indian National
congress and against Indian patriotic association. (Note Ref-
Indian struggle for Independence p.70 Naqsh e Hayat, p 69, 70,
71. Nusrat ul Abrar)
It is also interesting to note that the Indian National Congress
during its initial phase of its formation was only confined to
holding rallies and presenting memorandum to the British
Government. On the other hand the Ulama of (Deoband) were
engaged in preparing and planning and in envisaging
strategy to launch a comprehensive offence against the British
Government. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
53Maulana Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah both were brothers from Ballia walli, district Ludhiana. Abdullah earned considerable acclaim as a scholar. Sat at the feet of Muhammad Hassan Amritsari, Mehmud ul Hassan and Anwar Shah Kashmiri as student of hadith. Akhtar Rahi, Tazkira-i-ulama-i-Punjab, pp.346-47.
[ TAZKIRA-e-ULAMA-e-PUNJAB by Mr.Akhtar Rahi ]
[ Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab ]
( Apart from Lahore, Ludhiana and Jullundur were the two districts where
Deobandi Islam found conducive environ. Ulema from Ludhiana, particularly Maulana
Muhammad and Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came in the spotlight when they took a
lead in denouncing Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, the founder of Qadiani sect, as Kafir.
After graduating from Deoband, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah came to Ludhiana and
started teaching at famous Madrasa Azizia. Later on, he shifted to Madrasa Allah Walla
along with his son Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludhianvi (1890-1971), and remained engaged in teaching hadith.
However, Maulana Abdullah’s lasting contribution was the establishment of
Madrasa Darul Ulum Naumania).
Note: Mr Tahir Kamran did a mistake here; Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi who gave fatwa of Kufar against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani was never a student of Darul uloom Deoband.
But in fact his nephew whose name was also Maulana Abdullah Ludhianvi was student
[ Mr.Tahir Kamran ]
Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a):
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludihanvi (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem was student of Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at Darul uloom Deoband.
Mufti Naeem sahib was Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind at the time when Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a) and Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) were Presidents of JAMIAT ULAMA E HIND. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was also President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Muhammad Naeem remained President of District Congress Ludhiana from (1919 to 1947) constantly for 28 years. This was a record in Indian politics that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was President District Congress Ludhiana for a period of 28 years. Mufti Naeem sahib was also member working committee of Jamiat Ulama e Hind since 1919 till 1947. Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested in Reshami Rumaal Tehreek (Silk Letter Movement) on his way to Afghanistan. He was going to Afghanistan on the orders of his famous teacher Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a). Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi was sent for 3 years in jail on this arrest.
This is also very important to note that Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) participated in all independence movements of Sheikh ul Hind and importantly to note that when Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) joined Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan (r.a) at that time only Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a) and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) were with Sheikh ul Hind in freedom movements. Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Mufti e Azam Hind Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a) joined politics later in 1919 when Jamiat Ulama e Hind was established and Sheikh ul Hind became the first President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
The resolution of complete independence was submitted by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) as Vice-President of Jamiat Ulama e Hind in annual conference of Jamiat ul Hind at Amroha-India in 1930. Mufti Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested immediately after Amroha conference and was sent to jail for 2 years.
In 1942 Quit India Movement of Jamiat Ulama e Hind and Indian National Congress, Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was arrested again and sent to Anbala jail for 2 years.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has spent total 7 years in jail during the struggle of Indian independence.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) remained very active in politics until independence of India in 1947.
Mufti Naeem sahib was mohtamum (principle) of madrassa Arabia Allah Walla in Ludhiana-India. Famous Islamic Scholar Maulana Yousaf Ludhianvi (r.a) and Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a) were students of Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi (r.a).
His father Maulana Abdullah Ludihanvi (r.a) was the first Islamic scholar in the world who gave the first fatwa against the kufar of Mirza Ghullam Ahmad Qadiani and declared Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as Kafir (Non-Muslim).
His fatwa was famously known and was published by his brother Maulana Mohammad Ludhianvi (r.a) in Fatwa e Qadaria.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem sahib spent his most of the life in the struggle for freedom. He participated in all the movements against Qadiyanis and also participated in the famous Reshami Rumal threek (Silk Letter) movement of his famous teacher Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hassan (r.a).
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) has also participated with Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) in the famous case against Qadianis called the case of Bahawalpur.
Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was a close ally of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a), Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Husain Ahmad Madani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a), Mufti Kiffayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Bashir Ahmad Bhutta (r.a), Maulana Sayed Gul Badsha (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a) Mohtamum Darul uloom Deoband, Mollana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi (r.a).
When Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) came back to India after 25 years exile then Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana was established in 1941 by Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and his son Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) under the supervision of Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a).
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (r.a) said I am very happy to see Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and he ranked Madrassa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana as the women section of Darul uloom Deoband.
Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) daughter of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) was the first principle of Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and later after partition she became principle of Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal established by her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1948. Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a) praised both Islamic institutions Madarssa Banat ul Islam Ludhiana and Banat ul Islam high school sahiwal.
In October 1976, Govt of Pakistan nationalised all schools therefore Mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti (r.a) started Jamia Zia ul Quran Sahiwal after the death of her brother Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) in 1987.
Until today it is a very famous Islamic Institution for women in Sahiwal.
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The tragic incidence of Kissa Khwani bazar of Peshawar and
the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
( During the freedom struggle in 1930 there was a firing in the
Kissa Khwani Bazar of Peshawar where thousands of brave
Pathans were killed and thousands were brutally tortured. The
Congress appointed the Azad inquiry commission to inquire into
the killings. The members of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi
and Mufti Mohammad Naeem Ludihanvi were the members of the inquiry committee.
The British Government did not permit the
members of the inquiry committee to go to Peshawar and
conduct the inquiry. However, the inquiry was conducted from
Rawalpindi. When the report of inquiry commission was
published the British Government was outraged and banned the
report. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister, Governor of UP-India mentioned Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi in his book published in 1942:
AT Ludhiana I spent the day with 'Mufti
Moulvi Muhammad Naeem, a learned Muslim divine
, a member of the Working Committee of
the Jamiat-ul- Ulema-in-Hind.
He is a man past middle age, self-possessed,
shrewd, with a keen sense of humour. Deep read
and widely informed, he speaks Urdu, somewhat
difficult for me to follow with that musical
cadence which long chanting of beautiful
words given to religious men. With a twinkle,
humorous no doubt, but which measures your
depth with uncanny insight, the Mufti Sahib is
sure of himself, his views and his ideals.
It was a treat to have spent the day with him.
As President of the District Congress Committee,
he started the first function of the day.
We went together to Bhaini Sahib, 16 miles
from Ludhiana. In the evening, talking over
men and things the Mufti Sahib let himself go
on various topics of the day.
The Mufti Sahib had no illusions about the
European influence. He repeated more than
once, those of us who have studied English learnt of
its deleterious effects after a bitter experience,
but he knew it from the beginning. He illustrated
his remark by an apt anecdote.
He quoted two Urdu lines from
Akbar Allaabadi:
“Afsos ke phiraon ko kallege ke na suje
Eun katl se baccho ke vo badnam na hota”
(It is a pity that Pharaoh didn't think of opening
a college; had he done so, he would have
been saved the infamy of a Massacre of Innocents.)
I appreciated his point of view. I have realised
the havoc which University education has
done to the ideals and character of our
younger generation. I myself in the course of
thirty years had to unlearn most of the things
which I learnt in the college and I could not but
feel that this devout Muslim divine with his
mocking smile and twinkling eye had a clearer
vision into the reality of things than we who
claim to know the wisdom of the east and the
west.
And as I bade him goodbye on the station, God
alone knows how ardently I wished that there
were more Muslims of Mufti Saheb's type in this
country.
For long I pondered over the race of men
which had produced Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr.
Ansari, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Khan Abdul
Gaffar Khan, Dr. Khan Sahib and Mufti Naeem Sahib,
in the India of pre-British days when Hindus
and Muslims combined to resist the British penetration
into the country.
[ Mr.K.M.Munshi Former Home and Agriculture Minister and Governor UP of India ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a):
Famous Majlis e Ahrar President Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was son of Mollana Zakariya Ludihanvi (r.a) and grandson of Mollana Muhammad Ludihanvi RA. He spent about 10 years in jail during the struggle of independence against British Government.
(Evolution and Impact of ‘Deobandi’ Islam in the Punjab) :
Mollana Habib ur Rehman Ludhianvi was the most renowned of
all Deobandi Ulama from Ludhiana.
He was a Deoband graduate and favourite student of
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Usmani (r.a) and Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
In 1919, he entered politics and began addressing the public meetings along with Mollana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (1885-1949) when Khilafat Movement had just commenced. He remained very active in politics throughout his life. He was also one of the chief protagonists of Majlis-i-Ahrar. He remained president of Majlis Ahrar e Islam e Hind for approx. 10 years from 1930 to 1940.
In the annals of Ahrar movement, he is remembered as Rais ul Ahrar (Leader of Ahrar). Astoundingly, Habib ur Rehman stayed back in Ludhiana instead of migrating to Pakistan. His sons still live in East Punjab and are engaged in Tabligh (preaching).
[ Mr Tahir Kamran ]
Muslim Urban Politics in Colonial Punjab:
Majlis-i-Ahrar’s Early Activism
Samina Awan Professor
Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman Ludhianavi, a leading Ahrari, undertook to
take salt and defy the law. The police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse
the Congress rally he was addressing in Ludhiana, and injured several people.
Mollana Habib-ur-Rahman was put behind bars for one year because he declared:
“I consider the British Government a foreign government. I
consider it my duty to expel the British and win freedom for our
country. For this, whatever punishment we are given, shall be
accepted gladly. So it is the duty of all Indians to boycott British
goods and to make the running of the country impossible”.
After his arrest, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad nominated Ch.Afzal Haq, a member of
the Congress Working Committee, as the de-facto leader of the movement”
Raees ul Ahrar Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman aur Hindustan ki Jang-i-Azadi Delhi: Taleemi-Samaji Markaz, 179.
Kashmiri Shorish. (ed.). (1944
[ MS SAMINA AWAN Professor Allama Iqbal University ]
Maulana Habib ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) was a close ally of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a), Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (r.a), Mollana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a), Maulana Daood Ghanznavi (r.a), Chaudhary Afzal Haq (r.a), Mollana Ahmad Ali Lahori (r.a), Mollana Shabir Ahmad Usmani (r.a), Maulana Ahmad Saeed Dehlvi (r.a),Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi (r.a), Maulana Qari Tayyab (r.a), Maulana Zakariya Kandhalwi (r.a), Mollana Zafar Ali Khan (r.a), Master Taj u Din Ansari (r.a),Sheikh Hassam u Din (r.a), Mollana Hifzur Rehman Seuharvi (r.a), Mollana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi (r.a), Mollana Manzoor Ahmad Naumani (r.a), Mollana Sayeed Mohammad Mian (r.a), Janbaz Mirza (r.a), Mollana Ghullam Rasool Mehar (r.a), Mollana Abdul Majid Saliq (r.a), Subhash Chander Boss, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan (r.a), Agha Shroish Kashmiri (r.a) and Maulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri (r.a).
He was a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband, Sheikh ul Hadees Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah kandhalvi (r.a) mentions him in his biography. He was the subject of the famous conversation on Tasawwuf as mentioned in his autobiography.
Maulana Habib ur Rahman grew close to Hazrat Maulana Abul Qadir Raipuri (r.a) and Sheikh ul Haddis Maulana Zakariya (r.a). After the partition, in love of Hazrat Raipuri and Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyyah, Maulana Habib ur Rahman remained in Punjab with an aim of "keeping Islam alive" in India.
He became famous for helping poor muslims that remained in India and also muslim women who were kidnapped by Sikhs during partition. He helped many women repatriate to Pakistan and he helped the helpless Muslims in many ways uplifting their moral spirits.
The Jamia madrassa mahmoodia Allah Walla in Ludhiana, which was a famous madrassa and a place where Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi studied for a few years, was demolished after partition. Maulana Habib ur Rahman worked to rebuild it.
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( At the time of the Second Civil Disobedience Movement in
1932 the Congress had formed a "War Council" to recruit
people for systematic struggle against the British Government.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had also set up a parallel
organizational dictator viz, Idara Harabia (Centre for struggle).
The first "dictator" of Idara Harabia was Mufti Kifayatullah. He
led 100,000 men procession and courted arrest on 11 March,
1930. The second dictator of Idara Harabia, Maulana Hussain
Ahmed Madani was arrested on his way to Delhi from Deoband.
Thereafter numerous Jamiat leaders like Ahmed Sayyid Dehlavi,
Hifzur Rahaman Seoharvi, Sayeed Mohammad Mian, and
Maulana Habib ur Rahman Ladhianvi were arrested one after another for
their anti-British activities. )
[ Mr Mohammed Anwer Hussain (Chairperson, Department of History, GC University, Lahore) ]
After Mollana Habib ur Rehman died, his sons Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (Mufti e Azam Punjab), Maulana Saeed ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a), Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Jamai (r.a) and Mollana Khalil ur Rehman Ludihanvi (r.a) continued his work and after they died the sons of Mufti Ahmad Rehmani (r.a) are continuing ancestral work of religious teachings in India. In fact they have managed to lay the foundation of the famous Darul Uloom that was demolished in Ludhiana at the time of partition.
His one grandson who is named as Maulana Habib ur Rahman Sani his brothers Mr Attiq ur Rehman Ludhianvi, Ghazzi Ubaid ur Rehman Ludhianvi and his son Mr Mohammad Usman Rehmani are very actively involved for the welfare of the Muslims of India.
There is a famous story about Maulana Habib ur Rahman RA senior that after partition a village of poor Hindus wanted to change their religion to release themselves of the caste system, so they invited a Sikh Guru, a Buddhist Monk and a Muslim Alim to preach to them. The Sikh Guru delivered a speech for a few hours, followed by the Monk and then finally Mawlana Habib ur Raman’s turn came. He took a jug and went through the crowd giving people water and then came on the stage and offered the Guru and the Monk to drink water from the same glass. They refused (because they considered the Hindu low-castes as dirty (Achhoots). Mawlana Habib ur Rehman RA then went to his chair and by saying bismillah he drank water from the same glass. The people saw the Guru and the Monk refusing and the muslim Imam accepting and this touched them so much that they accepted Islam.
His biography named Raees ul Ahrar was written by his son Mollana Aziz ur Rehman Ludhianvi Jamai (r.a) in Delhi-India.
Mufti Zia ul Hassan (r.a): A Legendry Leader
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was a legendary leader. He was migrated from Ludhiana-India to Sahiwal in 1947.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has established Madrassa Banat ul Islam in Ludhiana with his father Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) in 1941 in Ludhiana - India.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has founded three schools...Nangle Anmbia High School, Mahmoodia High School, and Banat ul Islam High School in Sahiwal. He established Jamia Rasheedia Sahiwal and Masjid e Shouhada in Sahiwal.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was President of Pakistan Muslim League Sahiwal as well as the member working committee of Pakistan Muslim League.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was qualified from Darul-uloom Deoband and he was student of Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) and Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (r.a).
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was son of Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi (r.a) and was grandson of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ludhianvi (r.a).
Jamia Zia-ul-Quran Sahiwal was established by Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan’s sister mohtarma Kalsoom Mufti sahiba (r.a) in 1987.
Mufti Zia-ul-Hassan (r.a) was the President / Founder of 32 Associations / Charity Organisations of Pakistan. He established many health centres in Sahiwal.
The old name of the city of Sahiwal was Montgomery. It was changed to Sahiwal by Mufti Zia-ul-Hasan in 1966 in district council sahiwal when he was member there.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan remained very active in politics throughout his life. Mufti Zia ul Hasan participated in general elections of India in 1946 on congress ticket from Ludhiana seat but lost to Rai Iqbal of district Ludhiana. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (r.a) gave him congress ticket for 1946 elections.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) was general secretary of Jamiat Ulama e Hind Punjab. Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) travelled in all India with Sheikh ul Islam Maulana Sayed Hussain Ahmad Madani (r.a) President Jamiat Ulama e Hind.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a) has participated in all tehreeks (movements) against Qadiyanis in India and Pakistan.
Mufti Zia ul Hasan was born in 1918 Ludhiana-India and Died in 1983 Sahiwal-Pakistan.
Mr.M.Hamza Senator [ Former MNA and Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan) :
Mr.M. Hamza sahib is cousin of Mufti Zia ul Hasan (r.a).
Mr.Hamza was a MNA from Gojra and is a member of Pakistan Muslim League. He remained very active in politics throughout his life and became member of west Pakistan assembly in 1960, 1963-64 and then he was member of Pakistan national assembly in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 1997.
Mr.M.Hamza was Chairman Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997.
Mr Hamza is most successful in parliamentary politics from the family of Ulama e Ludihana.
Mr.M.Hamza is currently Senator of Pakistan.
Age above 80 years, he is still very active in politics.
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