Abdullah Darkhawasti (1887–1994) was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar and former
Amir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...
of the
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI) was founded by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) on 26 October 1945.
History
The original Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed in Bri ...
. He co-founded Markazi Jamiatul Ulama-e-Islam along with
Mufti Mahmud
Mufti Mehmood ( ur, ; 1919–1980) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who was one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).Ahmad Ali Lahori and others in 1956.
Biography
Darkhwasti was born in Muharram 1313 AH in
Rahim Yar Khan
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. He studied his primary classes under his father and later became a student of Ghulam Muhammad Deenpuri, a disciple of
Hafiz Muhammad Siddique
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Bharchundi Shareef
Siddique laid the found ...
.
Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Anwar Shah Kashmiri (known with honorifics as ''Sayyid Muḥammad Anwar Shāh ibn Mu‘aẓẓam Shāh al-Kashmīrī''; 16 November 1875 – 28 May 1933) was a Kashmiri Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the first principal of Madrasa Ami ...
gave him the title of Hafiz al-Hadees.
Darkhwasti died on 28 August 1994. His last rites were performed on the next day and was buried nearby
Ubaidullah Sindhi
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (10 March 1872 – 21 August 1944) was a political activist of the Indian independence movement and one of its vigorous leaders. According to ''Dawn'', Karachi, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi struggled for the independence ...
.
He played a key role in getting Qadiyanis declared as non Muslims in
Pakistan
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