Jamia Ashrafia (
جامعہ اشرفیہ, Ashrafia Islamic University),
Lahore
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, Pakistan, is a religious educational institution founded by
Mufti Muhammad Hassan
Muhammad Hassan (1880 - 1 June 1961) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and founder of Jamia Ashrafia. He was educated at Darul Uloom Deoband. He was a student of Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Anwar Shah Kashmiri.
Life
He is the father of Fazl Rahim As ...
in 1947. The university has produced scholars of the
Deobandi
Deobandi is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam, adhering to the Hanafi school of law,
formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives,
by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, R ...
school and Deobandi scholars have served the university as teachers.
History
The school was founded on 14 September 1947,just a month after the
Partition of India
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...
which created Pakistan. Muhammad Hasan Amritsari named the university for Deobandi scholar
Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakim al-Ummat and Mujaddid e Millet; 19 September 1863 – 20 July 1943) was a late-nineteenth and twentieth-century Sunni Islam, Sunni scholar, jurist, thinker, Mujaddid, reformist and the revival of classic ...
, in recognition of his support for the creation of an independent homeland for British India's Muslims.
It was founded in a quadrangular three-storied building in Nila Gumbad Anarkali at the centre of the thickly populated area of Lahore. 120 ''
kanals'' of land between Canal Road and Ferozepur Road were purchased on 28 March 1955, and construction of a new school building began with the laying of the foundation stone of a mosque. In 1957 the majority of staff and students shifted to the new campus, and teaching of ''
hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
'' courses began under the famous scholar
Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
Muḥammad Idrīs ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī ( ur, ; 20 August 189928 July 1974) was a Deobandi Islamic scholar particularly known as a scholar of hadith and tafsir (exegesis of the Qur'an). He held the post of Sha ...
in 1958.
Today the main campus comprises a mosque, a large administrative and teaching block, two boarding houses (one for local students and one for foreign), a hospital, and residences for faculty and employees.
Leadership
Mufti Muhammad Hassan
Muhammad Hassan (1880 - 1 June 1961) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and founder of Jamia Ashrafia. He was educated at Darul Uloom Deoband. He was a student of Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Anwar Shah Kashmiri.
Life
He is the father of Fazl Rahim As ...
died on 1 June 1961. His sons, Mufti Muhammad Ubaidullah (late), Maulana Abd-ur-Rahman Ashrafi (late), Maulana Fazl-ur-Raheem, and Mufti Hasan's grandson Maulana Hafiz Arshad Ubaid manage the university matters.
Branches
Main branch of Jamia Ashrafia is located on Ferozpur Road,
Lahore
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covering 120 kanals area. Other branches of Jamia Ashrafia are listed below:
# Madrisatul Faisal Lil Bannat at Model Town,
Lahore
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(main ladies branch)
# MADRISA ASHRAFIA at Old Anarkali,
Lahore
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# MAHAD AL-QUBA at Johr Town,
Lahore
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# MADRISA BAITUL QURAN at Samanabad,
Lahore
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# IQRA BADRUL ATFAAL at Allama Iqbal Town,
Lahore
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# AHSANUL MAKATIB at Gujjar Pura,
Lahore
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# MADRISATUL HASSAN at Bedian Road,
Lahore
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# MADRISA SADIQ at Raiwind Road,
Lahore
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# MADRISA ASHRAFIA LIL BANNAT at Garden Town,
Lahore
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# MADRISA ABDULLAH BIN ZUBAIR at Gulshan-e-Ravi,
Lahore
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# MADRISATUL HASSAN at Hassan Abdal,
Rawalpindi
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Islamic universities and colleges in Pakistan
Universities and colleges in Lahore
Deobandi Islamic universities and colleges
Educational institutions established in 1947
1947 establishments in Pakistan
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