Jamia Khairul Madaris ( ur, ) is an Islamic seminary located in the Pakistani city of

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. Originally established in

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on 9 March 1931, the seminary moved to its current location in Multan on 8 October 1947.

History

Khairul Madaris was originally established in

on 9 March 1931 by

Khair Muhammad Jalandhari Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895 - 1970) ( Urdu: مولانا خير محمّد جالندھرى) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, founder and first rector Jamia Khairul Madaris. He served as president and vice-president of Wifaq ul Madaris Al- ...

at the suggestion of

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 ...

. Thanwi also became first patron of Khairul Madaris, and the later patrons included

Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (11 October 188713 December 1949) was an Islamic scholar who supported the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s. He was a religious scholar, writer, orator, politician, and expert in Tafsir and Hadith. Born in 1887 in Bijnor, Us ...

and

Shamsul Haq Afghani Allama Syed Shamsul Haq Afghani (born; 8 January 1901 – 16 August 1983) ( Urdu: علامہ سیّد شمس الحق افغانی;( SI)) was an afghani Islamic scholar and former President of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan from 19 October ...

. It was re-established in

on 8 October 1947. The first executive council of the seminary included

Muhammad Shafi Usmani Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī ( ur, ; ar, محمد شفيع بن محمد ياسين العثماني الديوبندي, ''Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn al-‘Uthmānī ad-Diyūbandī''; ...

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 ...

Zafar Ahmad Usmani ) , office1 = Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam , term_start1 = 1949 , term_end1 = Unknown , predecessor1 = Shabbir Ahmad Usmani , successor1 = Abdullah Darkhawasti , title = , religion = Islam , bi ...

and Shamsul Haq Afghani. Along with Islamic education, Jamia offers formal education up to

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as well as computer education. One of its branch, Al-Khair Public School offers

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and

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education in addition to Hifz-e-Quran. The seminary opened a female wing in 1970.

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