Muhammad Ali Jalandhari (1895 - 21 April 1971) was a prominent Ahrari leader, Islamic scholar. He served as president of

Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 Dece ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

during Khatm-e-Nubuwwat movement in 1953. He was also served Emir and General secretary of

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Early life and education

Jalandhari was born in 1895 in Raipur Araian, Jalandhar,

Nakodar Nakodar is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is almost 365 km from Delhi, 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana, and about 101 km from Amritsar. Surrounding vill ...

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. Jalandhari received his early education from Faqir Ullah, a student of

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (also known as Shaykh al-Hind; 1851–1920) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia university and launched the Silk Letter Movement for t ...

and then studied with

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- ...

in Jalandhar. He studied hadith sciences with

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 ...

at Darul Uloom Deoband.

Career

Jalandhari co-founded Jamia Khairul Madaris and

. He was also one of the foremost leaders of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam and served as a member of the Central Working Committee of the All India Majlis-e-Ahrar Islam and president of

Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 Dece ...

Punjab chapter.

References

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