Mufti Zar Wali Khan (1953 – 7 December 2020), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and Friday sermon preacher. He was the founder and the principal of Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom.

Biography

Khan was born in Jehangira and studied at

Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system i ...

. He founded Jamia Arabia Ahsan Ul Uloom, Karachi in 1978.

Death

He died on 7 December 2020 at

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while under treatment for his ailments. His death was condoled by

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, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Sirajul Haq and

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. According to

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, media reports said that Khan had died due to the

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. However, Qari Usman, a leader of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam rejected this claim and said that Khan was a chronic cardiac patient and did not die due to the coronavirus.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Zar Wali 1953 births 2020 deaths People from Swabi District Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Pakistani Islamic religious leaders Muslim missionaries Deobandis Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia alumni