Jamia Ashrafia (جامعہ اشرفیہ, Ashrafia Islamic University),

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

, Pakistan, is a religious educational institution founded by Mufti Muhammad Hassan in 1947. The university has produced scholars of the Deobandi 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 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 scholar, jurist, thinker, reformist and the revival of classical sufi thought from ...

, 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 approva ...

'' courses began under the famous scholar Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi 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 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,

covering 120 kanals area. Other branches of Jamia Ashrafia are listed below: # Madrisatul Faisal Lil Bannat at Model Town,

(main ladies branch) # MADRISA ASHRAFIA at Old Anarkali,

# MAHAD AL-QUBA at Johr Town,

# MADRISA BAITUL QURAN at Samanabad,

# IQRA BADRUL ATFAAL at Allama Iqbal Town,

# AHSANUL MAKATIB at Gujjar Pura,

. # MADRISATUL HASSAN at Bedian Road,

. # MADRISA SADIQ at Raiwind Road,

. # MADRISA ASHRAFIA LIL BANNAT at Garden Town,

. # MADRISA ABDULLAH BIN ZUBAIR at Gulshan-e-Ravi,

. # MADRISATUL HASSAN at Hassan Abdal, Rawalpindi.

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