Abdullah Darkhawasti

Hafiz al-Hadees
Abdullah Darkhwasti
Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
In office
Unknown–1968
Preceded by Zafar Ahmad Usmani
Succeeded by Mufti Mahmud
Personal
Born 1887
Died 28 August 1994
Religion Islam
Children Fida-Ur-Rehman Darkhawasti
Khalil-ur-Rehman Darkhawasti
Fazlur Rehman Darkhawasti
Mati-ur-Rehman Darkhwasti
Political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Founder of Jamia Makhzan-ul-Uloom, Eidgah Khanpur
Muslim leader

Abdullah Darkhawasti (1887–1994) was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar and former Amir of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. He co-founded Markazi Jamiatul Ulama-e-Islam along with Mufti Mahmud, Ahmad Ali Lahori and others in 1956.

Biography

Darkhwasti was born in Muharram 1313 AH in Rahim Yar Khan. He studied his primary classes under his father and later became a student of Ghulam Muhammad Deenpuri, a disciple of Hafiz Muhammad Siddique. Anwar Shah Kashmiri gave him the title of Hafiz al-Hadees. Darkhwasti died on 28 August 1994. His last rites were performed on the next day and was buried nearby Ubaidullah Sindhi.

He played a key role in getting Qadiyanis declared as non Muslims in Pakistan.

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