Summary
Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti[1][2][3][4][5][6](Urdu: محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی; 1874 AD – 12 January 1956 AD, 1291 AH - 25 Jumada al-awwal 1375 AH)[3][4][7] also known as Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti was Ahl-i Hadith scholar, Islamic scholar, muhaddith, khatib, historian, journalist, writer, religious activist and activist of Tehreek-e-Pakistan.[3][8][9][10] He was also an expert on tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and faqīh (jurisprudence), he wrote several books.[11] Sialkoti is considered one of the companions of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and Sanaullah Amritsari.[4] In 1945, a party called Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam was formed. Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was its president and Sialkoti was its vice president.[4] Its first meeting was held in Calcutta. Usmani could not attend due to illness then the meeting was chaired by Sialkoti.[12][13][14]
Allamah Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti | |
|---|---|
محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1874 Sialkot |
| Died | 12 January 1956 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Home town | Sialkot |
| Citizenship | British Indian |
| Movement | Pakistan movement |
| Relatives | Sajid Mir |
Mir Sialkoti was also a major antagonist of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the early Ahmadiyya movement and wrote several books rejecting Qadianiat.[15][16] Mir Sialkoti was one of the founding members of All-India Muslim League.[17]
Biography edit
Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti was born in 1874 in a religious family of British India's Sialkot.[3][4] He studied the Quran at home and passed Matric exams in 1895 from Mission High school Gandam Mandi Sialkot. In 1895, after completing his Matric Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti took admission in Sialkot's Murree College where he was a class fellow of British Indian great Urdu poet Allama Iqbal, the Poet of the East and National Poet of Pakistan.[4]
Mir Sialkoti learnt Hadith from Syed Nazeer Husain Dehlavi.[7] Sialkoti knew Arabic and Persian as well.
Works edit
Sialkoti has written more than twenty books. Most of them are in Urdu language, some of those are:[4][3]
- Wadhih Al-Bayan (Tafseer of al-Quran)
- Seerah Al-Mustafa (Biography of Islamic prophet Muhammad)
- Tareekh Ahl-i Hadees (History of Ahl-i Hadees in Indian subcontinent)
Death edit
Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti died on 12 January 1956 AD, 25 Jumada al-awwal 1375 AH in Sialkot.[3][4] His Funeral prayers were offered by Abdullah Ropari and he was buried in Sialkot.[3][18][19]
See also edit
Bibliography edit
References edit
- ^ Rieck, Andreas (2016-01-15). The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority. Oxford University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-19-061320-4.
- ^ Khan, Bashir Ahmad (2000). "From "Wahabi" to "Ahl-I-Adith": A Historical Analysis". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 61: 747–760. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44148150.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Allamah Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti".
- ^ a b c d e f g h 40 Ahl-e Hadith Scholars from the Indian Subcontinent. Independently Published. 2019-07-18. pp. 224–250. ISBN 978-1-0810-0895-6.
- ^ Ẓahīr, Iḥsān Ilāhī (1984). Qadiyaniat: An Analytical Survey. Idara Tarjuman al-Sunnah. p. 307.
- ^ Public life in Muslim India, 1850-1947 : a compendium of basic information on political, social, religious, cultural and educational organizations active in pre-partition India. Aziz, Khursheed Kamal. Lahore: Vanguard. 1992. p. 126. ISBN 969-402-119-7. OCLC 29422250.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Role of Ahl-i Hadith scholar in Tehreek-e-Pakistan page 379
- ^ "مولانا محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی رحمہ اللہ اور تحریکِ پاکستان".
- ^ Iraqi 2001, p. 225.
- ^ Mohammadi 2019, p. 390.
- ^ 40 Ahl-e Hadith Scholars from the Indian Subcontinent, p 224-225
- ^ Role of Ahl-i Hadith scholar in Tehreek-e-Pakistan page 387, 394
- ^ 40 Ahl-e Hadith Scholars from the Indian Subcontinent, p 229-231
- ^ Qafila Hadees, Urdu, page 110-111
- ^ Role of Ahl-i Hadith scholar in Tehreek-e-Pakistan page 380
- ^ Tahreek Khatam Nabuwat Volume 23 page 541 to 543
- ^ Role of Ahl-i Hadith scholar in Tehreek-e-Pakistan page 391
- ^ Role of Ahl-i Hadith scholar in Tehreek-e-Pakistan page 395
- ^ 40 Ahl-e Hadith Scholars from the Indian Subcontinent, p 235