Hamdullah Jan

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Hamdullah Jan Dagai
مولانا حمد اللہ جان
Personal
Born
Dagai village in Swabi District
Died12 January 2019 (aged 110)
Religion Islam
NationalityPakistani
ChildrenAshfaqullah Khan
Dr. Inamullah
Maulana Lutfullah Jan
Denomination Sunni
Alma mater Darul Uloom Deoband
Mazahirul Uloom Saharanpur
Profession Islamic scholar and politician
RelativesMaulana Asadullah Kaleem (grandson)
Founder ofDarul Uloom Mazhar Ul Uloom Dagai
Muslim leader
Teacher Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi
Hussain Ahmed Madani
Profession Islamic scholar and politician

Maulana Hamdullah Jan Dagai aka Dagai Baba Ji (born; 1909 - 12 January 2019) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician. He was a student of Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi and Hussain Ahmad Madani. He was born in 1909 in Dagai, a village in Swabi District. He studied at Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahirul Uloom Saharanpur. He died on 12 January 2019, aged 110. [1]

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Education

He received his early education from his father Allama Abdul Hakim and uncle Maulana Siddique. After that he studied at Darul Uloom Deoband for some time but spent the last three years of his student life in Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur and from there he completed the Hadith studies in 1947. [2] [3]

Political career

He participated in the 1970 general elections on the ticket of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and the 1988 general elections on the platform of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad but was unsuccessful. [3]

Death and legacy

Maulana Hamdullah Jan was buried in his ancestral graveyard. Funeral prayers were attended by millions[ citation needed ] of his students, devotees, leaders of political parties, workers, and citizens. [4] [5]

Successors

Maulana Hamdullah's son, Ashfaqullah Khan, was made his political successor and superintendent of the madrassa, another son, Dr. Inamullah as deputy successor, the eldest son, Maulana Lutfullah Jan, as Nazim-e-Ala Darul Uloom Mazharul Uloom, while grandson Maulana Asadullah Kaleem was the religious successor. Dastaar Bandi of the successors was done by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who arrived at his residence to offer condolences. Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan, provincial Ameer of JUI-F, Mufti Kifayatullah, Maulana Ata-ul-Haq Darwish, Sardar Hussain Babak of ANP, Senator and provincial Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Maulana Aziz-ur-Rehman Hazarvi, Senator Maulana Ata-ur-Rehman, and other leaders were also present. [6]

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References

  1. "شاگرد شیخ الہند حضرت مولانا حمد اللہ جان کی نماز جنازہ آج ادا کی جائیگی". Daily Pakistan. 13 January 2019.
  2. "Maulana Hamdullah Jan Dagai Sheikh dies at 104". The Express Tribune. 12 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "ممتاز عالم دین، شیخ القرآن و حدیث مولانا حمد اللہ جان انتقال کرگئے". 12 January 2019.
  4. "Maulana Hamdullah Jan laid to rest in Swabi". www.thenews.com.pk.
  5. "100 سال سے زائد عمر پانے کے بعد مولانا حمداللہ المعروف ڈاگئی بابا انتقال کر گئے". 12 January 2019.
  6. "مولانا حمد اللہ جان سپردخاک، جنازے میں لاکھوں عقیدت مندوں کی شرکت". 14 January 2019.