Zaln-ul-Abideen, Maulana Mufti
born. Rabi'-ul-Oola 5, 1335HI
January 1,1917
Born in Marri Indus (Mianwali, Pakistan), he went to school
first and passed elementary examination.
He did 'review of Hadees' from Dabhel
(India) in 1940. Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (b. Muharram 10, 130SH/ September
29, 1887 d. Safr 20, 1369H/ December 13, 1949) has been his among his teachers.
Tafseer and fiqh have been his special subjects.
He came to the work of
Tableegh in about 1943 and attended Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ilyas RAHMAtullah A"LAIHE in the days of his last illness. He was in the 4th jamii'at which
was sent to Sa'udia on July 6, 1947, in order to institute the work of Tableegh
over there. Later, he was made the Ameer of Tableeghi Jamd'at in Sa'udia; there
he spent about 2Y2 years. He became the
disciple of Sheikh-ul-Hadess Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya RAIIMATULLAH A'LAIHE in
1944. In 1963, he established Dar-ulUloom Faisalabad (Pakistan). He has travelled from country to
country in Tableeghi journeys. Human-development, Emaan (Faith) and sincerity are the
main topics of his lectures.
He speaks in the light of reason, and very
frequently discusses the issue of human rights in the light of Islam and
common-sense.
Taken from the book WORDS of Hazrat Maulana Muhammad IIyas at with thanks
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