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Rashid Ahmed Ludhianvi

Grand Mufti
Rashid Ahmed Ludhianvi
مفتی رشید احمد لدھیانوی
Rector of Jamia Tur Rasheed
In office
1977–2002
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMufti Abdul Raheem
Personal
Born(1922-09-26)26 September 1922
Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
Died19 February 2002(2002-02-19) (aged 79)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
Nationality
  • British Indian (1922-1947)
  • Pakistani (1947-2002)
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Political party
Notable work(s)Ahsan-ul-Fatawa
Alma mater
Teachers
Organization
Founder of
Muslim leader
Disciples

Rashid Ahmad Ludhianvi (Urdu: مفتی رشید احمد لدھیانوی; also known as Mufti Rashid Ahmad;[1] 26 September 1922 – 19 February 2002), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and Faqīh, who founded the Al Rashid Trust and the Jamia Tur Rasheed in Karachi. He served as the head of Darul Ifta Wal Irshad, a jurisprudential institute of the Darul Uloom Karachi and authored books such as Anwaar-ur-Rasheed, Jawahir-ur-Rasheed and Allah Ke Baghi Musalman. His religo-legal edicts were compiled and published as Ahsan ul-Fatawa in ten volumes.[2]

Early life

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Rashid Ahmad Ludhianvi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband where his teachers included Husain Ahmed Madani.[3]

Career

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Ludhianvi taught at institutions including Madinatul 'Uloom, Hyderabad, Jamia Darul Huda Therhi, Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi, and Darul Ifta Wal Irshad for approximately forty years. He served as the director of Education at Darul Ifta.[which?]. He established Al Rashid Trust, now called the Aid Organization of the Ulema.[4][5] He also founded Jamia Tur Rasheed, an Islamic seminary in Karachi.[6]

Relations with the Afghan Taliban

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He was also a notable supporter of the Afghan Taliban, and after he returned with "extremely positive impressions" from Afghanistan and wrote a book as advice for the Talibans, titled Obedience to the Amir and composed in 1998 or 1999, Mullah Omar was so impressed that he distributed Pashto and Dari versions of it to the visitors, saying it perfectly represented the Talibans’ ideology,[7] while Barnett Rubin states that this "manual on how to run a militant organization" helped the Taliban "devise an organizational model that suppressed tribalism and patronage network more effectively than any other organization in Afghanistan."[8]

Books

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He authored more than 150 books,[9] including :

References

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  1. ^ The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America. North Capitol Street: United States Government Publishing Office. 2003. p. 983. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. ^ Ghani, Usman (30 June 2021). "Religious Research And Evaluation Of Educative, Lexicographic And Guiding Contribution Of Mufti Rasheed Ahmad Ludhyanvi (R.A)". The International Research Journal of Usooluddin. 5 (1): 55–70. ISSN 2664-4940.
  3. ^ Zahid Ur Rashdi (15 October 2002). "حضرت مولانا مفتی رشید احمد لدھیانویؒ". Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 895/2013 of 18 September 2013 amending for the 202nd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. ^ Zahid Ur Rashdi (13 October 2006). "الرشید ٹرسٹ کی فلاحی و رفاہی خدمات". Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. ^ محمد حماد اللہ (12 April 2020). "عظیم فقیہ مفتی رشید احمدؒ کے بیٹے مفتی شفیق لدھیانوی سے ملاقات". alert.com.pk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. ^ Strick Van Linschoten, Alex; Kuehn, Felix, eds. (2018). The Taliban Reader: War, Islam and Politics. Oxford University Press. p. 117.
  8. ^ Rubin, Barnett (2020). Afghanistan : What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press. p. 100.
  9. ^ Iqbal, Tariq (10 December 2019). "LIFE AND SERVICES OF MUFTI RASHEED AHMAD LUDYANVI: حضرت مفتی رشید احمد لدھیانوی ؒ حیات و خدمات". The International Research Journal Department of Usooluddin. 3 (2): 95–106. ISSN 2664-4940.
  10. ^ "Aḥsan al-fatāvā". hathitrust.org. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Fatawa Works in the Urdu Language". central-mosque.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.