Honorific Prefix: | Hafiz al-Hadees |
Abdullah Darkhwasti | |
Office1: | Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
Term Start1: | Unknown |
Term End1: | 1968 |
Predecessor1: | Zafar Ahmad Usmani |
Successor1: | Mufti Mahmud |
Birth Date: | 1887 |
Birth Place: | Basti Darkhwast |
Death Date: | 28 August 1994 |
Religion: | Islam |
Students: | Allah Wasaya Tafazzul Haque Habiganji |
Party: | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
Children: | Fida-Ur-Rehman Darkhawasti Mati-ur-Rehman Darkhwasti Fazlur Rehman Darkhawasti Qari Ataurehman Darkhwasti Abdul Rehman Darkhwasti Khalil-ur-Rehman Darkhawasti Qari Aziz Ur Rehman Darkhawsti |
Founder: | Jamia Makhzan-ul-Uloom, Eidgah Khanpur |
Influenced: | Qazi Mu'tasim Billah |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Home Town: | Basti Darkhwast |
School: | خانقاہ عالیہ قادریہ راشدیہ دین پور شریف |
Profession: | Islamic Scholar & Political Leader |
Abdullah Darkhawasti (1887–1994) was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar[1] and former Amir of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.[2] He co-founded Markazi Jamiatul Ulama-e-Islam along with Mufti Mahmud, Ahmad Ali Lahori and others in 1956.[3]
Darkhwasti was born in Muharram 1313 AH in Basti Darkhawst near Khanpur. 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 was the founder of millions of Islamic Institutions (Madarsas) and Mosque. [4] Darkhwasti died on 28 August 1994. His last rites were performed on the next day and was buried nearby Ubaidullah Sindhi.[5] at historical graveyard of Deenpur Sharif.
He played a key role in getting Qadiyanis declared as non Muslims in Pakistan.[6]