Abdur Razzaq Iskander Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Shaykh al-Hadīth, Mawlānā
Abdur Razzaq Iskander
Native Name Lang:ur
Office1:4th Chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
Term Start1:2 November 1997
Term End1:30 June 2021
Predecessor1:Habibullah Mukhtar
Successor1:Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri
Office2:8th Emir of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
Term Start2:2015
Term End2:30 June 2021
Predecessor2:Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi
Successor2:Nasiruddin Khakwani
Office3:7th President of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
Term Start3:5 October 2017
Term End3:30 June 2021
Predecessor3:Saleemullah Khan
Successor3:Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Office4:9th Vice President of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
Term Start4:30 September 2001
Term End4:5 October 2017
Predecessor4:Hasan Jan
Successor4:Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani
Office5:5th president of Iqra Rozatul Atfal Trust
Predecessor5:Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi
Successor5:unknown
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Background:
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Religion:Islam
Birth Place:Kokal, NWFP, British India
Death Place:Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Denomination:Sunni
Jurisprudence:Hanafi
Movement:Deobandi
Nationality:Pakistani

Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935 – 30 June 2021; Urdu: {{nq|عبد الرزاق اسکندر) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer. He was the chancellor and senior hadith-professor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, emir of the Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and the president of Wifaqul Madaris in Pakistan. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Karachi, Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Islamic University of Madinah and the Al-Azhar University. He authored books such as At-Tarīqat al-Asriyyah and Tahafuzz-e-Madāris.

Biography

Abdur Razzaq was born in 1935 into a religious family in Kokal, Abbottabad District.[1] He was schooled at the Madrassa Darul Uloom Chohar Sharif, Haripur and the Ahmed Al-Madrassa Sikandarpur. He later studied at the Darul Uloom Karachi and graduated in the dars-e-nizami from the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in 1956. He was the first student of dars-e-nizami at the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.[1] He later enrolled at the Islamic University of Madinah in 1962 and studied theology for four years. He completed his doctoral studies at the Al-Azhar University in 1972.[1] He was an authorized disciple of Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi in Tasawwuf. His teachers include Muhammad Yousuf Banuri and Wali Hasan Tonki.[1]

Abdur Razzaq started his teaching career in 1955. He became the Shaykh al-Hadith (senior professor of hadith) of the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia after Nizamuddin Shamzai, and the chancellor after the assassination of Habibullah Mukhtar in 1997.[2] [3] He was made a member of the working committee of the Wifaq ul Madaris in 1997 and appointed its vice-president in 2001. He later served as its interim president for nine months following the death of Saleemullah Khan. He was appointed the president on 5 October 2017.

In 1981, he was elected a member of the executive council of the Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat (AMTKN). In 2008, he was appointed the central deputy-emir following Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini's death. In 2015, he succeeded Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi as the emir of AMTKN. He also served as the president of Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-Madaris Pakistan.[4]

In August 2016, speaking to a congregation at the Birmingham Central Mosque, Abdur Razzaq said that, "Islam is complete and it means that nothing can be added, removed or altered in it". He maintained that the people opposing the finality of prophethood have disconnected themselves from Muhammad.[5]

Abdur Razzaq died on 30 June 2021 in Karachi.[6] [7] His death was condoled by Qamar Javed Bajwa, Shehbaz Sharif, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Shujaat Hussain, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Imran Ismail, Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani.[8] [3] [7]

Literary works

Literary works of Abdur Razzaq include:[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: مولانا عبد الرزاق اسکندر کون ہیں؟ . Who is Mawlāna Abdur Razzaq Iskander . 30 June 2021 . Alert . 21 March 2020 . 10 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200710070156/https://alert.com.pk/archives/7842 . dead .
  2. News: Imtiaz Ali . Prominent scholar and head of Jamia Binoria Maulana Abdul Razzaq passes away . 30 June 2021 . Dawn . 30 June 2021.
  3. News: مہتمم جامعہ بنوریہ نیو ٹاؤن مولانا عبدالرزاق انتقال کر گئے . 30 June 2021 . Geo TV . 30 June 2021.
  4. News: وفاق المدارس کی تقریب اور مدارس. jasarat.com. مظفر اعجاز. 19 February 2020. 20 July 2020.
  5. News: دین اسلام میں کسی اضافے کی ضرورت نہیں، مولانا عبدالرزاق . 30 June 2021 . Geo TV . ur.
  6. News: جامعہ العلوم الاسلامیہ کے مہتمم مولانا عبدالرزاق اسکندر انتقال کرگئے . The chanellor of Jamia al-Uloom al-Islamia, Mawlana Abdur Razzaq passes away. 30 June 2021 . . ur.
  7. News: Amir Khan . Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Abdur Razzaq Iskander passes away . 1 July 2021 . . 30 June 2021.
  8. News: وفاق المدارس کے صدر عبد الرزاق اسکندر کا انتقال، سپردخاک. 1 July 2021. 6 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Profile of Abdur Razzaq Iskander at WorldCat . . 30 June 2021.