Habibullah Mukhtar Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Maulana Dr.
Habibullah Mukhtar
Honorific-Suffix:Shaheed
Native Name Lang:ur
Religion:Islam
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Alma Mater:Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi
Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
University of Karachi
Islamic University of Madinah
Movement:Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
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Nationality: Pakistan
Birth Date:28 April 1944
Birth Place:Delhi
Death Place:karachi
Father:Hakim Mukhtar Hassan Khan Hazeq
Teacher:Muhammad Yousuf Banuri, Mufti Wali Hasan Tonki,Abdul Rasheed Nomani,Muhammad Idrees Mirti
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Profession:Islamic Scholar, writer
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Office:3rd chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
Term Start:1991
Term End:1997
Predecessor:Mufti Ahmad Ur Rahman
Successor:Abdur Razzaq Iskander
Office2:5th General secretary of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
Term Start2:29 April 1991
Term End2:1 November 1997
Predecessor2:Mufti Ahmad Ur Rahman
Successor2:Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari

Maulana Habibullah Mukhtar (born; 28 April 1944 – 2 November 1997) (Urdu: مولانا ڈاکٹر محمد حبیب اللہ مختار) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer who served as chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia and General secretary of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan.[1]

Early life and education

Habibullah Mukhtar was born in 1944 to Hakim Mukhtar Hassan Khan in Delhi. At the age of three, he migrated from Delhi to Karachi with his family. He got his early religious education from Darul Uloom Karachi and Dars-i Nizami form Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in 1959. In 1966, on the behest of Muhammad Yousuf Banuri he entered to the Islamic University of Madinah and studied there for four years, and returned in 1970. Then he obtained his MA in Islamic Studies in 1973 and his Ph.D. from Karachi University in 1981. At the same time, he continued teaching and practice at Darul Iftaa Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.[2] [3] [4]

Career

From the earliest to the last major book of Dars-e-Nizami Sahih Bukhari Sharif, every important book was under his tutelage at Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. In 1991, after the demise of Maulana Mufti Ahmad-ur-Rehman, the second chancellor of the Jamia, by mutual consent Maulana Habibullah Mukhtar was given the responsibility. At the same time, the position of the General Secretary of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan was also vacant. Maulana Habibullah Mukhtar was also elected to take charge of this position.[2]

Literary works

He authored many books and also translated dozens of Arabic books into Urdu[5] [6] .including;

Death

Mukhtar was shot dead on 2 November 1997, along with his driver Muhammad Tahir.[3] [8] He was laid to rest in the premises of Jamia Banuri Town next to his Shaykh and mentor Allama Banuri and Mufti Ahmad-ur-Rehman.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: General secretaries ناظم اعلیٰ. wifaqulmadaris.org. 20 April 2021. 18 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418033846/http://www.wifaqulmadaris.org/ohdydaran/nazim-ala.php. dead.
  2. News: حضرت مولانا ڈاکٹر حبیب اللہ مختار شہید رحمۃ اللہ علیہ. Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. 20 April 2021.
  3. News: مولانا ڈاکٹر محمد حبیب اللہ مختار شہیدؒ. jang.com.pk. مفتی غلام مصطفیٰ رفیق. 8 November 2019. 20 April 2021.
  4. News: 02 نومبریوم شہادت.... مولانا ڈاکٹر حبیب اللہ مختار شہیدؒ. juraat.com. Mufti Waqas Rafi. 1 November 2016. 20 April 2021.
  5. News: مولانا ڈاکٹرمحمدحبیب اللہ مختارشہید رحمہ اللہ علیہ. jang.com.pk. مفتی غلام مصطفیٰ رفیق. 2 November 2018. 20 April 2021.
  6. News: Maulana Habibullah Mukhtar. 20 April 2021.
  7. News: Bringing up children in Islam / Muhammad Habibullah Mukhtar ; translated by Rafiq ʻAbdurrahman.. nlb.gov.sg. 20 April 2021.
  8. News: KARACHI: MQM slams killing of religious scholar. dawn.com. 11 July 2005. 20 April 2021.