| Honorific Prefix: | Maulana, Shaikhul-Hadith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency: | NA-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hassan Jan Madani (Pashto:مولانا حسن جان مدنی) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who was born on 6 January 1938 in Prang, Charsadda. He has served as a member of the 8th National Assembly of Pakistan from 30 November 1988 to 6 August 1990.[1] He was Shaikhul-Hadith at Darwesh Masjid in Peshawar and used to deliver Friday sermons in the same mosque. He was also the vice president of Wifaqul-Madaras, the largest board of Islamic universities (Jamiat).
Hasan Jan memorized the Quran in Masjid e Nabavi in three months. He studied basic mathematics and Arabic grammar from his uncle. He later got admission at Anjuman Taleem-ul-Quran where he learnt basic Urdu and Islamiat. He then moved to Darul-uloom Utmanzai where he completed Dars-e-Nizami. After Dars-e-Nizami, he moved to Jamia Ashrafia Lahore, where he studied Hadith books from Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi and Maulana Muhammad Rasool Khan Hazarvi. He got degree of Fazal-e-Deniat from Darul Uloom Haqqania with distinction. On 11 June 1962 he moved to Madina for further studies at The Islamic University of al-Madinah al-Munawarah. He was awarded gold medal by the University of Peshawar in MA Islamiat for his distinction.[2]
Hasan Jan was not a politician however he supported Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. He was the teacher of Fazal-ur-Rehman. He contested the 1990 elections and defeated the then Awami National Party leader Abdul Wali Khan in his stronghold. He served as MNA for some time.[2]
On Saturday 17 September 2007 some unknown people came to him near Aftari time and requested him to go with them for Nikah-Khwani. He was assassinated at Wazir Bagh behind Janaz Ga (Funeral Prayer place) in the suburbs of Peshawar.[3] It is believed that he was killed by the unknown persons may be for his moderate views, which included issuing fatwas against suicide bombings.[4] [5]