Mohammad Zar Wali Khan | |
Honorific Prefix: | Mufti, Shaikh ul Hadees[1] |
Religion: | Islam |
Denomination: | Sunni |
Institute: | Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom |
Founder: | Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom |
Alma Mater: | Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia |
Birth Date: | 1953 |
Birth Place: | Jehangira, NWFP, Pakistan |
Death Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Teacher: | Wali Hasan Tonki |
Mufti Zar Wali Khan (1953 – 7 December 2020), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and Friday sermon preacher. He was the founder and the principal of Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom.[2] [3] [4]
Mufti Zar Wali Khan Sb was born in Jehangira and studied at Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. He founded Jamia Arabia Ahsan Ul Uloom, Karachi in 1978.[5]
He died on 7 December 2020 at Indus Hospital in Karachi while under treatment for his ailments.[6] His death was condoled by Imran Ismail, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri,[7] Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Sirajul Haq and Abdur Razzaq Iskander.[8]
According to Dawn, media reports said that Khan had died due to the COVID-19.[9] However, Qari Usman, a leader of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam rejected this claim and said that Khan was a chronic cardiac patient and did not die due to the coronavirus.[10]