Shiekh Muhammad Mufeed Explained

Religion:Islam
Honorific Prefix:Sheikh
Muhammad Mufeed
Hujjatul Islam wal Muslimeen
Birth Name:Muhammad Mufeed
Birth Place:Yourbaltak, Sodh Kargil district, India
Death Place:Kargil, Kargil district, India
Resting Place:Chanchik, Kargil
Death Cause:Illness
Nationality:Indian
Ethnicity:Purki
Era:Modern Era
Region:Kargil Ladakh, India
Jurisprudence:Ja`fari
School Tradition:Twelver Shi`a Islam
Main Interests:Islamic Philosophy, Shia Theology
Notable Works:Founded the Houza Ilmiya Isna Ashariya at Kargil - Ladakh
Alma Mater:Houza ilmiya, Najaf

Sheikh Muhammad Mufeed (– 20 November 1996) was a Shia Islamic religious scholar/alim from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and present Union Territory of Ladakh, and the founder of Anjuman Jamiatul Ulama Isna Asharia, Kargil. He was deeply influenced by system of dissemination of Islamic teachings at the Hauza Ilmiya Najaf where he spent fifteen years of his life. In 1953 Shiekh Mufeed established an Islamic Seminary along with other prominent religious scholars of those time.

Personal life

Sheikh Mufeed was born into the Khantey Pa family of Yourbaltak, Kargil in the year 1912. His father's name was Malik. He was born after the death of his father. At a very young age, he left for the city of Najaf in Iraq to pursue religious education. He spent fifteen years of his life at the seminary in Najaf. Then he came back to Kargil and started teaching students at his home. Due to the lack of a proper Islamic seminary, students from around the district would come to his place to get tutored in the ways of Islam.

He married the daughter of a prominent religious scholar from Minjee Hujjatul Islam Shiekh Ali Naqi. Three of his sons died in infancy. His only surviving child was his daughter. His daughter was married to Sheikh Mussa Shariefi.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ameeni, Jawad Jalib. 11 Aug 2018 . Noor-e-Hidayat . Light of Guidance . Silsila Ulama muqtadeen ki Halat-e-Zindagi. Urdu . Kargil, Ladakh . Anjuman Jamiatul Ulama Isna Asharia Kargil.