Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia explained

Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
Other Name:	The Federation of Madaris
Vice-President:	Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani Ubaiullah Khalid Sayyid Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri Maulana Saeed Yousuf
Head Label:	General Secretary
Motto:	رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic)
Established:	19 October 1959
Religious Affiliation:	Sunni Islam (Hanafi school, Deobandi)
Country:	Pakistan

Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia, Pakistan (Urdu:) is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in Pakistan, founded in 1959. More than 10,000 seminaries and 23,000 madaris across Pakistan are affiliated with the federation. It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deobandi School of thought.^[1] Mufti Taqi Usmani has been appointed as the new president on 19 September 2021 after the death of the former president, Abdur Razzaq Iskander.

Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari is general sectary of the federation. The head office of the federation is situated in Multan.^[2]

Functions

The functions of 'Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan' are the registration of seminaries, creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.^[3]

Presidents

• Shamsul Haq Afghani (19 October 1959 – 12 January 1963)
• Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (12 January 1963 – 22 October 1970) – founder of Jamia Khair-ul-Madaris Multan.^[4]
• Sayyed Yousuf Banuri (30 May 1973 – 17 October 1977) – founder of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.
• Mufti Mahmud (15 May 1978 – 14 October 1980)
• Muhammad Idrees Meerthi (30 November 1980 – 1988)
• Maulana Saleemullah Khan (8 June 1989 – 15 January 2017) - founder of Jamia Farooqia Karachi.^[5]
• Abdur Razzaq Iskander (5 October 2017 – 30 June 2021) – Chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.^[2]
• Muhammad Taqi Usmani (20 September 2021 – present)

See also

• List of Deobandi organisations
• Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-Madaris Pakistan
• Madrassas in Pakistan
• Qawmi, Bangladesh

External links

• Wifaq-ul-Madaris Official Website
• Wifaq ul Madaris results
• wifaq-ul-madaris-admission

Notes and References

1. News: Ulema urge govt, Taliban to stop fighting (Ulema from Wifaq ul Madaris). Amir Wasim. 1 October 2013. Dawn (newspaper). 5 April 2021.
2. News: Govt claims accord on seminaries' regulation. Dawn (newspaper). 10 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006135521/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/09-govt-claims-accord-on-seminaries-regulation--szh-11. 6 October 2010. dead. 6 October 2010.
3. Web site: Profile of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan . https://web.archive.org/web/20120722191704/http://www.wifaqulmadaris.org/default.asp . 22 July 2012. 23 October 2007. 10 August 2020.
4. Fakhar Bilal . From Jalandhar (India) to Multan (Pakistan): Establishment of Jamia Khair ul Madaris, 1931-1951 . Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan . 55 . 1 (January–June 2018) . 8 May 2020 . Research Society of Pakistan.
5. https://www.dawn.com/news/1308762 Maulana Saleemullah passes away