Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti | |
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محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی | |
Title | Khatib e Azam |
Personal life | |
Born | 1874 |
Died | 12 January 1956 | (aged 81–82)
Political party | All India Muslim League |
Notable work(s) | Wadhih al-Bayan (Tafsir of al-Qur'an) Sira al-Mustafa (Biography of Prophet Muhammad) Tarikh Ahl-i Hadith (History of the Ahl-i Hadith Movement) |
Education | Murray College, Sialkot |
Occupation | |
Relatives | Sajid Mir |
Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Creed | Athari |
Movement | Salafi |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced |
Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti (Urdu: محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی, romanized: Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Mīr Siyālkūṭī; c. 1874 – 12 January 1956) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar of the Ahl-i Hadith. He was a muhaddith, khatib, historian, journalist, writer, religious activist and activist of the Pakistan Movement.[1][2][3][4][1][5][6][7][8][9][10][excessive citations]
He was also an expert on tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and faqih (jurist in jurisprudence) and wrote several books.[11] Mir is considered one of the partisans of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and Sanaullah Amritsari.[5] In 1945, a party called Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam was formed. Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was its president and Mir was its vice president.[5] Its first meeting was held in Calcutta. Usmani could not attend due to illness then the meeting was chaired by Mir.[12][13][14]
Mir was also a major antagonist of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the early Ahmadiyya movement and wrote several books rejecting Qadiyanism.[15][16] Mir was one of the founding members of All-India Muslim League.[17]
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