Abdur Razzaq Iskander

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Shaykh al-Hadīth, Mawlānā
Abdur Razzaq Iskander
عبدالرزاق اسکندر
4th Chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
In office
2 November 1997 – 30 June 2021
Preceded byHabibullah Mukhtar
Succeeded bySulaiman Yousuf Banuri
8th Emir of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
In office
2015 – 30 June 2021
Preceded byAbdul Majeed Ludhianvi
Succeeded byNasiruddin Khakwani
7th President of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
In office
5 October 2017 – 30 June 2021
Preceded bySaleemullah Khan
Succeeded byMuhammad Taqi Usmani
9th Vice President of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
In office
30 September 2001 – 5 October 2017
Preceded byHasan Jan
Succeeded byAnwar-ul-Haq Haqqani
5th president of Iqra Rozatul Atfal Trust
Preceded byAbdul Majeed Ludhianvi
Succeeded byunknown
Personal
Born1935 (1935)
Kokal, NWFP, British India
Died30 June 2021(2021-06-30) (aged 85–86)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
NationalityPakistani
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Alma mater

Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935 – 30 June 2021; Urdu: عبد الرزاق اسکندر) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer. He was the chancellor and senior hadith-professor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, emir of the Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and the president of Wifaqul Madaris in Pakistan. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Karachi, Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Islamic University of Madinah and the Al-Azhar University. He authored books such as At-Tarīqat al-Asriyyah and Tahafuzz-e-Madāris.

Biography[edit]

Abdur Razzaq was born in 1935 into a religious family in Kokal, Abbottabad District.[1] He was schooled at the Madrassa Darul Uloom Chohar Sharif, Haripur and the Ahmed Al-Madrassa Sikandarpur. He later studied at the Darul Uloom Karachi and graduated in the dars-e-nizami from the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in 1956. He was the first student of dars-e-nizami at the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.[1][2] He later enrolled at the Islamic University of Madinah in 1962 and studied theology for four years. He completed his doctoral studies at the Al-Azhar University in 1972.[1] He was an authorized disciple of Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi in Tasawwuf. His teachers include Muhammad Yousuf Banuri and Wali Hasan Tonki.[1]

Abdur Razzaq started his teaching career in 1955.[1] He became the Shaykh al-Hadith (senior professor of hadith) of the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia after Nizamuddin Shamzai, and the chancellor after the assassination of Habibullah Mukhtar in 1997.[3][4] He was made a member of the working committee of the Wifaq ul Madaris in 1997 and appointed its vice-president in 2001. He later served as its interim president for nine months following the death of Saleemullah Khan. He was appointed the president on 5 October 2017.[1]

In 1981, he was elected a member of the executive council of the Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat (AMTKN). In 2008, he was appointed the central deputy-emir following Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini's death. In 2015, he succeeded Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi as the emir of AMTKN.[1] He also served as the president of Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-Madaris Pakistan.[5]

In August 2016, speaking to a congregation at the Birmingham Central Mosque, Abdur Razzaq said that, "Islam is complete and it means that nothing can be added, removed or altered in it". He maintained that the people opposing the finality of prophethood have disconnected themselves from Muhammad.[6]

Abdur Razzaq died on 30 June 2021 in Karachi.[7][8] His death was condoled by Qamar Javed Bajwa, Shehbaz Sharif, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Shujaat Hussain, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Imran Ismail, Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani.[2][4][8]

Literary works[edit]

Literary works of Abdur Razzaq include:[1][9]

  • At-Tarīqat al-Asriyyah (2 parts), this book is included in the curriculum of Wifaqul Madaris.
  • Mushāhidāt va tāʼas̲s̲urāt : ʻālam-i Islām kī cand ʻaẓīm shak̲h̲ṣiyyāt kā taz̲kirah
  • Taḥaffuz̤-i madāris aur ʻulmāʼ va t̤ulabāʼ se chand bāten̲
  • Tablighi Jamaat and Principles and Methodology of its Dawah

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "مولانا عبد الرزاق اسکندر کون ہیں؟" [Who is Mawlāna Abdur Razzaq Iskander]. Alert. 21 March 2020. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "وفاق المدارس کے صدر عبد الرزاق اسکندر کا انتقال، سپردخاک". 1 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ Imtiaz Ali (30 June 2021). "Prominent scholar and head of Jamia Binoria Maulana Abdul Razzaq passes away". Dawn. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "مہتمم جامعہ بنوریہ نیو ٹاؤن مولانا عبدالرزاق انتقال کر گئے". Geo TV. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ مظفر اعجاز (19 February 2020). "وفاق المدارس کی تقریب اور مدارس". jasarat.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ "دین اسلام میں کسی اضافے کی ضرورت نہیں، مولانا عبدالرزاق". Geo TV (in Urdu). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "جامعہ العلوم الاسلامیہ کے مہتمم مولانا عبدالرزاق اسکندر انتقال کرگئے" [The chanellor of Jamia al-Uloom al-Islamia, Mawlana Abdur Razzaq passes away]. Samaa TV (in Urdu). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b Amir Khan (30 June 2021). "Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Abdur Razzaq Iskander passes away". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Profile of Abdur Razzaq Iskander at WorldCat". WorldCat. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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