Ghulam Ali Okarvi غلام علی اوکاڑوی | |
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| Title | Shaikh ul Quran |
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| Born | 11 June 1919 |
| Died | 16 May 2000(2000-05-16) (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British India,Pakistani |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | South Asia |
| Main interest(s) | Tafseer,Hadith,Fiqh,Aqeedah,Linguistics,Tasawwuf |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Sunni |
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Ghulam Ali Okarvi (Punjabi,Urdu:غلام علی اوکاڑوی; 11 June 1919CE or 20Ramadan 1337AH – 16 May 2000CE or 11Safar 1421AH) was an Islamic scholar, orator, jurist, muhadis, mufasir, and linguist from Pakistan. He taught theQuran andHadith for more than 50 years.
Ghulam Ali was born in the small village of Babanian nearLalamusa,Gujrat in British India. His ancestors were founders of the village. Around five to six generations before his birth, they arrived fromSrinagar and named the village Babanian.
Okarvi's primary education was at Govt. Model Primary School in the neighbouring village Umar Chak and middle-level education at Middle School Jora Karnana in the neighbouring village Jora Karnana. He started his early Persian language education at Umer Chak.[citation needed]
For higher education, he formally studied in Jamia Arabia Karimia Hanfia (branch of Anjuman Hizbul Ahnaf, Lahore) in Jalandhar, India andHizbul Ahnaf, Lahore.[citation needed] Furthermore, he was greatly influenced by different scholars of his era, including Naeem ud Deen Muradabadi,Ahmed Yaar Khan Naeemi, Abul Hasanat Qadri, Syed Muhammad Ashrafi, etc.
He studied in Lahore with Abul Barakat Syed Ahmad Qadri[1] from Hizb ul Ahnaf who gave him the title "Shaikh ul-Quran", later adopted by others.
Okarvi died on Tuesday 11 June 2000 CE (11 Safar 1421h) at the age of 80 inJinnah Hospital, Lahore. He was buried on land he owned inAshraf ul Madaris,GT Road,Okara.[citation needed]
He took part in thePakistan Movement on the platform ofAll India Sunni Conference.
In 1948, he was one of the founding members ofJamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan. Later on, he continued his struggle for the implementation of Islamic Constitution in the country. After on he actively participated in the Movements of Khatme Nabuwat[2] and Nizam e Mustafa in the Country.[3]
In 1964, he, along with other scholars, declared that to assign the office of the Head of the State to a female is "un-Islamic and Haram," and "destructive" for the country and the nation.[4]
In 1969, after theAyub Khan era, he gathered JUP splits in Lahore and united them to take part in the election. His party was the third largest party in West Pakistan during the 1970 election. He remained its Punjab Chapter's President in 1970s.[5] In 1977, he was also the Punjab President ofPakistan National Alliance.
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