Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai محمد رضا ثاقب مصطفائی | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Muhammad Raza (1972-03-16)16 March 1972 (age 53) |
| Spouse | Umm-e-Hamza |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | Pakistan |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Tariqa | Naqshbandi |
| Movement | Barelvi[1] |
| Muslim leader | |
| Awards | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by thePresident of Pakistan (2023) |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Subscribers | 1.41 million |
| Views | 970.9 million |
| Last updated: 27 July 2022[needs update] | |
| Website | idaratulmustafa |
Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai (Urdu:محمد رضا ثاقب مصطفائی; born 16 March 1972) is a Pakistani Islamic preacher and scholar.[2][3][4][5]
He is the founding chairman of Idara-tul-Mustafa International.[6][1]
He is the custodian of shrine Peer Khawaja Deen Muhammad Mustafai and has following in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States, etc.[citation needed]
Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai was born to Peer Khwaja Deen Muhammad Mustafai on 16 March 1972 AD same as 30 Muharram 1392 AH inGujranwala,Punjab.
Mustafai is married to Umm-e-Hamza and they have a son.[7]
He is a follower of theNaqshbandiSufi order and supports theSufi practices ofMawlid (prophet’s birthday),Urs (commemoration of a saint) andBay'ah (an oath of loyalty to a sheikh).[8][2]
He's the founding chairman of Idara-tul-Mustafa International, a religious organization that promotes theAHL E SUNNAT approach toIslam and which has branches in many cities of the country, running educational institutes, social services, etc.
In November 2018, he performed the marriage ceremony of the Pakistan Army chiefQamar Javed Bajwa's son, Saad Bajwa, in Lahore.[9][10]
In 2016, when Mustafai was on a tour of Australia, he was asked to leave the country because of hisantisemitic views.[11][12] TheAustralian Broadcasting Corporation described him as "a Pakistani Sunni cleric, Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai, who has called for the extermination of all Jews from the earth".[11]The Australian said that the person who had asked him to leave was "the imam who organised the tour ... fromBlacktown Mosque".[13] The MPMehreen Faruqi was quoted as saying "I am appalled and absolutely shocked to see someone who is supposed to be a Muslim scholar spouting such hate-filled speech".[14]
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