Fazal Ilahi Wazirabadi

Maulvi
Mujahid
Fazal Ilahi Wazirabadi
مولوی فضل الٰہی وزیرآبادی
Fazal Ilahi Wazirabadi (left) with Allama Muhammad Asad
Personal life
Born(1882-08-12)12 August 1882
Died5 May 1951(1951-05-05) (aged 68)
Citizenship British Indian
Pakistani
OccupationIslamic scholar
freedom fighter
writer
Religious life
ReligionIslam
MovementJehad Movement
Muslim leader
TeacherAbdul Mannan Wazirabadi

Fazal Ilahi Wazir Abadi (12 August 1882 – 5 May 1951; Urdu: مولوی فضل الٰہی وزیرآبادی) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and freedom fighter.[1]

Biography

Fazal Ilahi Wazirabadi received his early education from Scotch Mission School at Wazirabad. At an early age, he studied the Quran with translation and theology from Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi.[2]

Fazal Ilahi was the last emir of Tehreek e mujahideen based at Chamarkand, which had originated with the jihad movement of Syed Ahmed Barelvi.[3] He announced its formal end on 14 August 1947, after the independence of Pakistan.[4]

Wazirabadi died on 5 May 1951. He had bequeathed that he should be buried at Balakot. Therefore, his body was taken to Balakot and buried in the graveyard where Syed Ahmad Barelvi and Shah Ismail Dehlvi are also laid to rest.[2]

Literary works

Wazirabadi's books include:[5]

  • Jihād-i Kashmīr
  • Masʼalah-i jihād-i Kashmīr aur us kī muk̲h̲taṣar tārīk̲h̲
  • Kavāʼif-i Yāg̲h̲istān

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Zahid Shah; Prof. Dr. Jehanzeb Khalil; Dr. Ayaz. "FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN COLONIAL INDIA: JEHAD OF MAULVI FAZAL ELAHI" (PDF). PAKISTAN-Annual Research Journal. 50, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 Dr. Maqbool Ahmad Makki (June 2013). "مولانا فضل الہٰی رحمہ اللہ علیہ وزیر آبادی کی قیامِ پاکستان کے حوالے سے خدمات کا مختصر جائزہ". usvah.org. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Falāhī, ʻUbaidullāh Fahd (2006). Redefining Islamic Political Thought: A Critique in Methodological Perspective. Serials Publications. pp. 122, 127. ISBN 978-81-8387-019-1.
  4. ↑ Pakistan Journal of History and Culture. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research. 2008. pp. 71–72.
  5. ↑ "Faz̤l Ilāhī Vazīrābādī". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

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