Celebrating Silver

Jubilee- Answering
The Questions at
Data Darbar Lahore

Grand Mufti of Pakistan

Muhammad Arshad al-Qadri has
been answering the questions of
public in the light of Quran and
Hadith since 19th of July 1990 at The
Masjid of Data Darbar (Ali Hujvery)
Lahore. The question-and-answer
sessions are held several times a
week there. Only written questions
were counted in 2010 AD. These
were 96,000 questions in counting,
which were answered by him during
the period of 20 years. However,
verbal questions are countless. Now,
more questions has been added
during these five years till 2015. In
this field, he has an Individual status
for such a tough duty (4 times a
week) for last 25 years in Pakistan.
His Fatawa (Collection of AnswersVerdicts) is being prepared; it will be
in hands soon.
Rana Arshad Qadri
For a long time in academic
and religious circles he had been
called "Rana Arshad", because of his
family background. Mufti Arshad was
born on 15th or 16th of February,
1958 in house of 'Rana Muhammad
Tufail. He had been writing word
'Rana' with his name, but later on he
gave it up. One of his Teachers
Allama Muhammad Abdul Hakeem
Sharaf Qadri suggested him to write
his name as "Arshad al-Qadri" or
"Arshad-ul-Qadri". The majority of
the public still knows him as Allama
Rana Arshad Qadri Rizvi.
Childhood and Education
His childhood spent in the
village
of
Kot
Nainan,
Shakargarh,Punjab, Pakistan. His
primary education started there.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of
1971, his family moved to Lahore city.
He started learning his Islamic
education from Jamia Rasoolia
Sherazia Bilal Gunj Lahore. Timings of
Jamia, for those students who also
were studying at modern schools at
the same time, were different. Those

students used to study here early in

morning
after
Fajar
prayer.
Muhammad Arshad was one of these
boys.
Their
Teacher
Allama
Muhammad
Ali
Naqshbandi
(Rahmatullahi Ta'ala Alayh) used to
teach them during Morning walk,
while going to The Ravi River and
coming back from there. After this
morning session, Arshad used to go
to Govt Islamia High School Khazana
Gate Lahore to learn his Modern
education, he passed his matric
there. He passed his intermediate
from M.A.O College Lahore, and
graduation from G.C.U Lahore with
Gold Medal. He completed his
masters degree in Islamic Studies
from The University of Punjab Lahore.
Later on, he earned degrees of M.A
Arabic and M.A history from the
same University. For traditional
Islamic studies he properly attempted
and succeeded in the exams of
Tanzeem Ul Madaris Ahle Sunnat
Pakistan with a good performance.

His Teachers
A few names of his great
Teachers and Muslim Scholars are as
follows:
1. Mufti Abdul Qayyum Hazarvi
Rahmatullahi Ta'ala Alayh (D.2003)
2. Mufti Abdul Qayyum Khan Hazarvi
3. Mufti Muhammad Abdul Aleem
Sialvi
4. Allama Mufti Faiz Ahmad Owaisi
Rahmatullahi Ta'ala Alayh (D. 2010)
5. Allama Mufti Muhammad Abdul
Hakeem Sharaf Qadri Rahmatullahi
Ta'ala Alayh (D. 2007)
Bayah and Khilafah
His sheikh is Abu Muhammad,
Muhammad Abdul Rasheed Qadri
from city of Samundri near
Faisalabad. Arshad ul Qadri was given
Ijazah and Khilafah in all four orders
of Sufism. Chain of his sheikh is linked
to Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Qadri.
Ideology
Mufti Arshad ul Qadri is
influenced by the work of Imam
Ahmad Raza Khan Qadri, Doctor
Muhammad Iqbal and Maulana Shah
Ahmad Noorani. He held a

conference about Imam Ahmad Raza

Khan Qadri's teaching On January 30,
2011 at Jamia Islamia Rizvia Lahore,
Rachna Town. According to his views,
Reverence of The Holy Prophet
Muhammad
(Sallallahu
Alaihi
Wasallam) is an obligation for every
Muslim. On 14th of October 2012 he
held a conference to reply the
blasphemy movie "Innocence of
Muslims" in Jamia Islamia Rizvia.
Books
Mufti Mohammad Arshad
Qadri is the author of many books.
Two dozen of them have been
published. He is writing "Fuyoodh-unNabi" an Urdu Interpretation of
Hadith Book of 'Tirmidhi'. Two
volumes of this work were published
in 2014. Hundreds of his books and
pamphlets are waiting for publishing.
Organization
Mufti Arshad al Qadri has
founded a movement called "Taleem
o Tarbiyat Islami Pakistan". Various
gatherings, conferences and seminars
are held by this organization. On 28th
of April 2013, Islamic Learning
Session was organized by this
movement at Aiwan e Iqbal Lahore.
Movement also takes part in various
social welfare activities. Manifesto of
this movement is to create unity,
service and stability among Muslims.
Its Main Office is known as Jamia
Islamia Rizvia Lahore. It is located in
Rachna Town, Ferozwala, Shahdara. It
is working in various fields including
publications.
Land line phone number of
Jamia Islamia Rizvia is
0092-423-7962152
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Written by: Abdul Razzaq Qadri on saturday,

July 18, 2015