Ehsan Elahi Zaheer
Ehsan Elahi Zaheer | |
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1st Ameer of Jamiat Ahle Hadith | |
In office March 1986 – 30 March 1987 | |
Preceded by | post established |
Succeeded by | Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer (as Ameer of JAHP) Sajid Mir (as Ameer of MJAH) |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 May 1945 University of Madinah |
Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (
Early life and education
Zaheer was born in 1945 in
Political career
Tehreek-e-Istiqlal
In 1972, Ehsan Elahi Zaheer joined the political party Tehreek-e-Istiqlal. After Ehsan Elahi joined the party, it became the second most popular party of Pakistan. Ehsan left the party in 1978.[citation needed]
Jamiat Ahle Hadith
In March 1986, Zaheer founded his political party Jamiat Ahle Hadith. Zaheer used to criticize Zia-ul-Haq. After Zaheer was assassinated, the party was led by his son Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer.[2]
Assassination
While Zaheer was giving a speech, a bomb which had been planted in the flowers on the stage exploded, severely injuring him. He later died due to his injuries. Zaheer's family accused Iran-backed Shia militants of killing him.[3]
Upon the request of Saudi Grand Mufti
Personal life
Zaheer's father-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Gondalvi (1897-1985) was also a famed Ahl-e-Hadith scholar.[5]
Zaheer had three sons, themselves involved in Islamic scholarship and activism: Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer, Hisham Elahi Zaheer and Motasim Elahi Zaheer.[6]
Books
He mainly wrote in Arabic but his works have been translated into Urdu and many other languages:[7]
Urdu
- Mirzāʼiyyat aur Islām, Idārat Turjumān al-Sunnah, 1972, 240 p.
Arabic
- al-Qadiyaniyat : dirasat wa-tahlil, Idārat Turjumān al-Sunnah, 1976, 320 p.[8][9]
- al-Shīʻah wa-al-Sunnah, Idārat Turjumān al-Sunnah, 1977, 216 p.
- al-Bābīyah : ʻarḍ wa-naqd, Idārat Tarjumān al-Sunnah, 1981, 288 p.
- al-Bahāʼīyah : naqd wa-taḥlīl, Idārat Tarjumān al-Sunnah, 1981, 375 p.[10]
- Aš-Šhīʻa wa-ahl al-bait, Idārat Tarjumān al-Sunnah, 1982, 316 p.
- Aš-Šhīʻa wa'l-Qurʼān, Idārat Tarjumān al-Sunnah, 1983, 352 p.
- al-Barīlawīya : ʻaqāʼid wa-taʼrīḫ, Idārat Tarjumān al-Sunnah, 1983, 253 p.
- Bayna al-Shīʻah wa-ahl al-Sunnah, Idārat Tarjamān al-Sunnah, 1985, 218 p.
- Ismāīlīyah : tārīkh wa-aqāid, Idārah Tarjumān al-Sunnah, 1986, 757 p.[11]
English translations
- Ibn Taymiyyah's Kitab-al-wasilah. Foreword and translation under the guidance of Ehsan Elahi Zaheer.
- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's Kitab at-Tawheed. Foreword and translation under the guidance of Ehsan Elahi Zaheer.
References
- ^ Mariam Abou Zahab, Pakistan: A Kaleidoscope of Islam, Oxford University Press, 2020, note 19 of chapter 6.
- ^ "Allama Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer profile". PakistanHerald.com website. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ISBN 1599424886
- ^ Imtiaz Alam, Religious revivalism in South Asia, South Asian Policy Analysis Network, 2006, p. 85
- ^ Dorsey, James (2022). "Saudi Arabia: A South Asian Wrecking Ball". In Mandaville, Peter (ed.). Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 195.
- ^ Kalbe Ali (30 April 2014), "Another side of the story in the missing persons’ saga", Dawn. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Ẓahīr, Iḥsān Ilāhī, profile on WorldCat
- ^ Allama ehsan elahi zaheer. Qadiyania.
- ^ نور, مكتبة. "Al Qadianiat (Study and Analysis) pdf". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ نور, مكتبة. "Baha'iyah (Study & Analysis) pdf". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ نور, مكتبة. "Ismailiyah (History & Doctrine) pdf". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-28.