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Ilyas Ghuman

Pakistani Islamic scholar and theologian (born 1969) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ilyas Ghuman
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Muhammad Ilyas Ghuman[a] (born 12 April 1969) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and theologian of the Deobandi movement. Born in Sargodha to a Ghuman family, Ilyas studied at Jamia Binoria in Karachi and was a disciple of Azizur Rahman Hazarvi.

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Ghuman is an expert in Ilm al-Kalam (speculative theology) and is known by his admirers as Mutakallim-i Islam.[1][2][3][4][5] He is also a religious philosopher,[6] Sufi,[7] and a debater.[8][9][10] Ghuman is the head of Markaz Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat in Sargodha.[11][12] Ghuman is a leading Hanafi Maturidi theologian.[13][14][15]

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Early life and career

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Ilyas Ghuman Addresses the 2024 International Islamic Conference at Jamiatul Falah Mosque, Bangladesh

Ghuman was born on 12 April 1969 in Sargodha District.[citation needed] He is a graduate of the Jamia Binoria.[citation needed]

In 2005, he was arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of Sargodha Division Commissioner Syed Tajamul Abbas.[16] In 2006, he was again arrested related to the murder of Shia cleric Bashir Husain Bukhari.[17]

In 2013, he was arrested by the police when he was touring Southern Punjab.[18] In 2014, Aziz ur-Rahman Hazarvi gave his khilafat to Ghuman.[19]

In August 2015, he was freed from house arrest.[20] In October 2015, Ghuman was banned by the ICTA from delivering sermons in Muharram.[21]

In August 2018, he published a book named Mera Pakistan.[22]

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Books

Some of his books include:[23]

  • Firqah-yi Ahl-i ḥadīs̲ Pāk va Hind kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah, 2010, 374 p. Criticism of the Ahl-e Hadith.
  • Firqah-yi Barailviyat Pāk va Hind kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah, 2012, 617 p. Criticism of the Barelvis.
  • Maẓāmīn-i mutakallim-i Islām, 2012, multiple volumes. On miscellaneous issues of Islam; Islamic doctrines, collected articles published in various Urdu magazines.
  • Majālis-i mutakallim-i Islām, 2013, 2 volumes. Sermons.
  • Firqah-i Saifiyah kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah, 2013, 252 p. Criticism of Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak (1925-2010), a Barelvi scholar.
  • K̲h̲ut̤bāt-i mutakallim-i Islām, 2013, 3 volumes. Sermons.
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  • Mavāʻiz̤-i mutakkalim-i Islām, 2 volumes, 2013. Islamic sermons on religious life of Muslim women.
  • Jihād fī sabīlilláh aur iʻtirāẓāt kā ʻilmī jāʼizah, 2014, 304 p. On jihad.
  • Jī hān̲ Fiqah-i Ḥanafī Qurān va Ḥadīs̲ kā nacoṛ hai, 2014, 286 p. In defense of Hanafites with special reference to their views on various aspects of Islamic law.
  • Kanz ul-īmān kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah, 2014, 242 p. Criticism of Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.
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See also

Notes

  1. Urdu: محمد الیاس گھمن, romanized: Muḥammad Ilyās Ghuman

References

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