Muhammad Adil Khan

Muḥammad Adil Khān (195710 October 2020) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, who served as the rector of Jamia Farooqia and was seen as an influential Sunni Deobandi scholar of Pakistan.

Khan received the Five Star Ranking Award from Malaysia Higher Education in 2018. He graduated in the traditional dars-e-nizami from Jamia Farooqia in 1973; he got a B.A in human science in 1976, an M.A in Arabic in 1978 and a PhD in Islamic culture in 1992 from the University of Karachi.

Khan had established an Islamic center in Lodi, California for young children. He, along with his teenage son were arrested and investigated by the US authorities and deported back in 2005. According to the Voice of America, "they were investigated in connection with possible terrorist activity and agreed to be deported in exchange for the government dropping charges that they misrepresented themselves when entering the country." He was the professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia from 2010 to 2018.

In September 2020, Khan said in the "Azmat-e-Sahaba Conference" at Shahrah-e-Quaideen that the people who defame the companions of Muhammad should be booked in accordance with Anti-Terrorism Act.

Assassination On 10 October 2020, while returning from the Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi where he met Taqi Usmani, Khan had stopped his Toyota Vigo car near a shopping center in Shah Faisal Colony to purchase some sweets. Some unidentified gunmen opened fire on the car and fled.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan condemned the killing of Khan and accused India of creating Shia-Sunni division in Pakistan.

Funeral Khan's funeral prayer was offered in the Hub Chowki branch of Farooqia seminary on Sunday, 11 October 2020. It was led by his brother Ubaidullāh Khālid and attended by Rafi Usmani, Taqi Usmani, Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari, Awrangzib Faruqi, Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Atā-ur-Rahmān. He was buried next to the grave of his father Saleemullah Khan.

Investigation On 14 October 2020, the IGP Sindh formed a high level inquiry committee consisting of four members including Omer Shahid Hamid to probe the case. The committee is headed by the Additional IG of Karachi. According to The News International, Korangi police have made a sketch of one of the three suspects behind the assassination of Khān and his driver with the help of the witnesses and CCTV footages. Religious parties including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) also announced a countrywide protest and strike to be observed on Friday, 16 October 2020.

A condolence ceremony was held at Jamia Farooqia on 22 Rabiʽ al-Thani 1442. It was attended by various scholars of Pakistan including Muhammad Taqi Usmani.

Literary works Khan's three books Knowledge and Civilization in Islam, Ethic and Fiqh for Everybody and The Islamic Wordview are part of the curriculum at the International Islamic University Malaysia. His other books include: Tārīkh Islāmi Jamhūriya-e-Pākistān Islām awr Tasawwur-e-Kā'ināt Islām awr Ikhlāqiyāt Ikkīswī Sadī mai Islām al-Maqālāt al-Mukhtārat fī al-Kitāb wa al-Sunnah Islam and Knowledge Islam awr Ethics