Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri

Syed Shuja’at Ali Qadri (Urdu: ) (January 1941 – 27 January 1993) was the first Grand Mufti of Pakistan, Judge of Federal Shariat Court, a member of the Pakistani Council of Islamic Ideology, and a scholar of Islamic Sciences and modern science. He was influenced by Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri.

He held various offices and wrote books. He authored books on Islamic fiqh, economics and inheritance, and also translated books from Arabic to Urdu.

Birth and family Shujaat Ali Qadri was born in Uttar Pradesh, India, in January 1941. He was the son of Syed Masood Ali Qadri, who served in the office of Afta (Islamic jurisprudence) at the Jamia Islamia Anwar-ul-Uloom, a madrasah in Multan, Punjab (Pakistan). Qadri was the second eldest child of his father; his brothers are: He graduated from the Jamia Islamia Anwar-ul-Uloom, Multan, at the age of eighteen. Besides this he achieved the following qualifications:

M.A Islamiyat, University of Karachi, 1971 M.A Arabi, University of Karachi, 1974 Course on Arabic Literature, University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984

Didactic services

Qadri worked as a teacher and mufti in different institutes or madaris of Muslims. He served as the Head of Department and Mufti in Darul Uloom Amjadiya from 1960 to 1973. Thereafter, from 1973 till his death, he held the offices of Sheikh ul Hadith and Mufti in Darul Uloom Naeemia, Karachi. from 1973 to 1983; Translation of Tafseere Mazhari (fifteen sections) Translation of Mowahib-al-Luduniya Translation of Sharah-as-Sadur Translation of Al-Khairat-al-Hissan Translation of Al-Shifae Sheikh Al-Raees (some parts) Insha-al-Arabiya (four parts) Translation of Khatme Nabuwat Magazine from Arabic to Urdu Magazine on Khatme Nabuwat in Arabi Islam mein Murtid ki Saza (Punishment of an apostate in Islam) Islam ka Maashi Nizam (Islamic Economic System) Aqaid o Aamal (Beliefs and Actions) Teen Talaqain (Three divorces) Translation and Commentary of Surah Bani Israeel with a biography of the Blessed Prophet Sallalahu Alihay Wassalam Fiqahe Ahle Sunnat (Jurisprudence of Ahle Sunnat) Adalate Islamia (Islamic Court) Man huwa Ahmed Raza? (Who is Ahmed Raza?) – A biography of Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan, in Arabic Language Mujaddid-al-Mata – Some articles on Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan, in Arabic Language Fatawae Rizwiya (Translation of Arabic terms) Rasail-e-Aala Hazrat (Collection of booklets written by Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan with explanatory footnotes, introductions and translation of Arabic and Persion texts) Arbaeen Composition of the last part of Bahare Shariat (Fiqh Ahle Sunnat, foreword, Madina Publishing, Karachi) Phd Thesis – An Academic Movement in Arabic Language-Valley of Sindh in Twelfth-Thirteenth A.D Series of articles on the history of Islam, published in the monthly magazine Tarjumaan-e-AhleSunnat (Voice of Ahle Sunnat)

Critical acclaim Shujaat was a prominent scholar of the Barelvi Movement and was respected by the scholars of major sects of Islam and the people of Pakistan.

Death On 24 January 1993 Qadri went on an official tour of Indonesia with a delegation of the Ministry of Population Control. It was during this tour that on the fourth Shabaan 1413 Hijri, 27 January 1993 he died of a heart attack in Jakarta. Qadri's funeral procession was led by Hamid Saeed Kazmi, who was at that time the MNA of JUP, in Jakarta. It was estimated that approximately fifty thousand people attended the procession along with the ambassadors and religious scholars from Islamic countries, Indonesian officials, and Pakistan's foreign delegation in Indonesia. His body was brought back to Pakistan on 1 February 1993, by Singapore Airlines, where he was buried in Darul Uloom Naeemia, Karachi. Qadri's funeral procession, in Karachi, was led by his brother, Syed Saadat Ali Qadri, in the presence of a large number of people, journalists, politicians, and scholars from all schools of thought. An estimated crowd of fifteen thousand attended his funeral procession. His tomb is located inside the Daru Uloom Naeemia. Funeral procession of Justice Mufti Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri led by Sa'adat Ali Qadri.

Condolences Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri's death was termed as a national tragedy and a great loss of an eminent religious scholar of Islam for the people of Pakistan. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, expressed his shock and grief over Qadri's death in the following manner: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and the opposition leader in the National Assembly of Pakistan at that time, Benazir Bhutto, expressed her deep sorrow and grief over his demise:

The then Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi expressed his condolences and said: