Syed Sher Ali Shah
Sheikh-ul-Hadees Dr. Syed Sher Ali Shah Madani | |
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سید شیر علی شاہ مدنی | |
| Title | Sheikh-ul-Hadees |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 31 December 1930 |
| Died | 30 October 2015 (aged 84) Rehman Medical Complex Peshawar |
| Nationality | Afghanistan Pakistani |
| Parent |
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| Political party | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Madinah Darul Uloom Haqqania |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Institute | Darul Uloom Haqqania |
| Movement | Khatam an-Nabuwat |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Ahmed Ali Lahori Abdullah Darkhawasti Abdul Haq Akorwi |
Sheikh-ul-Hadees Dr. Syed Sher Ali Shah Madani (31 December 1930 – 30 November 2015) (Pashto: سید شیر علی شاہ مدنی) was a Pakistani-Pashtun Islamic scholar.[1]
Early life and education
The Sheikh began learning from home, learned the Qur’an, fundamental books in Arabic and Persian with his father (Maulana Qudrat Shah) and some books of Persian poetry from Hazrat Maulana Abdul Rahim, and "Nahw and Sarf" (Arabic Grammar) from Hazrat Maulana Qazi Habib-ur-Rehman. After that, he joined the Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak. About three months after graduating from Darul Uloom Haqqania, he also studied from the teachers of Jamia Ashrafia Lahore, Sheikh Tafsir Maulana Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi and Hazrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Hassan.[2][3]
Academic career
On 5 April 1954, he started teaching in Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak after graduation. After 20 years of teaching, on the advice of Shaykh-ul-Hadeeth Maulana Abdul Haq Akorwi, he entered the Islamic University of Madinah in 1973 and studied in various fields for fifteen years and got his Master and Ph.D. degrees. He also continued teaching in the Masjid e Nabawi. After graduating from the Islamic University of Madinah, he was appointed as a teacher in Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi in 1987. Later, he also taught in Mufti Zar Wali Khan's Madrasa Jamia Ahsan-ul-Uloom Gulshan-e-Iqbal Karachi and Maulana Jalaluddin Haqqani's Madrasa Manba-ul-Uloom, Miramshah. Finally, at the invitation of his longtime colleague Shaykh-ul-Hadeeth Maulana Sami-ul-Haq in 1996 he came and started teaching Hadith at Darul Uloom Haqqania.[2][4]
Death
He died on Friday 30 October 2013, at Rehman Medical Complex, Peshawar. And on 31 October, millions of people, scholars, shaykhs, saints and students attended the funeral and were buried beside their father.[5][6]
Published works
He completed his doctoral research in Medina, Saudi Arabia, where he wrote a PhD thesis devoted to the Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir) of Hasan al-Basri. He authored several works in the fields of Qur’anic studies and Islamic thought, including Makānat al-Lāhiyyāt fī al-Islām (The Status of Theology in Islam), Zubdat al-Qurʾān (The Quintessence of the Qur’an), Hawla Ḥarakat al-Ṭālibān (On the Taliban Movement), Zād al-Manthī: Sharḥ al-Tirmidhī (Provisions for the Weary: A Commentary on al-Tirmidhī), and Tafsīr Sūrat al-Kahf (Commentary on Surah al-Kahf).[7]
References
- ^ یاسر عزیز; ڈاکٹر سید نعیم با دشاہ. "Services of Dr. Syed Sher Ali Shah Madani's in the field of Tafsī r" (PDF). Vol. 2, no. 2016. Al-Azhāar University of Agriculture, Peshawar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b "حضرت مولانا ڈاکٹر شیرعلی شاہ مدنیؒ". darululoom-deoband.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "شیخ الحدیث ڈاکٹر شیر علی شاہ صاحب رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کی رحلت". banuri.edu.pk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ حامد أشرف همداني. "الدكتور شير علي المدني شاعراً عربي اً" (PDF). Vol. 26, no. 2019. Majallah Al-Qism Al-Arabi University of the Punjab. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Maulana Dr Sher Ali Shah's death". thenews.com.pk. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Rahimullah Yusufzai (16 November 2015). "Death of a maulana Syed Sher Ali Shah". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Ayaz, Muhammad; Khan, Janas; Abzahir; Dad, Karim; Inayat, Sumia; Hayat, Nasim; Jan, Hidayat Ullah (2022). "The Authorship Contributions of the Selected Teachers of Jamia Darul Uloom Haqqania Akora Khattak, KP, Pakistan". Journal of Positive School Psychology. 6 (9): 5311–5321. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026.