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Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri
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Born
| January 1926
Gumthala, District Karnal, India
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Died
| 26 September 2012
(2012-09-26)
(aged 86)
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Resting place
| Gulzar-e-Saeedia Rahimia
Near Rahimia Institute of Quranic Sciences, Lahore
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Religion
| Islam
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Denomination
| Sunni
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Jurisprudence
| Hanafi
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Main interest(s)
| Shah Waliullah's Philosophy and Thought
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Notable work(s)
| Social Change , implementation of best system for whole humanity
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Occupation
| Islamic scholar
,
Sufi Sheikh
, author
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Disciple of
| Abdul Qadir Raipuri
,
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhalvi
,
Muhammad Zakariya Kandhalvi
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Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri
(
Urdu
:
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, January 1926 – 26 September 2012
[1]
[2]
[3]
) was a Pakistani Muslim scholar as well as the spiritual heir of
Khanqah
-e-Rahimia
Raipur
(India) and a contemporary authority of Shah Waliullah's thought.
He was among prominent disciples of
Maulana Shah Ilyas Kandhalvi
, founder of
Tablighi Jamaat
and Sheikh-ul-Hadith
Maulana Muhammad Zakariya
. Rising above practical politics,
[4]
on the basis of the thought of
Shah Waliullah
,
Sheikh-ul-Hind Maulana Mahmood-ul-Hasan
,
Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri
,
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi
and
Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani
, he established
JTI
in 1967. Under his supervision, a journal named "Azm (???)" was launched in 1974 which is still being published. In 1987, he established an organization "Tanzeem Fikr-e-Waliullahi" based on the philosophical works of Shah Waliullah. He established "Shah Waliullah Media Foundation" to publish literature based on Waliullahi philosophy. He also established Rahimia Institute of Quranic Sciences, Lahore in 2001. There are currently five other campuses of Rahimia Institute of Quranic Sciences in Karachi, Sukkur, Multan, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.
[5]
Thousands of youth are associated with the institute through the organization of seminars and other events.
[6]
In 1992, he was appointed the successor of his father Shah Abdul Aziz Raipuri.
Background
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Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri was the eldest son of Shah Abdul Aziz Raipuri. He started to learn from Abdul Qadir Raipuri when he was 5 years old and spent thirty years of his life with him.
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During 1947 and 1948, he studied in
Madrasa Mazahiral Uloom
.
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citation needed
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Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri was the fourth
Sheikh
after Shah Abdul Rahim Raipuri (1853?1919), who was himself a
Naqshbandi
Pir
born in
Tigri
,
Ambala
, India. Shah Abdul Rahim Raipuri established
Khanqah
-i-Aliya Rahimia in
Raipur
which, later on, became one of the leading centres of
Deobandi
learning. Like many of Abdul Rahim's successors, Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri replicated it in
Lahore
by the name of Idara Rahimia Ulum-i-Qurania in 2001.
[5]
The network of Nizam ul Madaris ur Rahimia is very extensive with innumerable
madaris
(religious schools) affiliated with it throughout
Pakistan
.
[4]
[7]
[8]
Political Efforts
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He strongly opposed Pakistan's American sponsored and
CIA
backed clandestine involvement in
Soviet?Afghan War
and openly criticized. At the time when most of the political-religious leaders and religious parties were supportive of Pakistan's role in so called
Afghan Jihad
, he was of the opinion that Muslims were being used as a fuel for this war and South Asia would bear serious repercussions as a result. He was a strong critic of Kashmir Jihad waged through private armies and Jihadi groups. He was of the opinion that "if Pakistan could be created through non-violent and non-militant political struggle, table talks and dialogue, then why
Kashmir conflict
cannot be resolved without proxy war. He never recognized Taliban regime in Afghanistan as a legitimate Islamic and democratic regime and openly criticized it.
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citation needed
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