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Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti ( ; 1874 AD – 12 January 1956 AD , 1291 AH - 25 Jumada al-awwal 1375 AH) also known as Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti was Ahl-i Hadith scholar, Islamic scholar , muhaddith , khatib , historian , journalist , writer, religious activist and activist of Tehreek-e-Pakistan .1He was also an expert on tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and faqīh (jurisprudence), he wrote several books. Sialkoti is considered one of the companions of Muhammad Ali Jinnah , the founder of Pakistan and Sanaullah Amritsari .2In 1945, a party called Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam was formed.3Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was its president and Sialkoti was its vice president.4 Its first meeting was held in Calcutta . Usmani could not attend due to illness then the meeting was chaired by Sialkoti. Mir Sialkoti was also a major antagonist of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the early Ahmadiyya movement and wrote several books rejecting Qadianiat . Mir Sialkoti was one of the founding members of All-India Muslim League . The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority . "From "Wahabi" to "Ahl-I-Adith": A Historical Analysis" . Qadiyaniat: An Analytical Survey .5 Public life in Muslim India, 1850-1947 : a compendium of basic information on political, social, religious, cultural and educational organizations active in pre-partition India . OCLC 29422250 . : CS1 maint: others ( link ) Role of Ahl-i Hadith scholar in Tehreek-e-Pakistan page 379 "مولانا محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی رحمہ اللہ اور تحریکِ پاکستان" .6
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Pakistani Islamic scholar (1874–1956) Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti ( Urdu : محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی , romanized : Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Mīr Siyālkūṭī ; c. 1874 – 12 January 1956) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar of the Ahl-i Hadith .He was a muhaddith , khatib , historian , journalist , writer, religious activist and activist of the Pakistan Movement .He was also an expert on tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and faqih (jurist in jurisprudence) and wrote several books.Mir is considered one of the partisans of Muhammad Ali Jinnah , the founder of Pakistan and Sanaullah Amritsari .In 1945, when Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam was established, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was its president while Sialkoti was its vice president. Its first meeting was held in Calcutta . Usmani could not attend due to illness then the meeting was chaired by Mir. Mir was also a major antagonist of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the early Ahmadiyya movement and wrote several books rejecting Qadiyanism. Mir was one of the founding members of All-India Muslim League . The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority . "From "Wahabi" to "Ahl-I-Adith": A Historical Analysis" . Public life in Muslim India, 1850-1947 : a compendium of basic information on political, social, religious, cultural and educational organizations active in pre-partition India .
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