{{short description|Pakistani Sunni Muslim Scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | honorific_prefix = [[Sheikh al-Hadith]]<br/>[[Mawlana]] | image = Maulana Hasan Jan.jpg | honorific_suffix = {{small|[[Sitara-e-Shujaat|SS]], [[Gold medal|GM]]}} | office = [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan]] | term_start = 1988 | term_end = 1990 | constituency = [[NA-26 (Nowshera-II)|NA-5]] | module = {{Infobox religious biography | embed = yes |religion = [[Islam]] |denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] |alma_mater = [[Jamia Ashrafia]]<br/>[[Islamic University of Madinah]]<br/>[[Darul Uloom Haqqania]]<br/>[[University of Peshawar]] |awards = [[Sitara-e-Shujaat]]<br/>[[Gold medal]] (MA-Islamiat) |teachers = [[Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi]]<br/>Muhammad Rasul Khan Hazarvi |students = [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician, born 1953)|Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman]]<br/>[[Shuja ul Mulk]] |birth_date = 6 January 1938 |birth_place = Prang, [[Charsadda]] |office1 = 8th Vice President of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]] |term_start1 = 2 March 1998 |term_end1 = 13 September 2017 |predecessor1 = [[Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari]] |successor1 = [[Abdur Razzaq Iskander]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|9|17|1938|6|1}} |death_cause = [[assassination]] |nationality = Pakistani |party = [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]] (JUI) |occupation = Islamic scholar and Politician }} }} '''Hassan Jan''' Madani ([[Pashto]]:مولانا حسن جان مدنی) was a Pakistani [[Islamic scholar]] and politician who was born on 6 January 1938 in Prang, [[Charsadda]]. He had served as a member of the 8th [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 30 November 1988 to 6 August 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://na.gov.pk/en/content.php?id=71|title=National Assembly of Pakistan|website=na.gov.pk}}</ref>
He was [[Sheikh al-Hadith|Shaikhul-Hadith]] at Darwesh Masjid in [[Peshawar]] and used to deliver Friday [[sermons]] at the same [[mosque]]. He was also the vice president of [[Wifaq ul Madaris|Wifaqul-Madaras]], the largest board of Islamic universities (Jamiat).
He was [[Assassination|assassinated]] in [[Peshawar]] on 17 September 2007.<ref name=":0" />
== Education ==
Hasan Jan memorized the Quran in the [[Prophet's Mosque|Masjid-e-Nabavi]] in three months. He studied basic mathematics and Arabic grammar from his uncle. He later got admission at Anjuman Taleem-ul-Quran where he learnt basic Urdu and Islamiat. He then moved to Darul-uloom Utmanzai where he completed Dars-e-Nizami. After Dars-e-Nizami, he moved to [[Jamia Ashrafia]] Lahore, where he studied Hadith books from [[Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi]] and Maulana Muhammad Rasool Khan Hazarvi. He got degree of Fazal-e-Deniat from [[Darul Uloom Haqqania]] with distinction. On 11 June 1962 he moved to Madina for further studies at The [[Islamic University of Madinah|Islamic University of al-Madinah al-Munawarah]]. He was awarded gold medal by the [[University of Peshawar]] in MA Islamiat for his distinction.<ref name="newspk">{{cite news |title = Maulana Hassan Jan shot dead in Peshawar |url = https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/652530-maulana-hassan-jan-shot-dead-in-peshawar |accessdate = 6 May 2020 |archive-date = 23 October 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201023215307/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/652530-maulana-hassan-jan-shot-dead-in-peshawar |url-status = dead }}</ref>
== Politics == Hasan Jan was not a politician however he supported [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]. He was the teacher of [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician, born 1953)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]]. He contested the 1990 elections and defeated the then [[Awami National Party]] leader [[Abdul Wali Khan]] in his stronghold. He served as MNA for some time.<ref name ="newspk"/>
== Assassination ==
On Saturday 17 September 2007 some unknown people came to him near [[Aftari]] time and requested him to go with them for Nikah-Khwani. He was assassinated at Wazir Bagh behind Janaz Ga (Funeral Prayer place) in the suburbs of Peshawar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.groundreport.com/World/Maulana-Hassan-Jan-is-killed-in-Peshawar/2835811|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310053951/http://www.groundreport.com/World/Maulana-Hassan-Jan-is-killed-in-Peshawar/2835811|url-status=dead|title=Ground Report September 16, 2007|archivedate=10 March 2011}}</ref> It is believed that he was killed by the unknown persons may be for his moderate views, which included issuing fatwas against suicide bombings.<ref>Nishapuri, Abdul (28 July 2012) [http://lubpak.com/archives/173092 Maulana Hassan Jan, a moderate Deobandi cleric killed by unknown persons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024144912/http://lubpak.com/archives/173092 |date=24 October 2020 }} lubpak.com</ref><ref>Murshed, Mushfiq (2009-05-03) [https://www.dawn.com/news/839958 Uniting against militant ideology] dawn.com</ref>
== See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]
== References == {{reflist}}
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