{{short description|Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox religious biography | name = Manzoor Ahmad Mengal | image = Khatam-e-Bukhari Ceremony 2026 at Al-Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Ziri 01.jpg | caption = Mengal in 2026 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = Khuzdar,<ref name="Manzoor Mengal, the cleric who took on feminist posters">{{cite news|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/03/manzoor-mengal-the-cleric-who-took-on-feminist-posters/|author=|title=Manzoor Mengal, the cleric who took on feminist posters|date=22 March 2019|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> West Pakistan, Pakistan | nationality = Pakistani | alma_mater = {{bulleted list|Jamia Farooqia|University of Sindh}} | honorific_prefix = | religion = Islam | denomination = Sunni | jurisprudence = Hanafi | movement = Deobandi | notable_works = ''Tuhfatul Manazir''<ref name="تحفۃ المناظر مولانا منظور مینگل صاحب حفظہ اللہ">{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/TaufatulMunazir/mode/2up|author=|script-title=ur:تحفۃ المناظر مولانا منظور مینگل صاحب حفظہ اللہ|date=24 June 2015|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> | teachers = Saleemullah Khan<br/>Nizamuddin Shamzai<br/>Abu Lubaba Shah Mansoor<br/>Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi | title = | honorific prefix = Sheikh al-Hadith | native_name = منظور احمد مینگل }}
'''Manzoor Ahmad Mengal'''{{Efn|{{langx|ur|{{nq|منظور احمد مینگل}}}}}} ({{circa|1963 }}) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar from Balochistan, who serves as the Sheikh al-Hadīṯh at the Jamia Siddiqia and Jamia Farooqia.<ref name="علامہ ڈاکٹر منظور احمد مینگل کون ہیں؟">{{cite news |author= |date= |script-title=ur:علامہ ڈاکٹر منظور احمد مینگل کون ہیں؟ |url=http://www.sqnews.in/2019/07/Manzur-ahmad.html |access-date=21 May 2020 |publisher=sqnews.in |archive-date=8 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250808175716/https://www.sqnews.in/2019/07/Manzur-ahmad.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a supporter of the Sunni Deobandi organization Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F).<ref name="مولانا منظور مینگل خراج تحسین" />
== Education and career == Manzoor Ahmad Mengal was born in Khuzdar, West Pakistan in {{circa|1963 }} to a Brahui family belonging to the Mengal tribe. He received his early education at a government school. In 1973, he enrolled at a madrasa in his home village.
After completing his study of the Quran, he moved to Tando Muhammad Khan in 1979 and joined the Darul Uloom Muhammadiya Madrasa. He later continued his studies at Jamia Farooqia in Karachi, specializing in the field of Hadith studies.<ref name="مولانا منظور مینگل نے آزادی مارچ میں کیا کچھ کہہ ڈالا">{{cite news |author= |date=11 November 2019 |script-title=ur:مولانا منظور مینگل نے آزادی مارچ میں کیا کچھ کہہ ڈالا |url=https://dailyausaf.com/pakistan/news-201911-44351.html |access-date=21 May 2020 |publisher=dailyausaf.com}}</ref>
== Career and scholarly work == Mengal served as an imam at Jamia Farooqia for 28 years. During his tenure, he is reported to have led the recitation of the entire Quran 28 times during obligatory prayers.<ref name="علامہ ڈاکٹر منظور احمد مینگل کون ہیں؟" />
In 1992, he completed a PhD from the University of Sindh in a period of two months, under the supervision of Nizamuddin Shamzai. He also memorized Sahih Bukhari during a stay in Saudi Arabia, a feat he accomplished in a month and a half. Mengal is multilingual, with proficiency in Balochi, Brahui, Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, and Persian.<ref name="مولانا منظور مینگل خراج تحسین">{{cite news|url=https://ibcurdu.com/news/98758/|publisher=ibcurdu.com|author=سلیم جاوید|script-title=ur:مولانا منظور مینگل خراج تحسین|date=11 November 2019|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>
== Controversy == In 2021, following the annual Aurat March on International Women's Day, Mengal repeated allegations of blasphemy propagated by anti-feminist elements in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Farmer|first=Ben|date=2021-03-12|title=Online blasphemy smear campaign threatens Pakistan's Women's Day marchers|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/online-blasphemy-smear-campaign-threatens-pakistans-womens-day/|access-date=2021-03-15|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316021826/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/online-blasphemy-smear-campaign-threatens-pakistans-womens-day/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Books == * ''Tuhfatul Manazir''
== See also == * Muhammad Ilyas Ghuman
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Islamic scholars from Pakistan|state=collapsed}} Category:1962 births Category:Deobandis Category:University of Sindh alumni Category:People from Khuzdar District Category:Living people