{{Short description|Pakistani Muslim scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = 3rd Emir of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Qazi Ahsan Ahmed Shuja Abadi | successor1 = Lal Hussain Akhtar | office2 = 1st General secretary of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat | honorific_prefix = Mawlāna | name = Muhammad Ali Jalandhari | native_name = {{Nastaliq|‏مولانا محمّد على جالندھرى}} | native_name_lang = ur |module = {{Infobox religious biography|embed = yes | alma_mater = Darul Uloom Deoband | nationality = {{flag|British India|name=British India}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan|name=Pakistani}} | birth_date = 1895 | birth_place = Raipur Araian, Jalandhar | death_date = 21 April 1971 | religion = Islam | denomination = Sunni | institute = Jamia Khairul Madaris | founder = Jamia Khairul Madaris<br>Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat | teacher = Khair Muhammad Jalandhari<br>Anwar Shah Kashmiri | movement = Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat | party = Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam }}}}

'''Muhammad Ali Jalandhari''' (1895 – 21 April 1971) was a prominent Deobandi Scholar and Ahrari leader. He also served as president of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Punjab during Khatm-e-Nubuwwat movement in 1953. He also served as Emir and General secretary of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat.<ref name="nawaiwaqt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/17-Apr-2020/1147666|publisher=nawaiwaqt.com.pk|author=مولاناتاج محمود|title=مجاہد ختم نبوت حضرت مولانا محمد علی جالندھریؒ|date=17 April 2020|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Jalandhari was born in 1895 in Raipur Araian, Jalandhar, Nakodar (now Jalandhar district, India)<ref name="pakistan">{{cite journal |author1=Fakhar Bilal |title=From Jalandhar (India) to Multan (Pakistan): Establishment of Jamia Khair ul Madaris, 1931-1951 |journal=Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan |volume=55 |issue=1 (January–June 2018) |url=http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/history/PDF-FILES/5_55_1_18.pdf |access-date=21 April 2021 |publisher=Research Society of Pakistan}}</ref>

Jalandhari received his early education from Faqir Ullah, a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and then studied with Khair Muhammad Jalandhari in Jalandhar. He studied hadith sciences with Anwar Shah Kashmiri at Darul Uloom Deoband.<ref name="archive">{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/Hazrat-Molana-MUHAMMAD-Ali-Jalandhari/1_Page_2.gif|author=Markaz Sirajia|title=Hazrat-Molana-MUHAMMAD-Ali-Jalandhari|date=|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="khatm-e-nubuwwat.org">{{cite news|url=https://khatm-e-nubuwwat.org/LeafLet/text/10Mujahdeen-kn/10-25.htm|publisher=khatm-e-nubuwwat.org|author=|title=مولانا محمد علی جالندھریؒ|date=|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

==Career== Jalandhari co-founded Jamia Khairul Madaris and Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was also one of the foremost leaders of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam and served as a member of the Central Working Committee of the All India Majlis-e-Ahrar Islam and president of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam Punjab chapter.<ref name="zahidrashdi">{{cite news|url=http://zahidrashdi.org/1543|publisher=zahidrashdi.org|author=Zahid Ur Rashdi|title=حضرت مولانا محمد علی جالندھریؒ|date=10 October 2016|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="nawaiwaqt"/>

== Writings == His written contributions span educational grammar texts, Quranic translation, and Islamic literature.

* '''''مبادی القواعد'' (Mabādiʾ al‑Qawāʿid, "Fundamentals of Grammar")''' – Urdu grammar primer for primary-level students; published in 1938 by Atar Chand & Kapoor, Lahore. Adopted into Punjab's upper-primary school curriculum.<ref>{{cite web |title=فتح محمد جالندھری – Urdu Wikipedia |url=https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C}}</ref> * '''''افضل القواعد'' (Afḍal al‑Qawāʿid, "Superior Grammar")''' – Advanced Urdu grammar, also part of Lahore primary curriculum following its publication in the late 1930s.<ref name="ur.wikipedia.org">{{cite web |url=https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C}}</ref> * '''''مصباح القواعد'' (Miṣbāḥ al‑Qawāʿid, "Lantern of Grammar")''' – Widely used Urdu grammar text from the same series, published circa 1938.<ref name="ur.wikipedia.org"/> * '''''منہاج القواعد'' (Minhāj al‑Qawāʿid, "Path of Grammar")''' – Urdu grammar book included in Punjab University entrance curriculum around the same period.<ref name="ur.wikipedia.org"/> * Quran Translation – ‌''''فاتح الحميد' (Fātih al‑Ḥamīd, "Opener Praiseworthy")'''** – His Urdu translation of the Quran, first published in 1960 in Amritsar. Praised for its clarity and language, later republished in Pakistan as '''Nūr-e-Hidayat''', and adopted by Radio Pakistan for the ''Saut al-Qur’an'' broadcast. * '''Literary and Islamic writings''' – Authored works such as '''Irshādāt al‑Qur’ān''', '''al‑Islām''', '''Nafā’is al-Qiṣaṣ wa‑l‑Ḥikāyāt''', '''al‑Yāqūṭ al‑Marjān''', and '''Nafīṣ Tuḥfah'''.<ref name="ur.wikipedia.org"/>

== See also == * List of Deobandis

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Authority control}} {{Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat}}

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