{{Short description|Pakistani Islamic scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox religious biography | honorific-prefix = [[Mawlānā]]<br/> [[Qari]] | name = Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari | honorific-suffix = | native_name = مولانا محمد حنیف جالندھری | native_name_lang = ur | image = Hanif Jalandhari (2020).jpg | alt = | caption = Hanif Jalandhari in 2020 | religion = [[Islam]] | denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] | ordained = | school = | lineage = | sect = | subsect = | temple = | order = | institute = Jamia Khair-ul-Madaris | church = <!-- or: |churches = --> | founder = | philosophy = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = | other_names = <!-- or: | other_name = --> | dharma_names = <!-- or: | dharma_name = --> | monastic_name = | pen_name = | posthumous_name = | nationality = {{flag|Pakistan|name=Pakistani}} | flourished = | home_town = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|08|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Multan]] | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|latitude|longitude|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = Muhammad Sharif Jalandhari | relatives = [[Khair Muhammad Jalandhari]](grandfather) | location = | title = | period = | consecration = | predecessor = | successor = | reason = | rank = | teacher = <!-- or | guru = --> | reincarnation_of = | students = <!-- or | disciples = --> | initiated = | works = <!-- or | literary_works = --> | ordination = | initiation = | initiation_date = | initiation_place = | initiator = | profession = | previous_post = | present_post = | post = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | signature = | background = <!-- optional header background color --> | module2 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = 6th General Sectary of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]] | term_start = 2 March 1998 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Habibullah Mukhtar]] | successor = | office2 = 3rd rector of [[Jamia Khairul Madaris]] | term_start2 = 22 October 1981 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Muhammad Sharif Jalandhari | successor2 = | office3 = 7th Vice President of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]] | term_start3 = 8 June 1989 | term_end3 = 2 March 1998 | predecessor3 = Maulana Muhammad Obaidullah | successor3 = [[Hasan Jan]] | office4 = Chairman of Punjab Quran Board | term_start4 = October 2022 | term_end4 = | predecessor4 = [[Sahibzada Hamid Raza]] | successor4 = | awards = [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]] (Star of Excellence) Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] (2023) }}}} '''Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari''' (born; 8 November 1963) محمد حنیف جالندھری) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar, incumbent General Secretary of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]]<ref name="Centre, provinces not serious in registration of seminaries: Jalandhari">{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/291050-centre-provinces-not-serious-in-registration-of-seminaries-jalandhari|newspaper=The News International newspaper|title=Centre, provinces not serious in registration of seminaries: Jalandhari|date=11 March 2018|access-date=11 December 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018105024/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/291050-centre-provinces-not-serious-in-registration-of-seminaries-jalandhari|archive-date=18 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Not by the book: Jalandhari says quality of religious education declining">{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/661287/not-by-the-book-jalandhari-says-quality-of-religious-education-declining/|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|author=Qaiser Butt|title=Not by the book: Jalandhari says quality of religious education declining|date=21 January 2014|access-date=12 December 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113248/https://tribune.com.pk/story/661287/not-by-the-book-jalandhari-says-quality-of-religious-education-declining|archive-date=18 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Madressahs offer support in action against institutions behind Peshawar carnage">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1154511|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|title=Madressahs offer support in action against institutions behind Peshawar carnage|date=2 January 2015|access-date=12 December 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805184036/https://www.dawn.com/news/1154511|archive-date=5 August 2024|author=Habib Khan Ghori}}</ref> the rector of [[Jamia Khairul Madaris]] since 1981.<ref name="From Jalandhar (India) to Multan (Pakistan): Establishment of Jamia Khair ul Madaris, 1931-1951">{{cite journal |last1= Bilal|first1= Fakhar|title=From Jalandhar (India) to Multan (Pakistan): Establishment of Jamia Khair ul Madaris, 1931-1951 |url= http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/history/PDF-FILES/5_55_1_18.pdf|journal= Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan |volume= 55|issue= 1 (January - June, 2018)|pages=65 to 82|access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> and Chairman of Punjab Quran Board.
He has also served as Vice-president of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]] from 8 June 1989 to 2 March 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wifaqulmadaris.org/ohdydaran/naib-sadoor.php|title=وفاق المدارس العربيہ پاکستان - Vice Presidents List includes Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari|website=Wifaqulmadaris.org website|access-date=12 December 2024|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812183641/http://wifaqulmadaris.org/ohdydaran/naib-sadoor.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== * He was awarded by the ''International Organization for Quran Memorization'' (a subsidiary of [[Muslim World League]]) for producing the most [[Hafiz (Quran)|Huffaz of Quran]] in the world in the year 2013 - 2014.<ref name="Qari Jalandhari in KSA to receive award">{{cite news|url=https://www.arabnews.com/news/594641|newspaper=Arab News|title=Qari Jalandhari in KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) to receive award (Hanif Jalandhary contributed towards producing most huffaz of Quran in the world in 2013-2014)|date=1 July 2014|access-date=12 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818165630/https://www.arabnews.com/news/594641|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> * [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]] (Star of Excellence) Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] for his services to Pakistan in the field of religion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1704970|url-status=dead|title=President confers awards for meritorious services|access-date=11 December 2024|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|author=Syed Irfan Raza|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831011355/https://www.dawn.com/news/1704970|archive-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> == See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Islamic scholars from Pakistan}} {{Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan}} {{authority control}}
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