{{short description|Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2020}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox religious biography | name = Saleemullah Khan | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1921 | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|15|1921}} | birth_place = [[Hasanpur Luhari ]], [[District]] [[Muzaffarnagar ]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]] | death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]] | office1 = President of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]] | term_start1 = 8 June 1989 | term_end1 = 15 January 2017 | predecessor1 = Muhammad Idrees Mirti | successor1 = [[Abdur Razzaq Iskander]] | office2 = Rector of [[Jamia Farooqia]] | term_start2 = 1967 | term_end2 = 15 January 2017 | predecessor2 = "office established" | successor2 = [[Muhammad Adil Khan]] | children = [[Muhammad Adil Khan]] (son) | nationality = {{flag|British India|name=British India}} (1921-1947)<br>{{flag|Pakistan|name=Pakistani}} (1947-2017) | alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] | honorific_prefix = [[Sheikh al-Hadith]]<br>[[Mawlānā]]<br> Shaykh al-Qul <ref name="taqi">{{Cite web|title=The eminent Shaykh Saleemullah Khan|author=[[Taqi Usmani]]|work=مفتی محمد تقی عثمانی &#124; Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani |date=27 February 2017 |url=https://muftitaqiusmani.com/ur/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8/|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> | religion = [[Islam]] | denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] | notable_works = ''[[Kashf al-Bari Amma fi Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' | founder = [[Jamia Farooqia]] | students = [[Rafi Usmani]]<br>[[Taqi Usmani]]<br>[[Nizamuddin Shamzai]]<br>[[Manzoor Mengal]]<br>[[Abdul Aziz (Pakistani cleric)|Maulana Abdul Aziz]], [[Mahmudul Hasan (scholar)|Mahmudul Hasan]] }}

'''Saleemullah Khan''' (1921 &ndash; 15 January 2017) was a [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]], who was the former [[President (education)|President]] of [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1308762|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|title=Maulana Saleemullah passes away|date=16 January 2017|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="thesis">{{cite book |author1=Naqeeb A Jan |title=THE METACOLONIAL STATE: PAKISTAN, THE DEOBAND 'ULAMA AND THE BIOPOLITICS OF ISLAM (PhD thesis) |publisher=[[The University of Michigan]] |page=318 |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/75807/janna_1.pdf |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

His students include [[Rafi Usmani|Mufti Rafi Usmani]], [[Abdul Aziz (Pakistani cleric)|Maulana Abdul Aziz]], [[Manzoor Mengal|Maulan Manzoor Mengal]] and [[Taqi Usmani|Mufti Taqi Usmani]].<ref name="Founder of Jamia Farooqia passes away">{{cite news|url=https://nation.com.pk/16-Jan-2017/founder-of-jamia-farooqia-passes-away|publisher=The Nation (newspaper)|title=Founder of Jamia Farooqia passes away|date=16 January 2017|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="deoband">{{Cite web|title=A Great Son of Darul Uloom Deoband|url=http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/articles/tmp/1508663016%2017-DarulULoom%20Ke%20Azim%20Farzand__MDU_1%20&%202_Jan-Feb_17.htm|publisher =[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]|author=Mawlana Nadeem al-Wajidi|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="book">{{Cite book|title=Rahatul Quloob|chapter=Literary works of Maulana Saleemullah Khan|author1=Sayyid Hayatullah Aagha|author2=Professor Dr Abdul Ali Achakzai|url=https://iri.aiou.edu.pk/indexing/?p=44457|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516093904/https://iri.aiou.edu.pk/indexing/?p=44457|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He established [[Jamia Farooqia]] in [[Karachi]] in 1967.<ref name="googlebooks">{{cite book |author1=Ali Riaz |title=Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia |year=2008 |page=85 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=9780813543451 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxOOwy-4J4UC&q=Jamia+Farooqia&pg=PA85 |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref><ref>*{{Cite journal |last1=Ullah |first1=Rahim |last2=Mehmood |first2=Nisar |last3=Batol |first3=Dr Tahira |date=2022 |title=Allama Salīmullah Khan's Contributions to Tafsīr and Ḥadīth |url=https://alqamarjournal.com/index.php/alqamar/article/view/891 |journal=Al-Qamar |language=ar |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.53762/alqamar.05.01.a01 |doi-broken-date=12 July 2025 |issn=2664-4398}}</ref>

Khan died on 15 January 2017 in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="jang" />

==Education and career== Saleemullah Khan was born in [[Hasanpur Luhari]] District, [[Muzaffarnagar]], India.<ref name=Dawn/> Starting in 1942, he studied at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], India. He studied there under the guidance of [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]] and many other teachers. He completed his traditional [[dars-e-nizami]] degree in 1947. Then he taught at Miftahul Uloom Jalalabad in India under the tutelage of [[Masihullah Khan]] for eight years before he decided to migrate to Pakistan. In Pakistan, he founded Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi in 1967.<ref name="Introduction to Jamia Farooqia, Karachi. An International Islamic University">{{cite news|url=http://www.farooqia.com/jamia.php|publisher=farooqia.com|title=Introduction to Jamia Farooqia, Karachi. An International Islamic University|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502120453/http://www.farooqia.com/jamia.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Founder of Jamia Farooqia passes away"/>

Khan taught at [[Tando Allahyar]], Sindh, Pakistan for three years and also at [[Dar-ul-Uloom, Karachi]] later.<ref name=Dawn/>

He also served as president of [[Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan]] (Federation of Islamic Seminaries, Pakistan) from 8 June 1989 to 15 January 2017, for over 27 years.<ref name="sadoor صدور">{{cite news|url=http://www.wifaqulmadaris.org/ohdydaran/sadoor.php|publisher=wifaqulmadaris.org|title=List of Presidents in Urdu language (sadoor صدور)|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427173204/http://www.wifaqulmadaris.org/ohdydaran/sadoor.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Funeral prayer of Maulana Saleemullah offered at Jamia Farooqia">{{cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/370609-Funeral-prayer-of-Maulana-Saleemullah-offered-at-J|website=Dunya TV News website|title=Funeral prayer of Maulana Saleemullah offered at Jamia Farooqia|date=16 January 2017|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Molana Saleemullah Khan passes away aged 96">{{cite web|url=https://arynews.tv/en/molana-saleemullah-khan-passes-away-aged-96/|website=ARY TV News website|title=Molana Saleemullah Khan passes away aged 96|date=15 January 2017|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>

==Literary works== In a fatwa, [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] has regarded Khan's 16 volume commentary to [[Sahih al-Bukhari]] entitled ''[[Kashf al-Bari Amma fi Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' as one of the best commentaries.<ref name="ifta">{{cite web |title=Best Commentaries to Sahih Bukhari |url=https://www.darulifta-deoband.com/home/ur/Others/164471 |website=darulifta-deoband.com |publisher=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |access-date=16 April 2020 |language=ur}}</ref>

==Death and legacy== Khan died on Sunday, 15 January 2017 in Karachi. His funeral prayer was performed twice and attended by [[Taqi Usmani|Mufti Taqi Usmani]], [[Tariq Jamil|Maulana Tariq Jamil]], [[Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi]].<ref name="jang">{{cite news |title=شیخ الحدیث مولانا سلیم اللہ خان لاکھوں افرادکی موجودگی میں سپرد خاک |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/251374-todays-print-city-news |access-date=16 April 2020 |agency=Jang.com.pk |date=17 January 2017}}</ref>

His son, [[Muhammad Adil Khan]] was assassinated on 10 October 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Renowned religious scholar Maulana Adil Khan gunned down in Karachi |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/727452-renowned-religious-scholar-maulana-adil-khan-gunned-down-in-karachi |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=[[The News International]] |date=10 October 2020}}</ref> == See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]

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