Sardar Ahmad Chishti (Urdu: سردار احمد چشتی; 1903–1962) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar who is recognized by his followers as Muhaddith-e-Azam Pakistan.[1][2][3]
Sardar Ahmad Chisti's father was Choudhry Miran Bakhsh Chishti. He was born in Dialgarh, Gurdaspur district, East Punjab in Jutt family on 22 September 1903 (29 Jumada al-Thani 1321 AH).[4] His son Fazal Karim was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan NA-82 Faisalabad and founder of Sunni Ittihad Council.[5]
He attended primary school in Dialgarh village in Batala and Islamic high school in Batala, matriculating in govt school 1924 (1343 AH). He came to Lahore for the preparation of FA, i.e. two years degree programme, and when he attended a speech of Ahmad Raza Khan in Masjid Wazeer Khan Lahore he decided to join seminary Manzar-i Islam in Bareilly city.[6]
There he met Hamid Raza Khan, son of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, and decided to join the centre of Islamic sciences and art by abandoning his English education at Manzar-i Islam at Bareilly. He gained instruction from Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri, Amjad Ali Azmi and Muhammad Husain.[6][7]
Qadri became leader of Mazhare Islam Bareilly when Amjad Ali left seminary for Dadu district, Aligarh.[8] Followers and admirers bestowed upon him the title of Muhaddis-e-Azam-e-Pakistan.[6] He headed the Islamic seminary Mazhar-e-Islam Jamia Rizvia in Jhang Bazaar, Faislabad.[1] He was a patron of the All India Sunni Conference and supported the Pakistan movement.[9][10]
He became a disciple of Shah Muhammad Taj-ul-Haq Chishti in the Chishti order and received successorship and teaching licenses from Hamid Raza Khan, Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri and Amjad Ali azmi, who gave him teaching permissions and successorship in all saintly orders. He was a disciple of Ahmad Raza Khan.[11][dubious – discuss] His student was Islamic scholar Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui, who formed the Sunni Razvi Society in Mauritius.[12] He was close to Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi. They had both studied with Hamid Raza Khan.[13]
According to one fatwa, a person must wear clothes that cover the parts of the body which must be concealed according to Shari’ah. It is recommended to wear clothes for adornment and to express the blessings of God which he has granted.[14]
Sardar Ahmad died on 29 December 1962 (1 Sha'ban 1382 AH), and his shrine is in Sunni Rizvi Jamia Masjid Faisalabad city.[4]
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