Grand Mufti[1][2][3][4]
Muneeb-ur-Rehman
مفتی محمد منیب الرحمن
Muneeb-ur-Rehman
Grand Mufti of Pakistan
Assumed office
20 November 2022
Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
In office
18 October 1998 – 30 December 2020
Preceded byMuhammad Abdullah Ghazi
Succeeded byAbdul Khabeer Azad
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Born
Muneeb-ur-Rehman

(1945-02-08) 8 February 1945 (age 79)
Mansehra, North-West Frontier Province, British India
ReligionIslam
Nationality Pakistani
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi[5]
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi
Notable work(s)Tafheem-ul-Masail
Alma materDarul 'Uloom Amjadia
Known forEducational leadership, Religious leadership and author of books
ProfessionIslamic Religious Scholar
OccupationGrand Mufti of Pakistan
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ProfessionIslamic Religious Scholar
HonorsThe 500 Most Influential Muslims (2009–2020)
Islam in Pakistan
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
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Muḥammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman (Urdu: محمد منیب الرحمٰن Munīb-ur-Rehmān; born (1945-02-08)8 February 1945) is a Pakistani Mufti and former chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. He is a professor at Jinnah University for Women,[1]

Member of National Academic Council of Institute of Policy Studies,[6] Head of Shariah Board of Burj Bank[7] and President of Tanzeem-ul-Madaris[8][9][10] and Darul Uloom Naeemia, Karachi.[6]

Life and education

Muneeb-ur-Rehman was born on 8 February 1945 in a Tanoli family of Mansehra, NWFP, British India.[1] He completed his master's in Islamic Studies. Besides gaining a Bachelor in Law and Education degree, he also received education in Arabic Languages. He completed a master's degree from Darul Uloom Amjadia.[1][11]

Muneeb-ur-Rehman is a member of the Board of Studies of Federal Urdu University and Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi.[1] He was a member of the Pakistani delegation which visited the UK in February - March 2006 to gain firsthand knowledge as to how Madrassas and Islamic schools operate within a state-regulated system in the UK. He has also attended a number of international conferences in the USA, UK, Norway, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and so many other countries.[1][11]

Ruet e Hilal Committee

In 1998, Government of Pakistan appointed him chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. He served for approximately 22 years as chairman and removed from his office on 30 December 2020. He is also considered as the Grand Mufti Of Pakistan by Sunni Barelvi.[12][13]

Controversies

In December 1999, Mohammed Yousuf Qureshi, a member of the committee from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, accused Muneeb-ur-Rehman and others of distrusting testimonies from his home province to make a hasty announcement that the new moon had not been sighted anywhere in the country.[11] Peshawar has always remained a controversial place when it comes to moon sightings.

Books

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman profile". UrduWire.com website. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. ^ "مفتی اعظم پاکستان مفتی منیب الرحمان کا تحریک لبیک پاکستان کے قائدین سے لاتعلقی کا اعلان". Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper (in Urdu). 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "مفتی منیب الرحمن کو بھی گرفتار کر لیا گیا ،بڑی خبر آ گئی". Daily Pakistan newspaper. 24 November 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023. رویت ہلا ل کمیٹی کے چیئرمین ،ممتاز عالم دین اور مفتی اعظم پاکستان مفتی منیب الرحمن
  4. ^ "سانحہ راولپنڈی سانحہ بولٹن مارکیٹ کا تسلسل ہے، مفتی منیب". Daily Express Urdu newspaper (in Urdu). 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2023. رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے چیئرمین مفتی اعظم پاکستان مفتی منیب الرحمن
  5. ^ Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman. "Kitab Ul Fiqh / کتاب الفقہ" – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b c d e IPSweb (9 December 2015). "Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman". Institute of Policy Studies. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Pakistan Banks' Association". pakistanbanks.org. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Escalating extremism threat to global peace". The News International. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  9. ^ "State Minister Engr. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman Met with the Delegation of Ittehad Tanzeem ul Madaris today at his office". pid.gov.pk. Islamabad: Press Information Department. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. ^ Sharif, Farhan; Rupert, James (6 January 2011). "Pakistan Lawyers' Garland for Assassin Shows Deepening Militancy". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020. Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, the president of Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Pakistan, the nation's largest association of religious schools.
  11. ^ a b c Hussain, Abid (17 July 2015). "Moon gazing – Profile of Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman". Dawn newspaper (Herald Magazine). Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Govt removes Mufti Muneeb, appoints Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad as new Ruet-e-Hilal chairman". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman removed as chairman of the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee". Samaa TV website. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Khulasa E Tafseer" – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Marfat Library". marfat.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Arbaeen e Tijarat Wa Maeshat". marfat.com. Karachi: I S Printing Services. 20 October 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  17. ^ M Awais Sultan (26 April 2016). Tafhim Ul Masail Jild 6- تفہیم المسائل جلد 6. Vol. 6.
  18. ^ "Marfat Library". marfat.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Tafheem ul Masail Kamil jild 10 تفہیم المسائل". Al Ghani Publishers. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Marfat Library". marfat.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  21. ^ Rehman, Muneeb (6 March 2017). Sultan Shamasuddin Altamsh: History and Story. Independently Published. ISBN 978-1-5207-6096-4. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  22. ^ "SULTAN SHAMASUDDIN ALTAMSH: History & Story". Amazon. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  23. ^ "SULTAN SHAMASUDDIN ALTAMSH". goodreads.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Zakat Ke Masail by Prof Mufti Muneeb Ur Rehman". Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020 – via Scribd.
  25. ^ "Zakaat". marfat.com. Maktaba Naeemia. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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