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Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada

Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, born in 1946 in Jhang, Pakistan, is a graduate of DMG Bhera and the University of the Punjab (Pakistan). His qualifications include Adib, ‘Alim and Fadil ‘Arabi, BA (English), MA (Islamic Studies), MA (Arabic) and MOL.  Ever since he first arrived in England in 1974 he has been working tirelessly and selflessly for the sake of Allah (most high) inspiring many people along the way, young and old.

Inspired by his teacher, mentor and spiritual guide, the late Diya’ al-Ummat, Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (ra), he founded the educational establishment, Jamia Al-Karam, in 1985 and the Al-Karam Secondary School in 1995. At present he is also Chairman of Muslim Charity; helping the needy worldwide, Patron of the Al-Karam Quarterly, Executive Director of Al-Karam Trust (London), Founder of Al-Karam Publications and Patron of the Al-Karam Scholars Association (AKSA). He is also a Founder Member of the British Muslim Forum.

He is the author of numerous books relating to various topics - written in a number of different languages including Arabic, Urdu and English. His works include: Islamic way of worship, Islam; the complete way of life, Islamic Beliefs, The beautiful life of Muhammad, Imdad-us-Sarf (Etymology), Imdad-un-Nahv (Syntax), Imdad al-Fiqh fi’l-Ibadat, Guldasta Aqa’id and Muslims in a Multicultural Society. Currently he is tirelessly working on his Tafseer Imdad-ul-Karam; a modern exegesis of the Qur’an and the first to be written in the west.  His most recent publication is The Ideal Mother- In light of the Qur’an, Sunna and Tradition.  He continuously writes articles on contemporary issues affecting the Muslims, nationally and internationally, that regularly appear in newspapers and journals as well as exclusives in the Al-Karam Journal.

Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada is a shaykh in the sufi path of the Chishti tariqa given ijaza by his shaykh, spiritual mentor and teacher, Diya’ al-Ummat, Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (ra). He was also granted ijaza in the Qadiri tariqa and was honoured with the direct ijaza in the Chishti tariqa coming from the astana of Shaykh Mu’in ad-Din of Ajmayr. He has also been given the ijaza of narrating the prominent Dala’il al-Khayrat of Imam al-Jazuli (ra), a treatise recited in all sufi orders. Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hashim of the Al-Azhar University awarded him with the sanad of hadith narration. Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada comes from a very religious and spiritual family. His father, Shaykh Gul Muhammad al-Qadiri, and his elder brother, Shaykh Muhammad Karam Husayn al-Qadiri, were both amongst the shuyukh of the Qadiri tariqa.

Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada has not only continuously served the Muslims in terms of setting up educational establishments in the form of schools and disseminating knowledge in the form of his several literary masterpieces, he has also continuously been preoccupied in serving humanity in general in terms of humanitarian aid to all the needy worldwide.  The passion of helping the needy led him to establish the Muslim Charity; a charity completely run by volunteers with no paid workers in the United Kingdom.  His determination led him to travel to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, following the Asian Tsunami where he spent the days of Eid al-Adha helping and providing a shoulder of support to the victims of the disaster and he spent the nights sleeping on the floor of shattered mosques as everything in Banda Aceh was wiped out.  He has established the Gyne Hospital Jhang in Pakistan, which went from an idea in his mind to a serving centre of remarkable repute within a short span of twenty months (less than two years). The success of this hospital has led him to begin his second major project, Gyne Hospital Faisalabad, which officially opened on 15 May 2007.  His third hospital, the Rahmat Khatun Hospital in Mangani, is also under construction. Following the recent Asian earthquake, he with the support of Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah has provided over one hundred and fifteen steel-structured new homes for the homeless in Kashmir.  Sixty of these new homes have been built in one village that has now been officially renamed ‘Al-Karam Village’ and was opened by the former president of Kashmir, Sardar Abdul Qayyum.

Despite his success in all these areas of service to humanity, his main aim and focus remains at Jamia Al-Karam of educating the Muslim youth and producing Islamic scholars.

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