Abdul Hameed Swati
Abdul Hameed Khan Swati was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and Imam, who was the lecturer and founder of Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala.
He was the younger brother of Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar and uncle of Zahid Khan.
Early life and education
Swati was born in 1917 to Noor Ahmad Khan in Cheeran Dhaki on the top of the hill of Kurmang Bala, a few miles from Shinkiari, Mansehra District. His mother died in his infancy. Sometime later, his father also died and he along with his brother Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar continued to study together at various madrassas in Buffa, Malikpur, Khakho, Lahore, Wadala Sindhwan, Jahanian Mandi, Gujranwala and other places and then reached Darul Uloom Deoband in 1941 where they benefited from the Hussain Ahmad Madani and others. Swati also studied at the Government Nizamia Tibbi College and Darul Muballigheen Lucknow with Abdul Shakoor Lakhnavi.Career
After graduation he returned to Gujranwala where he performed religious services in some mosques of Khayali and Krishna Nagar for some time and started a clinic in Chowk Niain. In 1952, on the advice of his teacher, Abdul Wahid, and other scholars, he began construction of a religious seminary Madrasa Nusratul Uloom and a mosque Jamia Masjid Noor. He had the patronage of Ahmad Ali Lahori, Abdullah Darkhawasti and Abdul Wahid and the companionship of his brother Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar.Literary works
Swati wrote several books, Including;Maalim ul Irfan fi Daroos ul QuranKhutbat-i-SwatiMaqalat-i-Swati- ''Aun Al Khabir''