Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi


Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi was a Pakistani jurist and scholar of Islamic Studies, shariah and fiqh. He was a professor at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, judge at the Federal Shariat Court and Federal Minister for Religious Affairs in Pakistan. He completed his dars-e-nizami at the age of 16 and later obtained a PhD in Islamic Studies from Punjab University. He was fluent in Urdu, English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish and French. He authored numerous works in Urdu and English, and translated Persian poetry Payam-e-Mashriq of Muhammad Iqbal into Arabic.

Birth and education

Ghazi was born on 13 September 1950 in Kandhla, Uttar Pradesh. His father Muhammad Ahmad Farooqui was a disciple of Zakariyya Kandhlawi. He started Dars-i Nizami from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Karachi and completed the syllabus from Madrasa Ta‘lim al- Qur’ân, Rawalpindi in 1966. He obtained Master's degrees in Persian and Arabic, and in 1988 a PhD from the University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Academic affiliations

  1. Member, Working Committee of Al-Tajamu Al-Alami Lil Uloom Al-Muslimin, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  2. Member, Al-Ittihad Al-Alami Lil Ulama Al-Muslimin, Cairo, Egypt
  3. Member, Arab Academy, Damascus, Syria
  4. Member, Syndicate of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  5. Member, Executive Council of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
  6. Member, Board of Advanced Studies and Research of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad

Books

Ghazi wrote about 30 books and more than 100 articles. His Muhaazraat Series have also been published as separate books. Muhaazraat Series are a collection of about 68 lectures, Ghazi had given at Idara al-Huda on different topics like Quran, Hadith, Fiqh, Seerat and Shariat. His other notable books include:

English books

Notable English works of Ghazi are:The Hijrah: Its Philosophy and Message for the Modern ManQadianismThe Life and Work of the Prophet of Islam. Renaissance and Revivalism in Muslim India ― 1707-1867The Shorter book on Muslim International Law An Analytical Study of the Sannusiyyah Movement of North AfricaIslamic Renaissance in South Asia ―The Role of Shah Waliullah and His Successors
  • ''State and Legislation in Islam''

Death

On 25 August 2010 Ghazi was admitted to the CCU of PIMS. On the morning of 26 August he died of heart failure. He was buried in the H-10 graveyard in Islamabad.