Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada


Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, in Jhang, Pakistan, is a shaykh in the Chishti Nizami Sufi Order and author of devotional books on Islam.
He is a graduate of DMG Bhera and the University of the Punjab. His qualifications include Adib, ‘Alim and Fadil ‘Arabi, BA, MA, MA and MOL.
Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada is a shaykh in the Chishti Nizami Sufi Order given ijaza by his shaykh, spiritual mentor and teacher, Diya’ al-Ummat, Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari. He was also granted ijaza in the Qadiri Sufi Order and was awarded with the direct ijaza in the Chishti Sufi Order coming from the astana of Mu’in ad-Din of Ajmer.

Alliance

He has a good following in and outside the United Kingdom. Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy, Timothy Winter and Muhammad al-Yaqoubi are some leading scholars of the world who are his close associates.

Works

He has written dozens of books on educational, religious, and contemporary issues in Arabic, Urdu, and English, particularly the first detailed Qur’an commentary written in the UK in five volumes ‘Qur’an: The Sublime Word’ available in Arabic, Urdu and English in numerous countries around the world. Currently he is working on completing a 10-volume commentary ‘Bukhari: The Sublime Tradition’, the first in English for the modern world.
His works include: Islamic way of Worship, Islam; the complete way of life, Islamic Beliefs, The beautiful life of Muhammad, Imdad-us-Sarf, Imdad-un-Nahv, Imdad al-Fiqh fi’l-Ibadat, Guldasta Aqa’id and Muslims in a Multicultural Society. His latest book is The Ideal Mother; In light of the Qur'an, Sunna and Tradition.

Associations

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; Executive Director of Al-Karam Trust, Founder of Al-Karam Publications and Patron of the Al-Karam Scholars Association. He is also a Founder Member of the British Muslim Forum, a Sunni Barelvi representative body and the charity known as Muslim Charity.

Projects

He has established the Gyne Hospital Jhang in Pakistan, and the Gyne Hospital Faisalabad, which was officially inaugurated on Sunday 20 May 2007. Following the 2005 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.

Awards

In July 2001, he was awarded the ad-Dir’ul Mumtaz by the former Chancellor, Dr Ahmad ‘Umar Hashim on behalf of the University of Al-Azhar and was also awarded the Diya’ al-Ummat Award of Excellence by Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah on behalf of DMG Bhera.