مفتی محمد شفیع کی خدمات سیرت ﷺ کا علمی و تحقیقی جائزہ

Mufti Muhammad Shafi' was a great spiritual leader, Pakistan's grand mufti and a renowned Islamic scholar as well. He served in different fields with his knowledge, research and writings. He translated and wrote the interpretation of the Holy Qur’ān, he had keen grasp on Fiqh, Hadith and other religious affairs. Thousands of fatwas had been issued by him and he built a well known Islamic university named ‘Jamia Darul uloom Karachi.’ He participated in politics as well for the national cause and struggled too much for the Islamic contribution in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This research paper is about his efforts that he made for the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him). He wrote several books on Seerat-e-Nabawi, he defended Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and fought against Qadyaniyyat. This report has the abstract frame on specific grounds regarding Sīrah, Sunnah and teachings of Holy Prophet. It will portray a very brief description on Mufti Shafi's services in Sīrah's aspect.

بررسی منقبت سرایی فارسی اھل بیت اطھار ع در شبہ قارہ از آغاز تا دورہ معغول

‘’ A study of Manqabat Seraie Farsi Ahle- Bait in the Sub-Continent” (From beginning to Mughal Era) The term “Manqabat” means “Praise the character and sacrifices of the Holy prophet (PBUH) and His innocent progeny, the AHLE-E-BAIT (A.S). No Muslim can deny the fact that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) gave so much importance to His family that He (ﷺ) asked only the love of Muslims to His household(Ahle Bait), the only reward for His mission of prophethood. Quran and Sunnah of prophet (ﷺ) are witness to this. Both Quran and prophet’s Households are like heart of Islam. Many verses of Holy Quran and Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad has explained its importance. Manqabat started in Arabic language in the land of Hijaz with the conquest of Iran. Arabic culture, language and Islamic traditions spread in the area, and soon Hamd,Naat,and Manqabat-e Ahle Bait started in Persian poetry. Many famous poets started writing Manqabat. In short, one can say that saying of Naat and Manqabat of Ahle-e- Bait (A.S) is an ongoing journey that will continue. Writing of Manqabat-e Ahle Bait (A.S) started in early seventh century in Indian sub-continent, poets like Khusro, Saib, Ghalib and Meer Taqi Meer have contributed significantly and made the subject more broader and wider. Khawaja Bakhtiar Kaki, Khawaja Moeen-ud-din Chisti and Bu Ali Qalandar are among prominent personalities who wrote manqbat in Persian language in sub-continent. Persian poetry has contributed a prominent part in Naat writing, yet a lot of work has to be done in the field of writing Manqabat-e-Ahle –Bait (A.S) from Salateen era to the year 1857. Hence this research work was carried out. The thesis starts with introduction, in which the meaning of Manqabat- e-Ahle Bait is explained in the light of Quran, Sunnah and sayings of Sahaba (R.A). The thesis is further divided into different chapters. Chapter one starts with the introduction of poetry work of poets of Salateen era (1014-1525 A.D) according to year wise. The number of poets in this chapter are 15. In chapter two, the poetic work of Mughal period with special reference to Manqabat from the year 1525 to 1706 (A.D) is given in year wise. The total number of poets in this near are 22. Chapter three is more elaborative than the previous ones. The era starts from the year 1706 to 1857. The poetic work in The field of Manqabat- e – Ahle Bait (A.S) is given year wise. The total number of poets in this era are 62. This research is a little contribution in Manqabat - e - Ahle Bait (A.S), acceptance is its reward and may be is prayer. I am very much thankful to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Shahid, Dean, Faculty of Languages, Islamic and Oriental Learning, Chairperson, Department of Persian, GCU Lahore for his valuable suggestions/guidance and time to time positive criticism which brought this research work to a fruitful end.