Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi
Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi محمد عبد اللہ غازی | |
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| 1st Chancellor of Jamia Faridia | |
| In office 1971 – 17 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | None (office created) |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz Ghazi |
| Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee | |
| In office 1975 – 17 October 1998 | |
| Succeeded by | Muneeb-ur-Rehman |
| Imam and Khatib of Lal Masjid | |
| In office 1967 – 17 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | None (office created) |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz Ghazi (Imam) Abdul Rashid Ghazi (Khatib) |
| 1st Chancellor of Jamia Hafsa | |
| In office 1992 – 17 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | None (office created) |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz Ghazi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1 June 1935 (c. 29th Safar 1354 AH) |
| Died | 17 October 1998 (aged 63)(c. 26th Jumada al-Thani 1419 AH) |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Jamia Faridia, Islamabad 33.7311462, 73.0517133 |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Home town | Basti-Abdullah, Rajanpur |
| Children | Abdul Aziz Ghazi Abdul Rashid Ghazi |
| Citizenship | British Indian (1935–1947) Pakistani (1947–1998) |
| Alma mater | Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Qasim-ul-Uloom |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | |
Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (Urdu: محمد عبد اللہ غازی c. 1 June 1935 – 17 October 1998) was a Pakistani Deobandi Islamic scholar and Hanafi theologian who served as Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee and as the first Imam and Khatib of Lal Masjid in Islamabad and founded Jamia Faridia University and Jamia Hafsa. and also served as Federal Khatib under President Farooq Leghari.
He graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia and served as the first Imam and Khatib of Central Mosque Islamabad (Lal Masjid), the first mosque established in Pakistan's new capital, Islamabad. Ghazi was also a senior member of Wifaq Al Madaris Al Arabiyah and Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. Ghazi also held the position of chairman at Idara Alia Tanzeem ul Madaris.
In 1971, he founded Jamia Faridia in Islamabad, the first Islamic seminary to be established in Islamabad. He taught the Kutub al-Sitta including Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī at the madrasah, and was well known by the title "Shaykh al-Hadith".