Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti
Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti | |
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محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی | |
| Title | Khatib e Azam |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1874 |
| Died | 12 January 1956 (aged 81–82) |
| Political party | All India Muslim League |
| Notable work(s) | Wadhih al-Bayan (Tafsir of al-Qur'an) Sira al-Mustafa (Biography of Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Salam) Tarikh Ahl-i Hadith (History of the Ahl-i Hadith Movement) |
| Education | Murray College, Sialkot |
| Occupation | |
| Relatives | Sajid Mir |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Creed | Athari |
| Movement | Salafi |
| Muslim leader | |
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Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti (Urdu: محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی, romanized: Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Mīr Siyālkūṭī; c. 1874 – 12 January 1956) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar of the Ahl-i Hadith. He was a muhaddith, khatib, historian, journalist, writer, religious activist and activist of the Pakistan Movement.
He was also an expert on tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and faqih (jurist in jurisprudence) and wrote several books. Mir is considered one of the partisans of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and Sanaullah Amritsari. In 1945, when Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam was established, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was its president while Sialkoti was its vice president. Its first meeting was held in Calcutta. Usmani could not attend due to illness then the meeting was chaired by Mir.
Mir was also a major antagonist of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the early Ahmadiyya movement and wrote several books rejecting Qadiyanism. Mir was one of the founding members of All-India Muslim League.