Abdul Hameed Swati
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Abdul Hameed Khan Swati | |
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صوفی عبد الحمید خان سواتی | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1917 |
| Died | 6 April 2008 (aged 90–91) |
| Cause of death | Gujranwala |
| Resting place | Cemetery Kalan Gujranwala |
| Nationality |  British Indian (1917-1947) Pakistani (1947-2008) |
| Children | Muhammad Fayyaz Khan Swati |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband Government Nizamia Tibbi College Darul Muballigheen Lucknow |
| Relatives | Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar (brother) Zahid Ur Rashdi (nephew) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Institute | Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala |
| Founder of | Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala |
| Profession | Islamic Scholar, writer |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Hussain Ahmad Madani Abdul Shakoor Lakhnavi |
| Successor | Muhammad Fayyaz Khan Swati |
Abdul Hameed Khan Swati (1917 – 6 April 2008) (Urdu: مولانا صوفی عبد الحمید خان سواتی) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and Imam, who was the lecturer and founder of Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala.
He was the younger brother of Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar and uncle of Zahid Khan.
Swati was born in 1917 to Noor Ahmad Khan in Cheeran Dhaki on the top of the hill of Kurmang Bala, a few miles from Shinkiari, Mansehra District.[citation needed] His mother died in his infancy. Sometime later, his father also died and he along with his brother Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar continued to study together at various madrassas in Buffa, Malikpur, Khakho, Lahore, Wadala Sindhwan, Jahanian Mandi, Gujranwala and other places and then reached Darul Uloom Deoband in 1941 where they benefited from the Hussain Ahmad Madani and others.[citation needed] Swati also studied at the Government Nizamia Tibbi College and Darul Muballigheen Lucknow with Abdul Shakoor Lakhnavi.[1][2]
Career
After graduation he returned to Gujranwala where he performed religious services in some mosques of Khayali and Krishna Nagar (Faisalabad neighborhood) for some time and started a clinic in Chowk Niain.[citation needed] In 1952, on the advice of his teacher, Abdul Wahid, and other scholars, he began construction of a religious seminary Madrasa Nusratul Uloom and a mosque Jamia Masjid Noor. He had the patronage of Ahmad Ali Lahori, Abdullah Darkhawasti and Abdul Wahid and the companionship of his brother Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar.[3]
