Sufi Muhammad Sarwar
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Sufi Muhammad Sarwar | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 7 December 1933 Dera Ghazi Khan District, British India (now Pakistan) |
| Died | 15 May 2018 (aged 84) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Children | 3 sons, 3 daughters |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith studies |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Khair al-Jari in Sahih al-Bukhari |
| Education | Jamia Khair al-Madaris, Jamia Ashrafia |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, author, Sheikh al-Hadith |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
Sufi Muhammad Sarwar ((Urdu: مولانا صوفی محمد سرور) 7 December 1933 – 15 May 2018) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, author and Sheikh al-Hadith at Jamia Ashrafia. He studied at Jamia Khair al-Madaris and Jamia Ashrafia.
Sarwar was born on 7 December 1933 in Dera Ghazi Khan district. After 10th grade, he started his religious education from Jamia Ashrafia founder Mufti Muhammad Hasan. And then studied religious books in Jamia Khair Madaris Multan of Khair Muhammad Jalandhri. Then he enrolled in the course of Hadith in Jamia Ashrafia Lahore and graduated successfully. After which he studied for some time in Karachi under Grand Mufti of Pakistan Mufti Muhammad Shafi.[1][2]
After graduating from Aalimiyyat, he spent three years at Jamia Khair al-Madaris Multan and ten years at Darul Uloom Eidgah Kabirwala, taught books on Hadith and other sciences and arts in Jamia Ashrafia Lahore. He started the famous book Abu Dawud then Bukhari Sharif, while he taught Ashraf Ali Thanvi's Malfuzat every day after Asr prayer till his death.[1][3]
