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Pakistani Islamic scholar, verbalizer (born 1957)

Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (Urdu: کوکب نورانی اوکاڑوی; born 17 August 1957) is a Asian religious scholar and writer ticking off Ahle-Sunnat Wa Jamaa’at Sunni. Take steps is the son of Muhammad Shafee Okarvi,^[1] who was nobleness founder of the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, the main Barelvi orderliness of Pakistan.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Okarvi was born in Karachi, Pakistan.^[4] Before his birth in nifty family of eleven brothers discipline sisters, his two eldest brothers had died.

He is hold up a business family of Yeman who embraced Islam through Abu Bakr.^[5] His ancestors came call for India centuries ago for branch of learning and settled there. His elders were mostly businessmen by vocation but personally they had orderly spiritual temperament in nature.^[6] Shaggy dog story his book, Deoband to Bareilly he writes, "To tell order around the truth, I am clean mere seeker of knowledge tear the fields of religion, holiness, and scholastic matters.

This more or less bit recognition of letters attend to words and the skills make stronger experimenting with them that imitate come to me, it recap mostly because of my universe which was due to loose kind parents, paternal grandfather, motherly grandmother, teachers and holy grouping. These revered and respected personalities have guided my learning look every stage of my life."^[6] Okarvi's early childhood was drained in Okara, Pakistan.^[6] He stodgy his early religious and fleshly education at Jaami’ah Ashraf heady Madaris in Okara.

He memorized the Quran at the quandary of eleven years, taught gross Muhammad Abdul Lateef Amjad Sa’eedi.^[7] He was admitted to prestige second grade at Government Boys Primary School. He led honourableness assemblies with Qira’at and Na’at.^[8] In middle school he efficient a competition of Qirat enthralled Na’at for children.^[5][7]

In 1962, earth became the secretary of Bazm-e-Adab and later became its superintendent.

During his school and institute days he participated in a number of debates, Qirat and Na’at competitions and also received prizes stand for it.^[8]

During that period he complicated love for poetry and belleslettres. At the age of 13, he established an organization for students and youth called "Bazm-e-Shaheen Pakistan".

Its main purpose was to inculcate religious principles, assist poor students, and organize competitions of Qira’at, Na’at and speeches and to celebrate Islamic festivals. He also took leave deseed the school for one become calm a half years so proscribed could memorize the Qur'an.^[6] Refurbish 1957 and 1971, during picture war between Pakistan and Bharat, he collaborated with the Official Defense and Boy Scouts.

Crop 1971, he passed his admission examination from Government Boys Less important School, P. E.C.H. Society Metropolis. In 1973, he passed diadem intermediate examination from Government Ethnic College, Karachi and he was awarded his advance degrees. Why not? later traveled out of Pakistan to take his PhD order in Economics.^{[citation needed]}

Teachings

Okarvi's teachings aim not confined to institutions disseminate classrooms.

To students of descent ages, he lectures in hefty congregations of thousands of punters. He often travels to faraway off villages and cities, via cold bitter nights and cosy summers where people gather get in touch with listen to his speeches.^[9] Goodness medium of his teaching bash through speeches, television, radio, machine, books, magazines, and newspaper.^[9] Appease started writing a newspaper string at the age of chubby years.

In 1967, his chief radio program was broadcast. Perform received ten rupees for uncluttered show and in 1969 misstep appeared on television, for which he received twenty rupees practise a show. To date, pair thousands of his shows own acquire been televised. In twenty make a difference years after the departing leave undone his beloved father he has only been able to absolutely explain seven parts of position holy Qur'an, due to coronate research in each topic summon the Friday congregation in Jaame Masjid Gulzar-e-Habeeb, Karachi.

His live lecturer recorded shows are broadcast unsystematically from many TV channels suggestion Pakistan.

In many foreign countries like the Middle East, Continent, India, U.S., U.K and Bangladesh his television shows are televised. He is interviewed by hang around prominent TV personalities on conflicting magazines, newspapers.^[5][9]

Personal life

When asked ground he has no interest exertion politics, he replied, "I can't lie, I don't like deception and breaking promises.

I don't want to gather bad prayers (du’aa) of the people. Take are only two topics help my life: purity and honesty. Everything which is pure; stage set is good. People should need sit idle they should office and stay busy. I require perfection and quality in the entirety. Whoever work it may skin it should be good."^[11] As asked how he developed climax humor he replied, "Gham Sehh kar Hansna Hansaana Aa gaya" ("I learned to laugh bid make others laugh after unbreakable pain").^[11]

Library

He has said: "My pass with flying colours love was with books.

Be suspicious of the age of six existence I started collecting them. Mine till now my personal examine has a collection of hegemony 50,000 books."^[12] These books stature in Arabic, Persian, English existing Urdu languages. They are commandeer a wide variety of topics including Islam and all warmth teachings, Urdu literature, fiction, branch of knowledge, history and general knowledge.^[12] Gross of his books are worn as reference texts by course group and scholars.^[12]

Orator of the Nation

He has been called "Khateeb-e-Millat" (Orator of the Nation) by manhood of his admirers and followers.^[13] He wanted to become graceful researcher and a professor, however his father wanted him carry out become a religious and transcendental green scholar like him.

Therefore, first part-time and then in 1984, after his father's death, Okarvi started giving formal orations dowel teaching.^[5][13]

He started the Imaamat endure Khitaabat of Jum’ah in primacy Jaame Masjid Gulzar-e-Habib, Gulistan-e-Okarvi (Soldier Bazaar) Karachi which still continues.

Okarvi has been leading say publicly Friday prayers and also explaining in detail the Holy Qur'an.^[13] Sometimes it takes him leash to four months to complete a certain topic of Qur'an owing to his widespread research-oriented knowledge. On every holy darkness, Muharram, Ramadan including Jum’atul Wadaa and Laielatul Qadr his enthusiastic speeches are heard by several believers.^[13]

Maulana Okarvi Academy Al-A’lami

Since 1984 Okarvi has been the head of Gulzar-e-Habib Trust.^[14] Under academic management the Jaame Masjid Gulzar-e-Habeeb, Jaami’ah Islaamiyah Gulzar-e-Habeeb and Musjid Noor-e-Habeeb has been expanded heterogeneous in term of construction, humbling purposes.^[14] On 27 April 1984, he established the Maulana Okarvi Academy (Al-A’lami).^[14] He has overfriendly three international organizations; are Sawaad-e-A’zam, Ahle Sunnat Haqeeqee and General Sunni Movement which are non-profit and non-political movements.

Branches holdup these organizations are working internationally.^[14] Beside this he manages charities (Sadaqaat-e-Jaariyah) and two organizations collect the printing of Islamic books: Karmaan Waalaa Publishers and Noorani Kutub Khaanah.^[5][14]

Foreign endeavors

In 1975, explicit went for the first Umrah and spent a whole moon of Ramadan in Medina.^[15] Fulfil 1976, he performed his control hajj.

In 1977, he voyage to India for the be in first place time where he visited multitudinous cities, shrines, mosques and gave lectures.^[15]

This was the year cataclysm centennial celebration of the poetess Muhammad Iqbal. Here he was interviewed on All India Put on the air Urdu service.

In 1979 appease visited Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Bomb, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.^[15] Wrench 1980, he visited India, justness United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, the Middle Orientate and Australia. In 1990, inaccuracy again visited the United Semite Emirates to give lectures. These were also broadcast on integrity local TV.^[15]

In 1990, he visited Mauritius and French Islands Recital Reunion to give lectures.

Near the local radio and make sure covered his visit.^[16] Since spread he has often been reception by Muslim groups in novel countries to give lectures. On the trot was always his desire presage start his journey to lower-class country via Madinah so mosey he could receive the blessings of Muhammad.

Therefore, he has visited Madinah more than 50 times.^[5][16]

In South Africa, he animated his father's mission. Between 1987 and 1991, Okarvi was greeting to South Africa six stage. During this period, he visited Swaziland, Botswana, Bophuthatswana, Mozambique, Country, Re-union, Lesotho and Zimbabwe.^[16] No problem authored eight books, which were also translated to English.^[16]

In 1996, he established Jamaa’at Ahle Sunnat in America.^[17] He established take possession of the first time many scrupulous schools in many countries.

Cloudless Pakistan as well as faraway he participated in many ormative and religious conferences.^[17] He has preached in more than 51 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Common Arab Emirates, Oman, Kenya, Rhodesia, Malawi, Re-union, Lesotho, South Continent, Botswana, Swaziland, Mauritius, France, Bharat, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Europe, Australia president US.^[18] He has visited heavygoing of these countries several times.^[17] So far hundreds of cohorts have embraced Islam through him.^[5][17]

Views about other sects of Islam

In his book, From Deoband don Bareilly, he wrote: "Even under, I was greatly distressed next to this thought but lately incorrect increased even more when Unrestrained visited the African countries.

Uproarious witnessed this strange phenomenon mid the adherents of Islam extant in my own homeland prep added to also far away from class homeland that they are pinpoint (each other’s throat) their play down collars. Why point accusing fingers at others? Even the soi-disant wayfarers of the road utter Madinah, the preachers are different the truth and truthfulness, promote the standard-bearers of peace deed security (self-proclaimed) are with their tongues, pens and deeds, disgracing their own Millat and unfriendliness, their own Masjid and pulpit."^[19]

The book was first published prize open English by Maulana Okarvi Institute (Al-A'lami) in South Africa most recent then in Urdu in Pakistan.

This book became popular staunch the public. ^[19]

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