Maulana, Shaikhul-Hadith Hasan Jan | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 1988–1990 | |
Constituency | NA-5 |
8th Vice President of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan | |
In office 2 March 1998 – 13 September 2017 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari |
Succeeded by | Abdur Razzaq Iskander |
Personal | |
Born | 6 January 1938 Prang,
Charsadda |
Died | 17 September 2007 | (aged 69)
Cause of death | assassination |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Denomination | Sunni |
Political party | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) |
Alma mater |
Jamia Ashrafia Islamic University of Madinah Darul Uloom Haqqania University of Peshawar |
Teachers |
Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi Muhammad Rasul Khan Hazarvi |
Occupation | Islamic scholar and Politician |
Muslim leader | |
Students | |
Awards |
Sitara-e-Shujaat Gold medal (MA-Islamiat) |
Hassan Jan Madani (Urdu:مولانا حسن جان مدنی ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who was born on 6 January 1938 in Prang, Charsadda. He has served as a member of the 8th National Assembly of Pakistan from 30 November 1988 to 6 August 1990. [1] He was Shaikhul-Hadith at Darwesh Masjid in Peshawar and used to deliver Friday sermons in the same mosque. He was also the vice president of Wifaqul-Madaras, the largest board of Islamic universities (Jamiat).
Hasan Jan memorized the Quran in Masjid e Nabavi in three months. He studied basic mathematics and Arabic grammar from his uncle. He later got admission at Anjuman Taleem-ul-Quran where he learnt basic Urdu and Islamiat. He then moved to Darul-uloom Utmanzai where he completed Dars-e-Nizami. After Dars-e-Nizami, he moved to Jamia Ashrafia Lahore, where he studied Hadith books from Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi and Maulana Muhammad Rasool Khan Hazarvi. He got degree of Fazal-e-Deniat from Darul Uloom Haqqania with distinction. On 11 June 1962 he moved to Madina for further studies at The Islamic University of al-Madinah al-Munawarah. He was awarded gold medal by the University of Peshawar in MA Islamiat for his distinction. [2]
Hasan Jan was not a politician however he supported Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. He was the teacher of Fazal-ur-Rehman. He contested the 1990 elections and defeated the then Awami National Party leader Abdul Wali Khan in his stronghold. He served as MNA for some time. [2]
On Saturday 17 September 2007 some unknown people came to him near Aftari time and requested him to go with them for Nikah-Khwani. He was assassinated at Wazir Bagh behind Janaz Ga (Funeral Prayer place) in the suburbs of Peshawar. [3] It is believed that he was killed by the unknown persons may be for his moderate views, which included issuing fatwas against suicide bombings. [4] [5]