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Childhood and Education

Din Muhammad Wafai was born on 4 April 1894 in the village of Khathi ( Sindhi: کٿي) of taluka Garhi Yaseen, Shikarpur District, district Shikarpur,

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. His father Khalifo Hakeem Gul Muhammad Bhatti was a scholar and poet. He received early education from his father, who died when he was nine years old. He then learnt

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from Muhammad Alim and

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from Ghulam Umar of Sonu Jatoi and Ghulam Qasim of Garhi Yaseen.

Career

He started his career as a journalist in 1916 from Ranipur, when he launched a monthly magazine ''Sahifa Qadria''. He then launched magazine ''Alkashif'' in 1918. He joined the daily ''Al-Waheed'' in 1920 as an assistant editor. He launched monthly ''Tauhid'' from Karachi in 1923, and ''Alhizb'' newspaper in 1927. He was appointed as an editor of daily Al-Waheed in 1930. He also served as an editor of the daily ''Azad''. In 1940, he was selected as a member of the ''central advisory board for promotion of Sindhi literature'' and also a member of the ''Sindhi Dictionary committee''. He was also member of the editorial board of the literary magazine ''Mehran'' published by the

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. After the creation of Pakistan, in January 1949, Sindh government formed a committee to write and edit Sindhi course books, and Wafai was a member of that committee.

Books

Din Muhammad Wafai authored more than 60 books. These include: * Aitqad Sahih: Mazhab Ahel-e-Hadith ( Sindhi: اعتقاد صحيح: مذھب اھل حديث) * Alham-e-Bari (7 volumes), ( Sindhi: (ست جلد) الھام باري), Translation * Alham-e- Barul Mubeen (Sindhi: الھام برالمبين), Translation * Azkar-e-Hussain (Rad Sheeaa Yadgar-e-Hussain), ( Sindhi: اذڪار حسين (رد شيعہ يادگار حسين)) * Farooque-e-Azam ( Sindhi: فاروق اعظم رضيہ) * Fatooh-ul-Ghaib ( Sindhi: فتوح الغيب) * Ghaus -e- Azam ( Sindhi: غوث اعظم رحہ) * Imdad-e-Yateema ( Sindhi: امداد يتيمہ) * Intkhab Sahih Bukhari ( Sindhi: انتخاب صحيح بخاري) * Hyder-e-Karar ( Sindhi: حيدر ڪرار رضيہ) * Islami Zindagi (Islamic Life, Sindhi: اسلامي زندگي), published in 1924. * Khatoon-e-Jannat ( Sindhi: خاتون جنت) * ۡLutuf-ul-Latif ( Sindhi: لطف الطيف), A study of Shah Jo Risalo. * َQurani Sadaquat ( Sindhi: قرآني صداقت) * Rahat-ul-Rooh Tazkirah Nooh ( Sindhi: راحت الروح تذڪرہ نوح) * Siddique Akber ( Sindhi: صديق اڪبر رضيہ) * Syedna Usman ( Sindhi: سيدنا عثمان رضيہ) * Tareekh-e-Muhammadi ( Sindhi: تاريخ محمدي صہ) * Tazkirah Mashahir-e-Sindh, Part I, II & III ( Sindhi: تذڪرہ مشاھير سنڌ), Biographies of saints of Sindh * Tauheed-e-Islam ( Sindhi: توحيد اسلام), Translation * Yad-e-Janan (Sindhi: ياد جانان), Memories of Jan Muhammad Junejo and others in the Hijrat Movement * Zindagia Jo Maqsad (Phalsafah Ilim-un-Nafs), ( Sindhi: زندگيءَ جو مقصد (فلسفہ علم النفس))

Death

Din Muhammad Wafai died on 10 April 1950 in

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. He was buried in Waria Jo Tarr graveyard of

References

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