Mian Tufail Mohammad () (April 1914 – 25 June 2009) was a

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, Islamic

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, and former Secretary General and

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Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP), is a Pakistani Islamism, Islamist political party. It is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. JIP is a "vanguard party", whose members are intended to be leade ...

party.Jamaat leader Mian Tufail Mohammad passes away
Dawn (newspaper), Published 26 June 2009, Retrieved 18 November 2017Mian Tufail Mohammad passes away
The Nation (newspaper), Published 26 June 2009, Retrieved 18 November 2017

Early life and career

He was born in

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family,

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. He received his education and college degrees in

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. Then he became an active member of ''Jamaat-e-Islami Hind''. Like Maulana

Naeem Siddiqui Maulana Naeem Siddiqui (1916 – 25 September 2002) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and politician. He was among the founder-members of the Jamaat-e-Islami and a close associate of Abul A'la Maududi and Amin Ahsan Islahi. Early life an ...

, he also worked closely with Abul Aala Maududi.

Agitation for democracy

In 1965, the joint opposition against Ayub Khan was organised, he was one of its central leaders. Along with other leaders of the Combined Opposition Parties coalition, Mian Tufail toured both

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and

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to create mass awareness and organise a strong national democratic movement.

Books

Mian Tufail Mohammad co-authored with

Abul A'la Maududi Abul A'la al-Maududi (; – ) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan. Described by Wilfred C ...

and

Amin Ahsan Islahi Amin Ahsan Islahi (; 1904 – 15 December 1997), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar best known for his Urdu exegesis of the Quran, '' Tadabbur-i-Quran'' ("Pondering on the Quran"), which he based on Hamiduddin Farahi's (1863 – 1930), id ...

the following books: * ''Kashful Mahjub: An Urdu commentary'' * ''Daw'at-e-Islami and Its Demands'' (Urdu) Several biographies have been written on his life and work. The most prominent ones are the following: * ''Mushahidaat'' (Urdu) * " Tufail Nama" (Urdu) * " Tufail Qabila" (Urdu) * " Raah-e-Nijat" (Urdu)

Death

On 7 June 2009, he had a

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. He was hospitalised at Shaikh Zayed Hospital in

, Pakistan. After staying in a coma for over 2 weeks, he died on 25 June 2009 at the age of 95. Among his survivors were eight daughters and four sons.

Legacy

As one of the 75 founding members of

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (, abbreviated as JIH) is an Islamic organisation in India, founded as an offshoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami, which split into separate independent organisations in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh following the Partition of India i ...

, he will always be remembered in party history. His political legacy also descends down his family line. His son-in-law

Ejaz Chaudhary Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhary, commonly referred to as Ejaz Chaudhary (born 15 September 1956), is a serving Pakistani senator, national politician, and former deputy mayor of Lahore. As of 2019, he is the President of PTI Punjab. In 2007 Chaudhary had ...

is the Punjab president of

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.Ejaz Chaudhry elected as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Punjab president
Dunya News, Updated 17 March 2013, Retrieved 18 November 2017

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