Muhammad Ilyas Ghuman (born 12 April 1969) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and theologian of the

Deobandi movement Deobandi is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam, adhering to the Hanafi school of law, formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanauta ...

. An '' Ilm al-Kalām expert'' (Mutakallim e islam),

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, Sufi (he is a discipline of Peer Aziz ur Rehman Hazarvi), Debater,, Ghuman is the head of Markaz Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat in

Sargodha Sargodha (Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city by population and one of the fastest-growing cities of the country. Sargodha is also known as ...

. Ghuman is a leading Hanafi Maturidi theologian.

Early life and career

Ghuman was born on 12 April 1969 in

Sargodha District Sargodha District (Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane along with Kinno being its main crops. The Sargodha district and r ...

. He is a graduate of the

Jamia Binoria Jamia Binoria Aalamia is an Islamic educational institute in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is regarded as one of the most modern madrassas. Noman Naeem is the principal (chancellor) of the seminary. History Jamia Binoria was founded by Mufti ...

. In 2005, he was arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of

Sargodha Division Sargodha Division is an administrative division of Punjab province, Pakistan. Sargodha city is the capital of the division. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the total population of the division was 8.18 million. Divisions are the thir ...

Commissioner Syed Tajamul Abbas. In 2006, he was again arrested related to the murder of Shia cleric Bashir Husain Bukhari. In 2013, he was arrested by the police when he was touring

Southern Punjab South Punjab may refer to: *the southern part of the region of Punjab in South Asia * South Punjab (region), an historic region in the 8th–9th centuries; see Timeline of Pakistani history *two proposed provinces in this region in Pakistan: **Sar ...

. In August 2015, he was freed from

house arrest In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to their residence. Travel is usually restricted, if ...

. In August 2018, he published a book named ''Mera Pakistan''.

Books

Some of his books include:Profile
on ''

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' * ''Firqah-yi Ahl-i ḥadīs̲ Pāk va Hind kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah'', 2010, 374 p. Criticism of the

Ahl-e Hadith Ahl-i Hadith or Ahl-e-Hadith ( bn, আহলে হাদীছ, hi, एहले हदीस, ur, اہلِ حدیث, ''people of hadith'') is a Salafi reform movement that emerged in North India in the mid-nineteenth century from the teach ...

. * ''Firqah-yi Barailviyat Pāk va Hind kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah'', 2012, 617 p. Criticism of the

Barelvis The Barelvi movement ( ur, بَریلوِی, , ), also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaah (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement following the Hanafi and Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, with strong Suf ...

. * ''Maẓāmīn-i mutakallim-i Islām'', 2012, multiple volumes. On miscellaneous issues of Islam; Islamic doctrines, collected articles published in various Urdu magazines. * ''Majālis-i mutakallim-i Islām'', 2013, 2 volumes. Sermons. * ''Firqah-i Saifiyah kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah'', 2013, 252 p. Criticism of

Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak Akhundzada Peer Saif ur Rahman Mubarak ( ar, آخوندزاده سيف الرحمان مبارك) also known as Mubarak Sahib (1925–2010) was a Sufi scholar of the Naqshbandi Mujaddadi Tariqa, the founder of the Silsila Naqshbandi Mujaddidi ...

(1925-2010), a Barelvi scholar. * ''K̲h̲ut̤bāt-i mutakallim-i Islām'', 2013, 3 volumes. Sermons. * امت * ''Mavāʻiz̤-i mutakkalim-i Islām'', 2 volumes, 2013. Islamic sermons on religious life of Muslim women. * ''Jihād fī sabīlilláh aur iʻtirāẓāt kā ʻilmī jāʼizah'', 2014, 304 p. On

jihad Jihad (; ar, جهاد, jihād ) is an Arabic word which literally means "striving" or "struggling", especially with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with Go ...

. * ''Jī hān̲ Fiqah-i Ḥanafī Qurān va Ḥadīs̲ kā nacoṛ hai'', 2014, 286 p. In defense of

Hanafites The Hanafi school ( ar, حَنَفِية, translit=Ḥanafiyah; also called Hanafite in English), Hanafism, or the Hanafi fiqh, is the oldest and one of the four traditional major Sunni schools (maddhab) of Islamic Law (Fiqh). It is named aft ...

with special reference to their views on various aspects of Islamic law. * ''Kanzulīmān kā taḥqīqī jāʼizah'', 2014, 242 p. Criticism of

Kanzul Iman ''Kanzul Iman'' (Urdu and Arabic: کنزالایمان) meaning as 'Treasure of Faith ' is an Urdu paraphrase translation of the Qur'an by Ahmad Raza Khan produced in 1911. It is one of the translations of the Qur'an in Urdu language. Translation ...

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Ahmed Raza Khan, commonly known as Aala Hazrat, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, or Ahmed Rida Khan in Arabic, (14 June 1856 CE or 10 Shawwal 1272 AH – 28 October 1921 CE or 25 Safar 1340 AH), was an Islamic scholar, jurist, mufti, philosopher ...

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