Muhammad Abdulwahhab

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Haji Abdulwahhab

Full name	Haji Abdulwahhab
Born	1923
Era	Modern era
Region	Muslim Da'ee
School	Hanafi
Influenced by Shaikh Abdulqadir Raipuri, Maulana Ilyas, Maulana Yusuf, Maulana Zakariyyah, Maulana Inaam ul Hasan

Haji Muhammad Abdulwahhab (Arabic: حاجي محمد عبد الوهاب ‎, born 1923), (original name Rao Muhammad Abdulwahab) often referred to as Haji Abdul Wahab^[1] is an Islamic preacher and "Ameer" of the Pakistani chapter of Tablighi Jamaat.^{[clarification needed][verification needed]} He was a close companion of Maulana Inaam ul Hasan. He is one of a handful of people alive today who benefited from the company of Maulana Muhammad Ilyas.^{[clarification needed][verification needed]} He was a disciple of Shaikh Abdulqadir Raipuri. Haji Abdulwahhab studied at Islamia College, Lahore.^{[verification needed]} He was declared the fifteenth most influential Muslim in the world in a report by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (rissc.jo, a non-governmental organization in Jordan).^[2]

He was born in Delhi. After graduation, he worked as sessions judge in pre-partition India.^[1] He left his job to devote his time and attention to the work of Tableegh. He is the disciple of Moulana Abdulqadir Raipuri. He has also worked for Majlis-e-Ah'rãr-e-Islam in his youth. After partition of India, his family migrated from village Gumthala Rao, District Karnal, India to Chak No. 331-L, also known as Topian Wala, Tehsil Burewala, District Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan.

As leader of the Tablighi Jamaat, which has chapters in 120 countries, he hosts an annual conference in Pakistan called the Raiwind Tablighi Ijtima, which drew 1.5 million attendees in 2008 (second most Muslims after the Hajj), and the Biswa Ijtima conference in Bangladesh, which draws approximately three million attendees each year.

See alsoo

• Tablighi Jamaat
• Muhammad Ilyas

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Tableeghi Jamaat leaders denounce gunpoint Sharia". DawnNews. 2009-04-27. http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-tableeghi-jamaat-leaders-denounce-gunpoint-sharia--bi-12. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
2. ^ "Grand Mufti makes the top ten". The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center. http://www.rissc.jo/index.php/english-publications/78-grand-mufti-makes-the-top-ten.html. Retrieved 11 April 2010. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Abdulwahhab, Haji
Alternative names	Rao Abdulwahab
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Date of birth	1923
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