Allama Mukhtar Shah Naeemi Ashrafi was born in Lahore, Pakistan. His father, Allama Pir Talib Husain Shah (may Allah send mercy upon him), was also a very popular Khateeb in Pakistan.
Positions Held
- Khalifah Majaaz — Astana Aliya Kachocha Shareef, India
- President — ISCC — Islamic Supreme Council, USA
- Vice President — Moon Sighting Committee of North America
- Imam & Khateeb — Barkaat-ul-Quran Center, since 28 Feb 2014
Education
Allama Naeemi completed his primary and secondary education at Jamia Naeemiyah Lahore. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Punjab, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic Naeemiyah University. After completing his B.Ed. from Allama Iqbal University Islamabad, he graduated with an M.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences, Tanzeem-ul-Madaaris Karachi, as well as MOL (Muslim Oriental Law).
Thereafter, he completed an M.A. in Islamic Theology from Punjab University. Allama Dr. Sarfaraz Naeemi motivated him to acquire Islamic knowledge and was his first teacher — teaching him Arabic morphology and Arabic syntax.
Daw’ah & Travels
Allama Mukhtar Shah Naeemi Ashrafi began delivering lectures at the age of 19. In 1998 he travelled to Dubai to give a speech, performed Umrah that same year, and in 1999 performed Hajj by road, giving speeches in Makkah and Madinah. In June 1999, the American Muslims of New York invited him to give a speech on Mawlid.
He has been invited to lecture in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Charlotte, Michigan, California (San Francisco), Live Oak, Chicago, Florida, Dallas and Houston. Alhamdulillah, since 28th February 2014 he has been delivering the Friday khutbah in Irving.
He has visited many countries to propagate Islam — including Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Canada (Calgary, Toronto and Montreal), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Oman and Marrakesh — and continues to visit more.
Spiritual Guidance (Khilafah)
His first Khilafah was received from his father, Pir Talib Husain Shah (may Allah send mercy on him), in a ceremony held in Nonariyan (Multan Road, Lahore), where the renowned speaker Syed Yaqoob Shah of Phaliyah presented the Jubbah (cloak) to Allama Naeemi.
Secondly, Pir Syed Raza Shah Gilani of Pir Kot Shareef (may Allah send mercy on him) granted him khilafat. Thirdly, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allama Pir Syed Madni Miyan, Sajjadah Nasheen of Astana Aaliyah Kachocha Shareef India, granted him khilafat on August 26, 2001 in America. Fourthly, Pir-e-Tareeqat Hazrat Zubair Naqshbandi Malki Attaasi Alvee granted him khilafat in 2008.
Activities in America
Allama Mukhtar Shah Naeemi Ashrafi began his career in America at Masjid Ghouse Azam, Houston, on September 7, 2000. By the mercy of Allah, he delivered lectures from 2002 until February 2014 on the radio before the Maghrib azaan.
Since 28th February 2014 he has been delivering lectures at Barkaat-ul-Quran Center, Madrasah Naeemiyah, Irving, and on radio 1110 AM at 7:30 AM. In Ramadan, Allama sahib gives around 90 lectures — one in the morning on the radio, a second before the Maghrib azaan on the radio, and a third after Taraweeh at the mosque — reaching a total of at least 90 lectures by the end of the blessed month.
Teachers
- His father, Allama Pir Talib Husain Shah (may Allah send mercy on him)
- Allama Mufti Muhammad Husain Naeemi (may Allah send mercy on him)
- Dr. Sarfaraz Naeemi Al-Azhari Shaheed (may Allah send mercy on him)
- Syed Yaqoob Shah (may Allah send mercy on him)
- Janab Qari Abdul Majeed Ajmal (may Allah send mercy on him)
- Allama Ghulam Rasool Saeedi — commentator of Muslim Shareef
- Syed Shah Turab-ul-Haqq Qadri of Karachi
- Professor Safdar Hayat Safdar & Professor Shakir sahib