Khalid Masud
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| Born | 16 December 1935 |
| Died | 1 October 2003 |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | Muslim scholar |
| School | Farahi-Islahi |
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Main interests
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Qur'an, Hadith, Sirah, Science |
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Notable ideas
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Sirah in light of Qur'an |
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Influences
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Allama Khalid Masud (16 December 1935 – 1 October 2003) was a Muslim scholar of Pakistan. He spent the major part of his life with Moulana Amin Ahsan Islahi. He conveyed ideas and thoughts of his teacher and Imam Farhi to general public. He wrote a number of books and articles and delivered lectures on Islam, science and other subjects.
By profession he was a chemical engineer but he spent his life in serving Farahi's school of thought. He worked as in charge of Idara Taddabur e Qur'an o Hadith.
Allama Khalid Masud was born in Lilla, Jhelum District, Pakistan. He belonged to a religious family having association with sufi school of thought, Naqshbandi Mujjaddadi. But he and his father, Saif U Rehman, both were not under influence of sufism and they concentrated mainly towards Qur'an and Sharia. His father Saif U Rehman completed his education in 1926 from Oriental College Lahore where he learnt Arabic as major subject. He was a scholarly person. He kept his the eldest son with him during his teaching services in schools of different cities. He played a major role in upbringing of his beloved child. Khalid Masud learnt basics of Arabic and Persian from his father Saif U Rehman who was an Arabic teacher at his time.
He did his Master's degree in Chemistry from Punjab University, Lahore in 1958. In 1964 he went to London for higher studies. He obtained Chemical Engineering Diploma from King's College in 1965. He remained President of UK Islamic Mission there. He also got his Master's degree in Islamic Studies from Punjab University in 1975.
He joined Industries Department, Govt of Punjab in 1958. He worked there for 27 years. In 1985 he was offered position of Research Scholar in Quaid e Azam Library, Bagh e Jinnah Lahore. He worked there till his retirement in 1996. There he found every opportunity to do his research work.
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