13 Facts About Israr Ahmed

Israr Ahmed was the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami, an offshoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami.

Israr Ahmed Ahmad was born on 26 April 1932 in Agarwal family in Hisar, Punjab.

Israr Ahmed's father was a civil servant in the British government who relocated his family from Hisar to Montgomery, now Sahiwal, Punjab Province of Pakistan.

Israr Ahmed received his MBBS degree from King Edward Medical University in 1954 and began practising medicine.

Israr Ahmed criticised modern democracy and the prevalent electoral system and argued that the head of an Islamic state could reject the majority decisions of an elected assembly.

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Israr Ahmed has authored over 60 books in Urdu on topics related to Islam and Pakistan, nine of which have been translated into English and other languages.

Israr Ahmed held the opinion that apparent contradistinction between the Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Bukhari is because the former was a jurist and latter was a muhaddith.

Israr Ahmed referred a narration about Dajjal in which he said that Saf ibn Sayyad had the biological ability to watch and see from his back.

Israr Ahmed had appointed Hafiz Akif Saeed the Emir of the Tanzeem to whom all rufaqaa of Tanzeem renewed their pledge of Baiyah.

Israr Ahmed has acknowledged the "deep influence" of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, the 18th century Indian Islamic leader, anti-colonial activist, jurist, and scholar.

Israr Ahmed had given up the leadership of Tanzeem-i-Islami in 2002 due to poor health.

Israr Ahmed's survivors included a wife, four sons and five daughters.

Israr Ahmed spent almost four decades in trying to reawaken interest in Quran-based Islamic philosophy.