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Hafiz Noor Muhammad

HAFIZ NOOR  MUHAMMAD  was born in Lawa  tehsil Talagang  district Chakwal in 1925 in a religious and noble family of bahi pathans(a sub clan of Niazis).His father Hafiz Mian Muhammad  was one of  a few educated  persons of the village at that time. Beside his official duties as head master of local primary school  he made himself busy in teaching of the holy Quran  and hundreds of people of the area  were benifited  from him. Hafiz Noor Muhammad was his eldest son and was only 13 years old when he passed away. It was a hard time for the bereaved family but Hafiz Noor Muhammad, who possessed religious temperament since childhood,trusting Allah almighty, continued his  religious studies and sought admission in  DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND which was the top ranking institution for Islamic studies in the world .After obtaining  SANAD E FAZILAT in 1946, he returned to home and started teaching at madrassa Ishaatul uloom Faisalabad. During his stay in Faisalabad, he focused his attention on formal education and passed his Arabic and Persian proficiency exams from Punjab university Lahore and afterward matric, inter and graduation with distinctions. In 1950 ,he joined govt .high school Talagang as Arabic teacher .Here he excelled further in studies and got his B.ed and masters in Islamiat and Arabic as a private candidate from P.U and also passed M.ed exam with honour. In 1959, on opening of intermediate college at Talagang, he joined as lecturer in Arabic and served there till his last breath while he was vice principal of govt. degree college Talagang.His services as an educationist are also widely recognized among the masses. During his stay in Deoband, he was a devoted disciple of sheikh ul arab wal ajam Hazrat Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madni and Maulana Abdulhaq of Akora khattak and a great influence of these great dignitaries was observed in the character of hafiz sahib (r.a).He not only paid full attention towards preaching of Islamic values in his students and started a weekly ‘dars e quran’ in the college but also served the holy Quran by reciting in Tarawih in Ramzan for 40 years. He was a strong  preacher of Quran and sunnah and strictly followed the sunnah  throughout his life. He performed Hajj in 1973.His all five sons are Hafiz e Quran too and highly educated, serving their father’s cause by the grace of Allah almighty. Hafiz Noor Muhammad(r.a)was such a pious and neutral personality that everybody pays him  respect and Tribute till today  irrespective of  faith and creed. He was commonly owned by everyone in the whole region .he served his motherland with all his zeal and honesty and in turn earned a very high level of esteem and respect for himself and his family. He, being an educationist tried to inculcate Islamic moral and ethical values in his students and done so by setting his own example. Many people in the area changed their lives inspired by his strong islamic  charactor   .He  used to lead the Eidain prayers in his native village LAWA since long as whole population of the area unanimously accepted his religious leadership .On such an occasion of Eid ul fitr on July,22,  1982, when he was delivering khutba after leading Eid prayers, he last his breaths on the spot in the Eidgah of Lawa. Thousands of people witnessed his last journey and still remembered his pious life and glorious demise on the holy day of Eidul fitr. MAY ALLAH POUR SHOWERS OF MERCY UPON HIM.