Muhammad Abdulwahhab

Who is Muhammad Abdulwahhab?

Haji Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, often referred to as Haji Abdul Wahhab is an Islamic preacher and third Amir of the Pakistani chapter of Tablighi Jamaat. First was Mr. Muhammad Shafi Quraishi & second was Haji Muhammad Bashir. He was a close companion of In`am al-Hasan Kandhalvi. He is one of a handful of people alive today who benefited from the company of Maulana Muhammad Ilyas. He was a disciple of Abdul Qadir Raipuri. Haji Abdul Wahhab studied at Islamia College, Lahore. He was declared the fifteenth most influential Muslim in the world in a report by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.

He was born in Delhi. After graduation, he worked as Sessions Judge in pre-partitioned India. He left his job to devote his time and attention to the work of Tableegh. He is the disciple of Maulana Abdul Qadir 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.