Muneer Ahmed Akhoon

Mufti Azam America Muneer Ahmed Akhoon
Born	Year 1968 Bahawalnagar, Punjab
🏳️ Nationality	Pakistani-American
🏫 Education	Doctorate
🎓 Alma mater	Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
💼 Occupation
Known for	Global Moonsighting Makka Markaz
🌐 Website	http://kitabummuneer.com/about/hazrat-maulana-mufti-muneer-a-akhoon/

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Mufti Muneer Ahmed Akhoon

Sani Ibn-Sireen Sheikh-ul-Hadith Hazrat Maulana Mufti Muneer Ahmed Akhoon is a Pakistani-American and international Sunni Hanafi Hadith scholar elucidating the Islamic deen brought by Prophet Muhammad SAW. His teachings on Islam are sourced from the Quran and Hadiths. He is one of the most influential Islamic preachers in the current decade, having been honoured with the title of “Mufti Azam America”, (The grand scholar in Americas). Muneer Akhoon’s primary goal is to unite all Muslims. He has not only received numerous international awards, but also deeply influenced many individuals worldwide with his knowledge and personality.

Early Life & Education

Muneer Akhoon was born within 1968 in the city of Bahawalnagar located in Southeast region of Punjab province of Pakistan. His Turkic ancestors migrated in the pursuit of traditional Islamic knowledge from the province of Xinjiang China to India and thereafter to Pakistan (see section “Spiritual Lineage” for ancestors). As a result his Islamic knowledge was preached in his early life from both his father (Mufti Niyaz Muhammad Khutanī Turkistānī Bukhari) and mother (Syyida Amna Khatun). In fact from his mother’s side he is a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad SAW through Husayn ibn Ali lineage.

As a teenage boy Muneer was involved in playing numerous types of sports. Due to Muneer’s childhood intelligence, his father preached him about Islam and Muneer was able to grasp such knowledge about the deen rapidly. As a teenager, Muneer’s father enrolled him into an undergraduate degree program, earning a Bachelor of Theology (Darse-Nizami) from Jamia-Uloom, Binnori Town, located in Karachi, Pakistan. Working towards being an Islamic scholar, after his undergraduate degree, Muneer then earned a Master of Arts degree in Classical Islamic Theology, with specialization in the explanation of the Holy Quran from Wifaqul-Madaris in Al-Arabia, Pakistan. In the year 1988, Dr. Mufti Muneer Ahmed Akhoon completed his PhD in Islamic Jurisprudence & Legal Verdict from Jamia-tul-Uloom Al-Islamia, Binnori Town, Karachi Pakistan, where he was mentored by Mufti Nizamud-deen Shamzi. Muneer’s final education consisted of specializing in modern Islamic financial economics/business from Usmani, Jamia Darul-Uloom, Karachi, supervised by arguably the most knowledgeable in the field of Islamic finance, Muhammad Taqi Usmani.

Along side such secular academic studies, Muneer has also been granted the title of “Mufti”. A Mufti title is given to an Islamic scholar, who studies for ten years in a seminary and then spends several years shadowing or mentored by senior scholars. As such the title of Mufti allows the authorization to rule verdict(s)/Fatwa(s) on any Islamic issue in the public.

After spending numerous years as a Mufti in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2001, Muneer Akhoon settled with his family in Queens, New York, serving as the Director of Religious Affairs at Westchester Muslim Center. In 2005, Muneer Akhoon established Al-Muneer Foundation, a non-profit organization to server the religious and spiritual needs of the Muslim community in New York. This project with a humble beginning has now become an international organization, providing several services to humanity (see section “Societal Duties and Responsibilities”).

By the year 2017, for his exceptional services in providing guidance through his wise, logical, and unifying Fatwa’s, Dr. Mufti Muneer Ahmed Akhoon was awarded the title of “Grand Mufti of America” by a large body of scholars in the United States.

Muneer Akhoon is also a Sufi Master, with several thousand students all over the world. He is one of the very few spiritual leaders in the world to gain ordination in all four major schools of spirituality in Islam. With more than forty generations in the past, his established spiritual lineage traces him back to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him). One of the rare specializations of Dr. Akhoon is providing dream interpretations. People from all over the world, including several global leaders and celebrities communicate with him not only because of his unique knowledge and wisdom, but also his tremendous ability to interpret dreams, a rare skill admired by many around the world.

Spiritual Lineage

• Muhammad SAW, The Messenger of Allah
  
• Ali ibn Abu Talib
  
• Hasan al-Basri
  
• Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid
  
• Ibrahim Bin Adham
  
• Huzaifah Al-Mar'ashi
  
• Abu Hubayra al-Basri
  
• Khwaja Mumshad Uluw Al Dīnawarī
  
• Abu Ishaq Shamī
  
• Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti
  
• Abu Muḥammad Chishti
  
• Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan
  
• Maudood Chishti
  
• Shareef Zandani
  
• Usman Harooni
  
• Muinuddin Chishti
  
• Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
  
• Fariduddin Ganjshakar
  
• Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari
  
• Shams ad-Din Turk Panipati
  
• Jalal ad-Din Kabir al-Awliya' Panipati
  
• Abd al-Haqq Rudawlwi
  
• Ahmed Arif Rudawlwi
  
• Muhammad Arif Rudawlwi
  
• Abdul Quddus Gangohi
  
• Jalal ad-Din Thanesari
  
• Nizam ad-Din Balkhi
  
• Abu Saeed Gangohi
  
• Muhibullah Allahabadi
  
• Shah Muhammad Akbarabadi
  
• Makki Amroohi
  
• Azad-ud-deen Aziz Amroohi
  
• Abdul Hadi Amroohi
  
• Shah Abdur Rahim
  
• Mian ji Noor Muhammad Jhanjanavi
  
• Sheikh Imdadullah Muhajir Makki
  
• Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
  
• Ashraf Ali Thanwi
  
• Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
  
• Arif Billa Dr Abdul Hayee Arfi
  
• Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi
  
• Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi (Mufti Muneer’s father-in-law)
  

Societal Duties and Responsibilities

Muneer leads the teaching of Islam not only verbally, but also believes in serving and improving society based on his knowledge. In the past, during his time in Karachi, he was involved in numerous boards, specifically as the chairman of Yousufia (Trust) and Al-Muneer Benevolent Trust.

Academically, he has also served as the Principal of Jamia Darul Uloom Zakaria Al-Khairya as well as been appointed within the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence in Jamia Darul Uloom Zakaria Al-Khairya and Aalami Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e-Nubuwat, Karachi. Muneer has also been a former Incharge Darul Ifta Khatm-e-Nubuwat in Karachi. At the same has also led as an International Preacher of the Aalami Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e-Nubuwat in Pakistan.

Since the year 2014, he is regularly conducts numerous Islamic educational programs in New York through Raham TV, a media network with over 510,000 followers on social media. Some of the other societal programs, Muneer is part of have been listed below. Furthermore, Muneer Akhoon serves as a chaplain with the New York State Chaplains Task Force. He is also chairman of the Shariah Advisory board for Ijara Loans providing Islamic finance, and a senior columnist in international and local newspapers.

Presently, Muneer Akhoon is in charge of three masjids in New York, (1) Akhoon Jamia Masjid in Queens, (2) Masjid Yusufain in Long Island, (3) Kashmir Islamic Center in Yonkers.

Below is a list of social services/activates Muneer is currently part of:

1. Khanqah Yousofia Chishtia Zakariyya: A Spiritual Center with students all over the world
2. Darul Uloom Zakariyya: Religious seminary teaching of classical texts, and memorization of Holy Quran
3. Muneeri Langar: Providing free food for the needy around the world
4. Muneeri Water: Installing solar powered water wells in rural regions worldwide
5. Ifta Board International: Providing guidance by issuing Islamic legal verdicts
6. Ruqiya Treatment Center: Providing spiritual healing services.
7. Unity Mission of Muslims International: A movement to unify Muslims and end sectarianism.
8. Muslim Society of Social Awareness: Bridging between the elected officials and the Muslim community.

Global Unity

During decades of Muneer’s rohani experience, he always strives to connect Muslims from different ‘schools of thought’ varying around the world. Through Islamic knowledge and his experience, Muneer tries to unite the ‘Umma’, especially on major challenges which often contemplate Muslims around the world.

For instance, one of the major issues revolving around ‘Global Moonsighting’, especially the start/finish to the Holy month of Ramadan. Just as how Muslims worldwide pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, Muneer believes that a way to unite the ‘Umma’ is by having the same start and finish to the month of Ramadan, including Eid occurring globally on the same day. A vision that has been appreciated by many scholars worldwide.

Publications

1. Sunnat Tariqaa Namaz
2. Zameema Namaz ke Masial
3. Aap ke per shaania aur durood shareef main unka haal (Urdu & English)
4. Royatein Hilal Mein Ektilaaf Mein Shaaree Haal (Global moon sighting solution according to Shaaria)
5. Addabul Islam (Urdu & English)
6. Kitaabul istigfar
7. Maa Katmee Khashgan chist
8. Kitabut Duaa
9. Hyatul Muslimeen
10. Tafseer Muneeri (Ammaa para & Surah Fatiah)
11. App ke khawab aur unkey tabeer
12. Kitabul Hajj
13. Kitabus Salam Kareeka Maehfil Milaad e Mustafa SAW aur Salawat wus salam
14. Ajeeb Dua per Muraad pure ho
15. Fazail e Amaal maa Zameema etehrazat ka ilmi jaiza

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