Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali

You were born on April 12, 1968, in the well-known town of Bhakkhi Sharif, District Mandi Bahauddin.

The respected Doctor Sahib's full name and lineage are as follows: Muhammad Ashraf Asif son of Sufi Ghulam Sarwar son of Chaudhry Muhammad Roshan. When your honorable father, Sufi Ghulam Sarwar Gondal Sahib, asked Hafiz-ul-Hadith Hazrat Pir Syed Muhammad Jalaluddin Shah Naqshbandi Qadri (Quddisa Sirruh-ul-Aziz) to name the newborn child, Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Hadith named him Muhammad Ashraf Asif. On the seventh day after birth, during the Aqeeqah ceremony, Ustad-ul-Kull Maulana Muhammad Nawaz Kilani (Quddisa Sirruh-ul-Aziz) attended the gathering, recited the Sunnah supplications of Aqeeqah, and slaughtered the Aqeeqah animals with his own hands.

Your honorable father's name is Hazrat Sufi Muhammad Sarwar Gondal Sahib, who belongs to the renowned Gondal community. From both the paternal and maternal side, Doctor Sahib belongs to the Aqlani community of Bhakkhi Sharif, known for its good reputation and noble character. Doctor Sahib's grandfather, Chaudhry Muhammad Roshan, and maternal grandfather, Chaudhry Sardar Ahmad, were heads of well-known landowning families in the region.

You were born into a great scholarly family. Your parents lived a very simple life and were embodiments of piety and righteousness. Along with observing fasting and prayers regularly, they were excellent examples of noble character. A scholarly environment was always present in the home. Whenever students came to your honorable father for learning, he welcomed them warmly and taught them without any compensation, with great dedication and effort. He even taught all the sons of Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Hadith (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih). One special reason for this was that your honorable father was also a disciple of Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Hadith (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih) and often benefited from his company. The effects of Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Hadith's training were clearly visible in his personality, which also reflected upon the children at home. Especially, he had a unique affection for Qibla Kanz-ul-Ulama and gave him special attention because of his nobility, frequent worship, piety, righteousness, and respectfulness.

Qibla Kanz-ul-Ulama studied Nazra Quran from Hazrat Maulana Hakim Abdul Bari Bengali (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih), who is buried in Bhakkhi Sharif.

You began your early education in 1972 at the age of four. From first to fourth class, you studied in a small village called Ainowal, located south of Bhakkhi Sharif, under Master Karam Ali (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih).

You completed your primary to middle school education in Bhakkhi Sharif, where you studied many subjects, including Persian literature, from your honorable father, Hazrat Sufi Ghulam Sarwar (Hafizahullah Ta'ala). In 1981, for matriculation, you joined Government High School Chak No. 40, located a short distance from Bhakkhi Sharif. In 1983, you secured first position in your school in the annual matriculation examination.

After achieving first position in matriculation, other school teachers advised your honorable father to enroll you in FSC and make you a doctor. However, your father ignored this advice and took you to Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Hadith (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih), saying: “My son has passed matriculation, now please guide us about what should be done next.” He also mentioned that you had a desire to memorize the Quran. Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Hadith replied, “Very well, let him memorize the Quran,” and prayed for blessings. You then started Hifz under Qari Nazar Hussain Jalali Sahib at the Hifz department of Jamia Muhammadiya Nooria Rizvia Bhakkhi Sharif, the great institution established by Hafiz-ul-Hadith (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih). In the short span of seven months, you achieved the honor of memorizing the Holy Quran, and in the same year, you led Taraweeh prayers by reciting the Quran. By 2020, you had recited the Quran in Taraweeh prayers continuously for 38 times. It is also an honor and blessing that you recited the eleventh Manzil in the blessed surroundings of the shrine of Ghaus-e-Azam, Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih).

In 1984, you began Dars-e-Nizami in your hometown Bhakkhi Sharif at the great religious institution “Jamia Muhammadiya Nooria Rizvia” founded by Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Hadith (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih). Due to hard work day and night, you completed three years' curriculum of Dars-e-Nizami within the very first year. You studied initial Persian books from the successor of Hafiz-ul-Hadith, Hazrat Allama Pir Syed Muhammad Mazhar Qayyum Shah Mashhadi (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih). Some introductory books of Sarf were studied under Maulana Zuhur Ahmad Jalali Sahib. Later, you studied some intermediate and advanced books from Sheikh-ul-Hadith Hazrat Maulana Hafiz Nazir Ahmad Sahib (Hafizahullah Ta'ala) and Hazrat Allama Maulana Karim Bakhsh Sahib (Hafizahullah Ta'ala). From Jami-ul-Ma'qul wal-Manqul Hazrat Allama Maulana Ata Muhammad Bandialvi (Rahmatullah Ta'ala Alaih), within three years until 1988, you mastered Tafsir, Hadith, Principles of Hadith, Principles of Fiqh, Ma'ani, Badee', Bayan, Logic, Philosophy, and Astronomy. You also completed Daurah Hadith Sharif at Markazi Jamia Muhammadiya Nooria Rizvia Bhakkhi Sharif and secured first position throughout Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir, under Tanzim-ul-Madaris Ahl-e-Sunnat Pakistan. Before completing Daurah Hadith Sharif, you also passed FA, BA, and MA examinations with distinction. Finally, the educational journey that began in 1984 concluded gloriously in 1993, and thus you completed the eleven-year Dars-e-Nizami course in nine years and received the graduation certificate from Markazi Jamia Muhammadiya Nooria Rizvia Bhakkhi Sharif in 1993.