Personal life

Tariq Masood was born on 4 March 1975 to an ethnic Muhajir religious family in Sargodha. He married thrice: first in 2005, second in 2008 and the third time in 2018.

Mufti Tariq Masood is a qualified Islamic scholar. He pursued an intensive full-time study of the classical disciplines of Islamic learning (known as Dars-e-Nizami) and was awarded formal certifications as an ‘Alim’ certifying him to teach the disciplines of Qur’an, Tafsir, Hadith, Arabic Grammar & Linguistics, Beliefs & Creed, and Islamic Law & Legal Theory (Fiqh & Usul).

He completed his Takhasus fil Fiqh from Jamia Tur Rasheed under the supervision Hazrat Mufti Abu Lubaba (damat barakatuhum) and was formally certified as “Mufti” (Authorization to give Fatwah – (Legal Opinion)).

 He holds a respectable reputation in the hearts of millions of Muslims because he is a perfect depiction of what our religion Islam teaches us to be like. It is, if today’s culture has a man who perfectly fits the custom and merit of Islam, Tariq Jameel finishes along the lines.

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He is involved in teaching the classic Islamic learning (Dars e Nizami) and working in Darul Iftah since past 13 years at Jamia Tur Rasheed. He wrote articles and has been answering fiqhi masail in one of the famous Islamic News Paper for five years. He is also an Imam at Masjid Alfalaiyah – Karachi. He regularly delivers talks (Bayanaat) and offer short Islamic courses for every age group and both men & women.

Mufti Sahab pursued an intensive, full-time study of the classical, Islamic academic disciplines hitherto known as the ‘Dars-e-Nizami’, and further completed his specialization in Islamic jurisprudence (Takhassus fi Fiqh) under the supervision of Hazrat Mufti Abu Lubaba

Standing up to China

In July 2019 Masood learned that some Chinese companies in Pakistan did not allow Muslim employees to perform daily obligatory prayers during working hours. Masood urged employees to tell their Chinese employers that “they’ll have to follow local laws and the country does not belong to them.” Masood said, “People are afraid that they will lose their jobs.” An old video of Masood saying this surfaced on social media on 26 June 2020.

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan, the Government of Sindh announced a lockdown on 22 March 2020. Muhammad Taqi Usmani (of Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi) announced on 25 March 2020 that people should still congregate for prayers except for those over fifty, young children and people with COVID-19 symptoms. Masood disagreed with Usmani by supporting a ban on congregational prayers.[11] Masood said: “We still don’t understand the intensity of this virus. You can pray at home during this time and ask Allah for forgiveness and health.” On 7 April 2020, Masood took part in a BOL Entertainment programme to give people religious advice on COVID-19.

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Tariq Masood has delivered religious sermons all around the world and represents Deobandi. He supports ethnic and sectarian harmony. Masood has been named continuously as one as of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan from 2016 to 2021.

Influence

In January 2014, Pakistani actress Veena Malik said her interaction with Tariq Masood had positively changed her life, and that she would quit the show-biz industry. Although she did not leave the industry and said, she was planning her comeback after the birth of her girl. According to news reports, Tariq Masood met Imran Khan in August 2016 and advised him to conduct his Azadi March peacefully. Upon his request, she renamed the march from Tsunami March to Azadi March.

On the 4th of November 2016, he called on Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif at the latter’s residence Jati Umra. He extended the invitation to participate in annual Tableeghi Ijtima to be held in Raiwind Markaz.

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