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Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri passes away

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Spiritual heir of Khanquah-e-Rahimia Raipur passed away on Sep 26 in Lahore.

Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri was an authority of Shah Waliullah’s thought.He was among the prominent disciples of Maulana Shah Ilyas Dehalvi, founder of Tableeghi Jamaat and Shaikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariya.Rising above practical politics, on the basis of the thought of Shah Waliullah, Maulana Mahmood Hassan, Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Hussain Ahmed Madni, he established JTI in 1967, Tanzeem Fikr-e-Waliullahi in 1987 and Rahimia Institute of Quranic Science in 2000 with which thousands of youth are now associated. These youngsters learn about Islam by rising above extremism and sectarianism.Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri left this world for his eternal abode Wednesday on September 26.The funeral prayers of Hazrat-e-Aqdas will be offered at 2:30 pm on September 27, 2012 in Lahore.