Tariq Jamil Wiki, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Tariq Jamil is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher and a member of the Tablighi Jamaat. He is a religious writer, and scholar as well.

Wiki/Biography

Maulana Tariq Jamil was born on Tuesday, 23 June 1953 (age 70 years; as of 2023) in Mian Channu located in Pakistan’s southern Punjab. His zodiac sign is Cancer. He completed his schooling at Central Model School in Lahore. He completed his pre-medical education at Government College University, Lahore. He has gained an Islamic education in Sufism, Islamic jurisprudence, and Hadiths from Jamia Arabia, Raiwind. He enrolled for an MBBS degree at King Edward Medical College, Lahore. However, he left his degree in between to pursue Islamic education.

Family

Maulana Tariq Jamil belongs to a wealthy Punjabi Rajput family. His descendants were the landholders of 12 the century under the ruler, Prithviraj Chauhan and in the 16th century under the ruler Sher Shah Suri they ruled a town named Tulamba.

Parents & Siblings

There is not much information about his parents. His younger brother, Dr Muhammad Tahir Kamal Sahu is a cardiologist who is currently serving at Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore.

Wife & Children

He is married to Safia. The couple has three sons, Asim Jamil, Yousaf Jamil, and Ali Jamil.
Maulana Tariq Jamil with his son, Asim Jamil
Maulana Tariq Jamil’s son, Yusuf Jamil

Religion

He follows Islam. His religious denomination is Sunni.

Career

In March 2021, Tariq Jamil launched a flagship clothing brand Maulana Tariq Jamil Foundation (MTJ) Brand, a non-profit organization in Tulamba, Khanewal and its headquarters are located in Karachi, Pakistan. With the revenue he generates through his brand, he uses it for social work, health, and education to build schools and hospitals for people in the country and funds his Madrassahs, an educational institute in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Maulana Tariq Jamil has delivered several lectures related to the Islamic religion and about emphasis on self-rectification and self-accountability in Pakistan and other different countries, influencing several communities and professions like businessmen, landlords, ministers, actors, and sports celebrities. In 2023, he was ranked as the 32nd Most Influential Muslim in the world.

Controversies

On 25 April 2020, Maulana Tariq Jameel commented on women for the spread of COVID-19 in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Ehsaas Telethon

In April 2020, Tariq Jameel was invited to the Ehsaas Telethon to pray for the people and guide them to take precautions during the pandemic. He blamed the immodesty of women and the clothing choices of women for the spread of COVID-19. He said,
When a Muslim’s daughter practices immodesty and the youth indulges in immorality, then Allah’s torment is unto such a nation.”Human rights proponents and other members of Pakistani society condemned the remarks. Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari responded by saying “misogynistic’ and ‘ignorant’ comments blaming women and youth for the ongoing coronavirus crisis were ‘absolutely unacceptable.”
Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari, a former Pakistani politician and Human Rights Minister reacted against him on Twitter. The tweet read,

We will not accept the targeting of women on the pretext of such ludicrous accusations. We in Pakistan have fought hard for claiming our rights as enshrined in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) April 24, 2020

Awards

In 2020, he was awarded the Presidential Pride of Performance, the highest national literary award of Pakistan Awarded by the president of Pakistan, Arif Alvi for his notable achievements.

Facts/Trivia

  • From 2012 till 2023, Maulana Tariq Jamil has been featured in the top 500 Most Influential Muslims each year.
  • Tablighi Jamaat is a political missionary movement founded by Muhammad Il­yas Al-Kandhlawi in India in 1927. It focuses on encouraging Muslims not to neglect the basic practices of their faith. It has informal affiliations with the Deobandi movement but targets a more general audience. The sub-continent diaspora has carried its message to nearly every country in the world and its adherents number in the millions. It has annual gath­erings in Pakistan and Bangladesh which equally number in the millions.
  • On 29 Oct 2023, his son, Asim Jamil, died after shooting himself right in the chest at Raisabad in Talamba. His brother, Yusuf Jamil posted a video on social media and revealed his cause of death. He said that his brother was a patient with extreme depression and was taking therapy. He took a gun from one of their guards at home and shot himself.

Despite all the fake news and disinformation about asim jamil sb, here is his brother and maulana tariq jamil sb’s son yusuf jamil sb explaining about his accidental demise,
May Allah give him maghfirah and grant him jannatul firdaus.#tariqjameel #tariqjamil… pic.twitter.com/aGZpBCxkGf
— Kashif Arsalaan (@KashifArsalaan) October 29, 2023

میرے مرحوم بیٹے عاصم جمیل کی نمازِ جنازہ آج بروز سوموار 30 اکتوبر، رات ساڑھے سات بجے ہمارے آبائی گاؤں رئیس آباد، تلمبہ میں ادا کی جائے گی.
— Tariq Jamil (@TariqJamilOFCL) October 29, 2023

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