Allama Ḥabīburraḥmān Ṣiddīqī Kāndhalvī was an Islam

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ic scholar and author from Pakistan. He was born in End December 1924, Mohalla Delhi Darwaza, Delhi

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, India

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 in the house of Mufti Ishfaq ur Rehman Kandhalvi. He memorized the Qur'an

Qur'an

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 at the age of 9 years. During his education in Madrasa Siddiquia he used to visit Naziria Library and read many books about history especially the Seerat-un-Nabi from Moulana Shibili Noumani which had lasting impression on him. After completing his religious education he came to Sialkot

Sialkot

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 in 1944-1945 and soon moved to Gujranwala

Gujranwala

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 where he started delivering his regular Dars-e-Quran. After partition all of his family moved to Pakistan

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 and he started working in Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

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 and later in Tandu Jam, there he started doing translation of various Islamic literature. After his marriage in 1960 he moved to Karachi

Karachi

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 and initially started working for Taj Company.

He died on 18th April 1991.