URDU 5 THE SCHOLARS OF DIR & THEIR SERVICES OF FIQA IN URDU LANGUAGE: AN ANALYSES

اردو زبان میں علمائے دیر کی فقہی خدمات کاتجزیاتی مطالعہ

Abstract

The word Dir is derived from the Sanskrit language, which means a place of worship or a monastery. The Greeks would call Dir "Goraaye". At some point in the past, the word "yaghestᾱn" was used as the name for Dir, Bajaur, and Gilgit areas. Dir is comprised of beautiful valleys in the high-peaked Himalayas mountains in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It was a princely state. It is bounded by Chitral to the northwest, Swat to the east, Malakand to the south, and Bajaur and Afghanistan to the southwest. At the time of independence of Pakistan, the state of  Dir was ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan. Dir was acceded to Pakistan in 1969. It was given the status of a district in 1970 and in 1996 it was divided into two districts, i.e., Lower, and Upper Dir. Dir has produced many renowned personalities in politics as well as in the religious field. This article is about the religious scholars ('ulamᾱ) of District Dir and their remarkable contributions to the field of Fiqa, especially in the Urdu language. Some of these scholars are Maulana Abdul Ghani, Qazi Wali Ur Rahman, Qazi Abdusalam, Maulana Hazrat Said, Dr. Izaz Ali, Shaikh Abdul haleem, Qazi Hazrat Mahmood, Mulana Abdullah, and Mulana Zia Ul Haq. In this research paper introduction of the Ulamᾱ-e-Dir and their services to Fiqa in the Urdu language have been mentioned which will help inculcate the readers their outlook and will be an advantageous addition to the research endeavors.