Khalid Mahmud

Dr Allama Khalid Maḥmūd (17 October 1925 – 14 May 2020) was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar[1] who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

He established the Islamic Academy and City Jamia Masjid in Manchester, England, and was best known for his works related to the Finality of the Prophethood.

[2] Maḥmūd studied Islamic Sciences from Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi, Shamsul Haq Afghani, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, and Badre Alam Meerthi.

[citation needed] He travelled to over 50 countries in his lifetime with regard to his Islamic works, focusing on establishing the message relating to the Finality of the Prophethood.

[citation needed] Mahmud wrote a detailed study on the Barelvi school of thought entitled, Mut̤ālaʻah-yi Brelvīyat : ek tārīk̲h̲ī, fikrī, aur taḥqīqī jāʼizah.