Syed Muhammad Saleem (1922–2000) was an Islamic scholar and activist of the All-India Muslim League at the time of independence of Pakistan in 1947.
[citation needed] After initial education (Taleem-ul-Quran) in 1931 from Abdussamad Nabina and Syed Imtiaz Ali, he took preliminary examination of Munshi (Persian) and Maulvi (Arabic) in 1938 and 1939 respectively from the Panjab University.
Because of learned mind, he was offered Tahsildar by Maharaja Alwar[2] Since the days of college life, he started taking interest for a separate nation of Muslims of India.
Muhammad Saleem attended a meeting of Muslim League Council in 1941 in which it was resolved and vehemently opposed the attack on Yemen by Britishers.
He was a BA student in 1943 when another annual meeting of Muslim League Council was held at Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School.
Muhammad Saleem led a university students delegation to Rohtak and took part in canvassing of a candidate Rao Khursheed Ali Khan, who later on won the election.
On 7 April 1946, Muhammad Saleem from Aligarh also attended a meeting of Muslim League Council, which was held at Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School.