Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri

Saeed Ahmed Raipuri was a Pakistani Muslim scholar as well as the spiritual heir of Khanqah-e-Rahimia Raipur (India) and a contemporary authority of Shah Waliullah’s thought. He was among prominent disciples of Ilyas Kandhlawi, founder of Tablighi Jamaat and Zakariyya Kandhlawi. Rising above practical politics, on the basis of the thought of Shah Waliullah, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Abdul Qadir Raipuri, Ubaidullah Sindhi and Hussain Ahmed Madani, he established JTI in 1967. Under his supervision, a journal named "Azm (عزم)" was launched in 1974 which is still being published. In 1987, he established an organization "Tanzeem Fikr-e-Waliullahi" based on the philosophical works of Shah Waliullah. He established "Shah Waliullah Media Foundation" to publish literature based on Waliullahi philosophy. He also established Rahimia Institute of Quranic Sciences, Lahore in 2001. There are currently four other campuses of Rahimia Institute of Quranic Sciences in Karachi, Sukkur, Multan and Rawalpindi. Thousands of youth are associated with the institute through the organization of seminars and other events. In 1992, he was appointed the successor of his father Abdul Aziz Raipuri.