Maulana Bashir Ahmad Sialvi

Early life

• Received early religious education at Bucheki, Pakistan with Maulana Syed Hasan Sialvi.
• Trasfered to Jamia Razvia, Faisalabad at the age of 13 and completed his Islamic education.
• Served as an Imam at Jamia Masjid Madina, , Faisalabad from 1954 to 1991.

  Career

• A prominent Mureed of Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi of Sial Sharif, and an important figure in the Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat of 1970's and 1980's.
• Served as the president of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, Faisalabad chapter.
• Served a local assemblyman in 1987–1991. Changed the town's name from "Mai de Chugi" to Hajvery Town.
• Active religious and social worker with other prominent Sunni-Barelvi Ulamas, such as, Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim, Syed Shabbir Hussain Shah, Sahibzada Pir Syed Qazi, Fazal-Rasul Haider, Maulana Bagh Ali Rizvi and Maulana Abdul Hanan Sialvi.
• Well known for holding hundreds of Milad-un-Nabi programs all across the USA 1991-2014. The most famous was the annual parade and conference celebrating the birthday of Muhammed, that he held at the California State Capital, Sacramento since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• President of the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat.
• Served as an Imam at the Woodland Mosque and Islamic Center from 1991 to 2000.

• Died on March 25, 2014, 23 Jamad-ul-Awal, 1435, in his home in Hajvery Town, Faisalabad due to a sudden heart attack. His funeral prayer was attended by hundreds of prominent Ulamas and Mushaikhs including Sahibzada Fazal-E-Rasul Haideri Rizvi, in Sunni Rizvi Masjid, Faisalabad.
• His grave is in Chak no. 164, Shekhan, near Gojra, Pakistan.