Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti

{{short description|Pakistani Islamic scholar (1874–1956)}}

{{Infobox religious biography

| religion = Islam

| name = Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti

| native_name = محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی

| native_name_lang = Urdu

| native name lang = Urdu

| birth_date = 1874

| birth_place = Sialkot, Punjab Province, British India

| movement = Salafi

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|01|12|1874|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sialkot, West Pakistan, Pakistan

| relatives = Sajid Mir

| image =

| caption =

| denomination = Sunni

| creed = Athari

| honorific prefix = Imam, Shaykh al-Islam

| title = Khatib e Azam

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Muhaddith
• Faqih
• Mufassir
• Khatib
• Writer
• Historian
• Journalist}}

| political_party = All India Muslim League

| education = Murray College, Sialkot

| notable works = {{flatlist|

Wadhih al-Bayan (Tafsir of al-Qur'an)
Sira al-Mustafa (Biography of Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Salam)
Tarikh Ahl-i Hadith (History of the Ahl-i Hadith Movement)}}

| influences = {{flatlist|

• ibn Taymiyya
• ibn al-Qayyim
• Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
• Shah Waliullah Dehlavi
• Syed Nazeer Husain Dehlavi
• Muhammad Iqbal
• Abdullah Ghaznavi}}

| influenced = {{flatlist|

• Sanaullah Amritsari
• Muhammad Hussain Batalvi
• Abul A'la Maududi
• Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
• Muhammad Akram Awan
• Ahl-i Hadith Movement}}

}}

Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti ({{langx|ur|{{nq|محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی}}|translit=Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Mīr Siyālkūṭī}}; {{Circa|1874}}{{Snd}}12 January 1956) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar of the Ahl-i Hadith. He was a muhaddith, khatib, historian, journalist, writer, religious activist and activist of the Pakistan Movement.{{Cite web |title=Allamah Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti |url=http://umm-ul-qura.org/2018/01/23/bio-of-allamah-muhammad-ibrahim-mir-sialkoti/}}{{Cite web|title=مولانا محمد ابراہیم میر سیالکوٹی رحمہ اللہ اور تحریکِ پاکستان|url=http://www.urdumajlis.net/index.php?threads/11826/}}{{Sfn|Iraqi|2001|p=225}}{{Sfn|Mohammadi|2019|p=390}}{{Cite book |last=Rieck |first=Andreas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6aKCwAAQBAJ&q=Ibrahim+Mir+Sialkoti&pg=PA56 |title=The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority |date=2016-01-15 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-061320-4 |pages=56 |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Khan |first=Bashir Ahmad |date=2000 |title=From "Wahabi" to "Ahl-I-Adith": A Historical Analysis |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148150 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=61 |pages=747–760 |issn=2249-1937 |jstor=44148150}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29422250 |title=Public life in Muslim India, 1850-1947 : a compendium of basic information on political, social, religious, cultural and educational organizations active in pre-partition India |date=1992 |publisher=Vanguard |others=Aziz, Khursheed Kamal. |isbn=969-402-119-7 |location=Lahore |pages=126 |oclc=29422250}}

He was also an expert on {{Transliteration|ar|tafsir}} (Quranic exegesis) and {{Transliteration|ar|faqih}} (jurist in jurisprudence) and wrote several books.{{Sfn|Iraqi|2001|p=224-225}} Mir is considered one of the partisans of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and Sanaullah Amritsari.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7avxwEACAAJ |title=40 Ahl-e Hadith Scholars from the Indian Subcontinent |date=2019-07-18 |publisher=Independently Published |isbn=978-1-0810-0895-6 |pages=224–250 |language=en}} In 1945, when Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam was established, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani was its president while Sialkoti was its vice president.{{Sfn|Iraqi|2001|p=230}} Its first meeting was held in Calcutta. Usmani could not attend due to illness then the meeting was chaired by Mir.{{Sfn|Mohammadi|2019|p=387}}{{Sfn|Iraqi|2001|p=230}}Qafila Hadees, Urdu, page 110-111

Mir was also a major antagonist of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the early Ahmadiyya movement and wrote several books rejecting Qadiyanism.{{Sfn|Mohammadi|2019|p=380}}Tahreek Khatam Nabuwat Volume 23 page 541 to 543 Mir was one of the founding members of All-India Muslim League.{{Sfn|Mohammadi|2019|p=391}}