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It's
an
old
historical
place.
Its
foundation
stone
was
laid
by
Great
Sufi
of
Chishtia
order
and
the
spiritual
master
of
Nawab
of
Bahawalpur
Hazrat
Noor
Muhammad
Maharvi
(RA).
The
renovation
was
done
by
the
order
of
His
Highness
Sir
Sadiq
Muhammad
Khan
Abbasi
in
1935
(AD)
after
returning
from
hajj.
Al-Sadiq
Mosque
is
a
mosque
located
in
Bahawalpur,
Punjab,
Pakistan.[1][2][3]
Its
foundation
stone
was
laid
by
Great
Sufi
of
Chishtia
clan
and
the
Spiritual
Master
of
Nawab
of
Bahawalpur
Noor
Muhammad
Maharvi
more
than
200
years
ago.
The
renovation
was
done
by
the
order
of
Sir
Sadiq
Muhammad
Khan
Abbasi
in
1935
after
returning
from
hajj.
50,000
to
60,000
people
can
pray
in
the
mosque
at
a
time.
The
mosque
covers
an
area
of
24
canal.
Islam
is
the
largest
and
the
state
religion
of
the
Islamic
Republic
of
Pakistan.[6]
As
much
as
90%
of
the
population
follows
Sunni
Islam.
Most
Pakistani
Sunni
Muslims
belong
to
the
Hanafi
school
of
jurisprudence,
which
is
represented
by
the
Barelvi
and
Deobandi
traditions.
Pakistan
has
been
called
a
"global
centre
for
political
Islam".[7]
Pakistani
nationalist
narrative
is
based
on
the
idea
that
Muslims
of
the
Subcontinent
are
an
independent
nation
with
their
own
distinctive
outlook
on
life
that
is
different
from
the
rest
of
subcontinent.[8]
Islam
in
Pakistan
existed
in
communities
along
the
Arab
coastal
trade
routes
in
Sindh
as
soon
as
the
religion
originated
and
had
gained
early
acceptance
in
the
Arabian
Peninsula.
The
connection
between
the
Sind
and
Islam
was
established
by
the
initial
Muslim
missions
during
the
Rashidun
Caliphate.
Al-Hakim
ibn
Jabalah
al-Abdi,
who
attacked
Makran
in
the
year
649
CE,
was
an
Army
officer
of
Caliph
Ali.
During
the
Caliphate
of
Ali,
many
Hindus
of
Sindh
had
come
under
influence
of
Islam
and
some
even
participated
in
the
Battle
of
Camel
and
died
fighting
for
Ali.
Under
the
Umayyads
(661–750
CE),
many
Shias
sought
asylum
in
the
region
of
Sindh,
to
live
in
relative
peace
in
the
remote
area.
Ziyad
Hindi
is
one
of
those
refugees.
In
712
CE,
a
young
Arab
general
Muhammad
bin
Qasim
conquered
most
of
the
Indus
region
for
the
Caliphal
empire,
to
be
made
the
"As-Sindh"
province
with
its
capital
at
Al-Mansurah.[9][10][11][12][13]
By
the
end
of
the
10th
century
CE,
the
region
was
ruled
by
several
Hindu
Shahi
kings
who
would
be
subdued
by
the
Ghaznavids.
About
97%
of
Pakistanis
are
Muslims.[14]
Pakistan
has
the
second
largest
number
of
Muslims
in
the
world
after
Indonesia.[15][16]
The
majority
are
Sunni
(70%
to
80%)[17][18][19][20][21]
while
Shias
make
up
between
10%
and
20%.[22][18][23][24][25]
Most
Pakistani
Sunni
Muslims
belong
to
the
Hanafi
school
of
jurisprudence,
which
is
represented
by
the
Barelvi
and
Deobandi
traditions.[26]
However,
the
Hanbali
school
is
gaining
popularity
recently
due
to
Wahhabi
influence
from
the
Middle
East.[27]
Smaller
minority
Muslim
populations
in
Pakistan
include
Quranists,
nondenominational
Muslims.[28]
There
are
also
two
Mahdi'ist
based
creeds
practiced
in
Pakistan,
namely
Mahdavia
and
Ahmadis,[29]
the
latter
of
whom
are
considered
by
the
constitution
of
Pakistan
to
be
non-Muslims,
constitute
1%
of
the
Muslim
population.[30]
Pakistan
has
the
world's
largest
Muslim
majority
city
(Karachi)
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