New Delhi: Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani, General Secretary of All India Muslime Personal Law board died today i.e. Saturday April 3, 2021, afternoon. He was 78.
"Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani is no more", family sources confirmed to ummid.com.
Talking to PTI, Dr. Abdul A. Hai, one of the directors of Paras Hospital, Patna where Syed Wali Rahmani was admitted, said the Maulana had tested Covid positive after taking the first dose of vaccine.
"He was admitted three-four days back. He had received the first shot of COVID 19 vaccine less than a week before testing positive. It takes at least two weeks after the second jab for the vaccine to be really effective", he told PTI.
Giving details of his funeral, Khanqah Munger said, Maulana Wali Rahmani will be buried in Munger at 11:00 am on Sunday April 4, 2021.
Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani was ailing since last few weeks and was under treatment in a hospital. He was shifted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) a few days ago.
Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani, a noted Islamic scholar and prominent Muslim leader, was born on June 5, 1943.
Besides leading the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) - one of the largest representative organisations of Indian Muslims, was Ameer of Imarat-e-Shariah Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand.
Son of noted Cleric Maulana Minnatullah Rahmani, Syed Wali Rahmani was also the founder of Rahmani 30.
Founded in 2009, Rahmani 30 was providing free coaching for IIT JEE, NEET and other professional courses to Muslim and non-Muslim students having poor family background.
A member of Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) from 1974 to 1996, he also held the post of Deputy Speaker in Bihar Assembly.
[This story was first published on Saturday April 3, 2021 at 03:42 pm soon after Maulana Wali Rahmani breathed his last in Patna. The story was updated and more details were added later.]
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