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  "ar": "محمد رضا ثاقب مصطفائي",
  "en": "Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai",
  "ur": "محمد رضا ثاقب مصطفائی"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "داعية وباحث باكستاني، وُلد في غوجرانوالة سنة 1972، أسس منظمة إدارة المصطفى الدولية وجامعة المصطفى في غوجرانوالة، وهو من أتباع الطريقة النقشبندية، تصل خطبه ومحاضراته إلى الملايين عبر يوتيوب، ونال وسام نجمة الامتياز سنة 2023.",
  "en": "Pakistani preacher and scholar, born in Gujranwala in 1972. He founded Idara-tul-Mustafa International and Jamia-tul-Mustafa in Gujranwala, is a follower of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, and his sermons and lectures reach millions on YouTube; he received the Sitara-e-Imtiaz award in 2023.",
  "ur": "پاکستانی مبلغ اور عالم، جو 1972 میں گوجرانوالہ میں پیدا ہوئے۔ انہوں نے ادارۃ المصطفٰی انٹرنیشنل اور جامعۃ المصطفٰی گوجرانوالہ کی بنیاد رکھی، وہ نقشبندی صوفی سلسلے کے پیروکار ہیں، اور ان کے خطبات و بیانات یوٹیوب پر لاکھوں لوگوں تک پہنچتے ہیں؛ 2023 میں انہیں ستارۂ امتیاز سے نوازا گیا۔"
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  "earliest": 1972.2040151406256,
  "latest": 1972.206753047601
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  "start": {
   "edtf": "1972-03-16",
   "hijri": "1392",
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   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "Date from the English Wikipedia article, which also gives the Hijri equivalent 30 Muharram 1392; his organisation's biography gives the birthplace more precisely as Mustafabad village on the outskirts of Gujranwala. No place record for Gujranwala exists in the museum, so no born_in edge is written.",
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   {
    "value": "محمد رضا ثاقب مصطفائی",
    "kind": "full"
   },
   {
    "value": "Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai",
    "kind": "full"
   }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "preacher",
   "scholar"
  ],
  "born": {
   "edtf": "1972-03-16",
   "hijri": "1392",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "Date from the English Wikipedia article, which also gives the Hijri equivalent 30 Muharram 1392; his organisation's biography gives the birthplace more precisely as Mustafabad village on the outskirts of Gujranwala. No place record for Gujranwala exists in the museum, so no born_in edge is written.",
   "sources": [
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    "source/idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai"
   ]
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  "faith": [
   {
    "value": "sufi",
    "basis": "documented",
    "note": "Settled on attested personal practice in a living Sufi tradition. The English article's text states that he is a follower of the Naqshbandi Sufi order and supports the practices of Mawlid, Urs and Bay'ah, and his organisation's biography independently states that in 1994 he received the spiritual caliphate of the Naqshbandi order and permission to train disciples. The Barelvi movement label in the article was not used as a school, no text read names a madhhab for him, and his custodianship of his father's shrine and his chairmanship of his organisation are offices, which were not used.",
    "sources": [
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     "source/idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai"
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English Wikipedia 'Raza Saqib Mustafai' (copy read on 7 October 2026) and the Idara-tul-Mustafa International biographical press release, checked 4 November 2026. No founder_of edge is written because no group record for Idara-tul-Mustafa International exists in the museum. Platform reach (about 1.43 million YouTube subscribers, figure carried in the article's channel data, updated 4 August 2026) is recorded in the prose as a dated platform figure.",
   "generated_by": "Muse (Muse Wonder)",
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   "review": "published",
   "generated_by": "Muse (Muse Wonder)"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "محمد رضا ثاقب مصطفائي داعية وباحث باكستاني، وُلد في 16 مارس 1972 في غوجرانوالة بالبنجاب{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}، في قرية مصطفى آباد على أطراف المدينة{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. أسس منظمة إدارة المصطفى الدولية وجامعة المصطفى في غوجرانوالة، وهو من أتباع الطريقة النقشبندية الصوفية{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}، وتصل خطبه ومحاضراته إلى الملايين عبر يوتيوب ومنصات التواصل{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "النشأة والتكوين",
     "markdown": "وُلد مصطفائي لأسرة دينية في غوجرانوالة، ووالده الخواجة دين محمد مصطفائي صاحب ضريح يقوم هو على خدمته{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. تنصّ سيرة منظمته على أنه نال سنة 1994 خلافة الطريقة النقشبندية وإذن تربية المريدين من الخواجة ميان محمد جي مصطفائي والخواجة دين محمد مصطفائي{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. بحسب الموسوعة يدعم مصطفائي ممارسات المولد والعرس والبيعة المرتبطة بالتصوف في جنوب آسيا{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المشروعات والمؤسسات",
     "markdown": "أسس مصطفائي سنة 1998 جامعة المصطفى في غوجرانوالة، ويرأس منظمة إدارة المصطفى الدولية التي تدير مراكز المصطفى الإسلامية وكليات المصطفاوية للبنات في باكستان وخارجها{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. يلقي خطبة الجمعة في المسجد المحمدي في معسكر غوجرانوالة وفي مركز مصطفى، وينظم مركزُه مسابقات قرآنية وحلقات ذكر جماعية{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "التكريم",
     "markdown": "مُنح مصطفائي سنة 2023 وسام نجمة الامتياز من رئيس باكستان تقديرا لخدماته الدينية والتعليمية{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأثر والجمهور",
     "markdown": "يُعد مصطفائي من أبرز دعاة باكستان على المنصات الرقمية، بنحو 1.43 مليون مشترك على يوتيوب بحسب بيانات المنصة المحدثة في أغسطس 2026، وهي أرقام منصات تتغير باستمرار ولا يقدّمها المتحف وقائع ثابتة{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}\n- {cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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   "updated": "2026-11-04"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai is a Pakistani preacher and scholar, born on 16 March 1972 in Gujranwala, Punjab{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}, in the village of Mustafabad on the city's outskirts{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. He founded Idara-tul-Mustafa International and Jamia-tul-Mustafa in Gujranwala, is a follower of the Naqshbandi Sufi order{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}, and his sermons and lectures reach millions on YouTube and social media{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Upbringing and formation",
     "markdown": "Mustafai was born into a religious family in Gujranwala; his father, Khwaja Deen Muhammad Mustafai, is buried at a shrine of which he is the custodian{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. His organisation's biography states that in 1994 he received the spiritual caliphate of the Naqshbandi order, with permission to train disciples, from Khawaja Mian Muhammad Ji Mustafai and Khawaja Din Muhammad Mustafai{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. According to the encyclopedia, he supports the Sufi practices of Mawlid, Urs and Bay'ah{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Projects and institutions",
     "markdown": "Mustafai founded Jamia-tul-Mustafa in Gujranwala in 1998 and chairs Idara-tul-Mustafa International, which runs Al-Mustafa Islamic Centres and Al-Mustafawiya Girls Colleges in Pakistan and abroad{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}. He delivers Friday sermons at the Muhammadi Masjid in Gujranwala cantonment and at Markaz-e-Mustafa, and his centre organises Qur'an competitions and collective dhikr gatherings{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Honours",
     "markdown": "In 2023 Mustafai received the Sitara-e-Imtiaz award from the President of Pakistan for his religious and educational services{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Impact and audience",
     "markdown": "Mustafai is among Pakistan's most prominent digital preachers, with about 1.43 million YouTube subscribers in platform data updated in August 2026 — platform figures that change constantly and are not presented by the museum as fixed facts{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}\n- {cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "person/muhammad-raza-saqib-mustafai",
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   "updated": "2026-11-04"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "محمد رضا ثاقب مصطفائی پاکستانی مبلغ اور عالم ہیں، جو 16 مارچ 1972 کو گوجرانوالہ، پنجاب میں پیدا ہوئے{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}۔ انہوں نے ادارۃ المصطفٰی انٹرنیشنل اور جامعۃ المصطفٰی گوجرانوالہ کی بنیاد رکھی، وہ نقشبندی صوفی سلسلے کے پیروکار ہیں{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}، اور ان کے خطبات یوٹیوب پر لاکھوں لوگوں تک پہنچتے ہیں{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تشکیل و ادارے",
     "markdown": "ان کے ادارے کی سوانح کے مطابق 1994 میں انہیں نقشبندی سلسلے کی خلافت اور مریدین کی تربیت کی اجازت ملی{cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}۔ وہ میلاد، عرس اور بیعت جیسی صوفی روایات کے حامی ہیں{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}، اور 2023 میں انہیں ستارۂ امتیاز سے نوازا گیا{cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-raza-saqib-mustafai-en}\n- {cite:idaratul-mustafa-raza-saqib-mustafai}"
    }
   ],
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