Tariq Masood (Urdu: مفتی طارق مسعود) is a Pakistani Muslim scholar who teaches at the Jamia Tur Rasheed seminary in Karachi. He has authored books including Aik se Za'id Shadiyoon ki Zaroorat Kyu.
Personal life
Background
Tariq Masood was born in 1975 in an ethnic Muhajir religious family in Sargodha[5] migrated from Saharanpur to Karachi during the Partition of India.
His father was a religious man and officer in Pakistan Navy.
Early education
He got his early education from local schools in Karachi, then joined Sindh Muslim Science College but before completing he left the college and joined the Religious seminary Jamia tur Rasheed.
Marriages
He married three times:[6]
- His first marriage was held in 2005.[6]
- His second marriage was held in 2008.[6]
- His third marriage was held in 2018.[6]
Career
He is an Islamic scholar following the Deobandi school of thought.[7] He is a lecturer at the Jamia Tur Rasheed in Karachi.[8]
Tariq Masood has authored several books including Aik se Za'id Shadiyoon ki Zaroorat Kyu (Why the need for polygamy) and Family Planning.[9]
Views
Standing up to China
In July 2019 Masood learned that some Chinese companies in Pakistan did not allow Muslim employees to perform daily obligatory prayers during working hours.[10][11] Masood urged employees to tell their Chinese employers that "they'll have to follow local laws and the country does not belong to them."[11] Masood said, "People are afraid that they will lose their jobs."[11] An old video of Masood saying this surfaced on social media on 26 June 2020.[11]
COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan, the Government of Sindh announced a lockdown on 22 March 2020.[12] Muhammad Taqi Usmani (of Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi) announced on 25 March 2020 that people should still congregate for prayers except for those over fifty, young children and people with COVID-19 symptoms.[13]
Masood disagreed with Usmani by supporting a ban on congregational prayers.[13] Masood said: "We still don't understand the intensity of this virus. You can pray at home during this time and ask Allah for forgiveness and health."[13]
On 7 April 2020, Masood took part in a BOL Entertainment programme called "Ya Allah Madad" to give people religious advice on COVID-19.[14]
Statements about women
In a lecture in 2018, Masood said that "Allah had created a woman for a man 'on-demand'. He made a woman charming and beautiful so that a man could get attracted towards her and find a legal way to 'own' her."[15]
In a video-lecture in 2020, Masood said that "divorced women are preferable as partners if a Muslim man is looking for four wives."[15] Masood advised that "since such women have been abandoned once, they are more likely to treat the subsequent marriages more cautiously."[15] Masood said that "marrying an unmarried or virgin girl would be alright if one thinks of marrying only once."[15] Masood made a joke about underage marriage in a sermon: "Mufti Tariq Masood will find you a 16-year-old or two eight-year-olds or four four-year-old
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