Political Activities
When the Jamaat political party was founded in August 1941, Mian Tufail Muhammad was one of its 75 founding members. He left the legal profession on 23 January 1942 and joined a relative in business in Lahore. His hard work and sincerity for the Islamic movement were noticed. In the All India Conference of the Jama'at in March, 1944, he was appointed the first permanent Secretary General (Qayyam) of the party. He immediately abandoned his business in Lahore and moved to Pathankot. From that moment on, he was always in company of Sayyed Mawdudi—attached to him physically and emotionally.
Except for the periods when he was put in jail, he worked as Secretary General of the Jama'at till 1965. From January 1966 to 1972 he was Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami in West Pakistan. In between, he also assumed the position of Ameer-e-Jama'at of Pakistan when the occasion so demanded, particularly when Sayyed Mawdudi was ill and on leave.
When Sayyed Mawdudi resigned as Ameer-e-Jama'at of Pakistan in October 1972, for health reasons, Mian Tufail Mohammad was elected as Ameer for five years. He was also elected for two more terms. In 1987 he declined further service in the post because of a long ailment, and Qazi Hussain Ahmad was elected to the top position. Mian Sahib confined himself to research work of the Idara-e-Ma'arif-e-Islamia in Mansoorah, Lahore.
He also had the honor of being one of the few early members of the Muslim World League. He had been especially associated with 'Rabita-al-Aalam-e-Islami' and the 'Aalami Masajid Conference (world Mosque conference)'; of the latter he has been one of 26 members. In 1976 he participated in the Islamic Fiqh Conference
On several occasions he was invited by world leaders such as Gamal Abdul Nasser (President of Egypt), Imam Khomenai (Iran), King Faisal (Saudi Arabia), and others to be an advisor on political conflicts as he was well respected in the Muslim world and known for his justice and wisdom.
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