Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi (ra) was among the 313 companions of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as). He took the initiation of Bai'at on 20 July 1892 and passed away on 3 December 1905.
Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi (ra) was born in 1830. His father was Maulvi Yaseen. Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi (ra) belonged to the tribe of Gakhars. He used to reside in Chack Sikandar in the district of Gujrat. He moved to the city of Jhelum and became an imam, leading prayers at a mosque.
At the age of 25, he moved to Delhi and gained knowledge of Ahadith from Sayyid Nazeer Hussian Dehlvi. In 1856 he returned to Jhelum and became an enthusiastic employee of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement.
After reading the book, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, he became influenced to meet Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) and visited Qadian in 1886. In 1886, when he came to Qadian, he was informed that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) is in Hoshiarpur. So he went to Hoshiarpur and met with Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) and requested to pledge his allegiance; on this, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) said that he is not ordained to take any Bai'at at the moment. Thus, Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi (ra) took the initiation of Bai’at on 20 July 1892, and his number in the Bai’at Register is 345.
Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi was well-acquainted in Fiqh, Nahw etc. He was an expert in Greek medicine [tibb-e-yunani], Urdu, Farsi, Arabic and Pushto, and an excellent speaker and writer.
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) received a revelation before the death of Burhanuddin Jhelumi that two pillars have collapsed. This revelation refers to the death of Hazrat Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti (ra) and Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi (ra).
Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi (ra) passed away in Jhelum.
Madrasatul Ahmadiyya’s institution was established in their remembrance so that scholars could be trained. Hazrat Maulvi Burhanuddin Jhelumi's (ra) name is mentioned in several books of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), such as in Aina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Siraj-e-Munir, Tuhfa-e-Qaisariyyah, Kitabul-Bariyyah and in Malfuzat.
