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Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakim al-Ummat and Mujaddid e Millet; 19 September 1863 – 20 July 1943) was a late-nineteenth and twentieth-century Sunni scholar, jurist, thinker, reformist and the revival of classical sufi thought from Indian subcontinent during the British Raj, one of the chief proponent of Pakistan Movement. He was a central figure of Islamic spiritual, intellectual and religious life in South Asia and continues to be highly influential today. As a prolific author, he completed over a thousand works including '' Bayan Ul Quran'' and '' Bahishti Zewar''. He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1883 and moved to Kanpur, then Thana Bhawan to direct the Khanqah-i-Imdadiyah, where he resided until the end of his life. His training in Quran, Hadith, Fiqh studies qualified him to become a leading Sunni authority among the scholars of Deoband. His teaching mixes Sunni orthodoxy, Islamic elements of belief and the patriarchal structure of the society. He o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mujaddid
A ''mujaddid'' ( ar, مجدد), is an Islamic term for one who brings "renewal" ( ar, تجديد, translit=tajdid, label=none) to the religion. According to the popular Muslim tradition, it refers to a person who appears at the turn of every century of the Islamic calendar to revive Islam, cleansing it of extraneous elements and restoring it to its pristine purity. In contemporary times, a mujaddid is looked upon as the greatest Muslim of a century. The concept is based on a ''hadith'' (a saying of Islamic prophet Muhammad),Neal Robinson (2013), Islam: A Concise Introduction, Routledge, , Chapter 7, pp. 85–89 recorded by Abu Dawood, narrated by Abu Hurairah who mentioned that Muhammad said: Ikhtilaf (disagreements) exist among different hadith viewers. Scholars such as Al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani have interpreted that the term mujaddid can also be understood as plural, thus referring to a group of people. ''Mujaddids'' can include prominent scholars, pious rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayan Ul Quran
''Bayan Ul Quran'' (Urdu: بیان القرآن) is a three volume ''tafsir'' (exegesis) of the Quran written by Indian Islamic scholar, Ashraf Ali Thanwi (d.1943). Originally written in Urdu, it is the most prominent work of its author. The tafsīr is said to be specifically for scholars. Background The compilation of this exegesis was started in 1320 AH. Thanwi completed this in 1905 (1323 AH). It was published in twelve volumes from Matb'a Mujtabai, Delhi in 1908 (1326 AH). The prominent ''Khutba-i-Tafsir-i-Bayan al Quran'' by the author occupies a very pivotal place in all editions, because in this ‘Khutba’ Thanwi has discussed the causes for compiling this Tafsir. He Says: "I used to ponder about the compilation of a precise exegesis of Quran which can touch the important aspects and dimensions of society without any innovation, but I was aware about the inferable exegesis of Quran compiled before and this is why I counted any other exegesis of Quran an addition to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī ( ur, ; ar, محمد شفيع بن محمد ياسين العثماني الديوبندي, ''Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn al-‘Uthmānī ad-Diyūbandī''; 25 January 18976 October 1976), often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi, was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought. A Hanafi jurist and mufti, he was also an authority on shari'ah, hadith, Qur'anic exegesis, and Sufism. Born in Deoband, British India, he graduated in 1917 from Darul Uloom Deoband, where he later taught hadith and held the post of Chief Mufti. He resigned from the school in 1943 to devote his time to the Pakistan Movement. After the independence he moved to Pakistan, where he established Darul Uloom Karachi in 1951. Of his written works, his best-known is '' Ma'ariful Qur'an'', a commentary on the Qur'an. Birth and early childhood Muhammad Shafi, son of Muhammad Yasin, was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maqsudullah
Maqṣūd Ullāh ibn Thanāʾ Ullāh ibn Ḥijr Ullāh al-Ghāzī ( ar, مقصود الله بن ثناء الله بن حجر الله الغازي; 1883–1961), or simply Maqsudullah ( bn, মকসুদুল্লাহ), was a Bengali Deobandi Islamic scholar best known as the inaugural Pir of Talgasia Darbar Sharif. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi, and founded numerous ''qaumi madrasas'' in the Greater Barisal region. Early life and family Maqsudullah was born in 1883 to a Bengali Muslim family of ''Ghazis'' in the village of Talgasia, Jhalakathi, then located under the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Moulvi Ghazi Sanaullah, died in 1898 whilst returning from the Hajj pilgrimage and so Maqsudullah was mostly raised by his mother, Amena Khatun, and his paternal grandfather, Moulvi Ghazi Hijrullah. Education Maqsudullah completed the memorisation of the Qur'an at an early age. His grandfather, Moulvi Ghazi Hijrullah, then took him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masihullah Khan
Muhammad Masihullah Khan Sherwani Jalalabadi ( ur, , ''Muḥammad Masīhu’llāh Khān Shīrwānī Jalāl ābādī''; 1911/1912 – 12 November 1992) was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar known as an authority in Sufism. He was among the senior '' khalifahs'' of Ashraf Ali Thanvi, who gave him the title "Masih al-Ummah" ("Comforter of the ''Ummah''"). Early life Muhammad Masihullah Khan was born in 1329 or 1330 AH (1911/1912) in Sara’i Barla, a village in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. His family was of the Sherwani tribe, a Sayyid tribe of Pathans. His father's name was Ahmad Sa`id Khan. Masihullah was known for piety in his youth, and he often sat in the company of scholars and Sufis. He developed a close companionship with Muhammad Ilyas Kandhalvi, who introduced him to the books and lectures of Ashraf Ali Thanvi. Education and training Most of Masihullah's Islamic education was undertaken in his hometown under Sa`id Ahmad Lucknowi. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khair Muhammad Jalandhari
Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895 - 1970) ( Urdu: مولانا خير محمّد جالندھرى) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, founder and first rector Jamia Khairul Madaris. He served as president and vice-president of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan. Early life and education Khair Muhammad Jalandhari was born in 1895 to Elahi Bakhsh in Nakodar, Jalandhar district India. He completed the Quran from Mian Imam Din and his maternal uncle Shah Muhammad. In 1905, he went to Madrasa Rasheedia in Nakodar and studied initial Persian books there. Then he continued his education at Madrasa Arabi Raipur, Madrasa Sabria Raipur in Gojran and Madrasa Manba ul Uloom Gulauthi, Bulandshahr. He joined Madarsa Isha Atul Uloom Bareilly in 1913 and graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami in 1917. There he studied under Muhammad Yasin Sirhindi, a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. Jalandhari was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakim al-Ummat and Mujad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammadullah Hafezzi
Muḥammadullāh ibn Idrīs ibn Akram ad-Dīn al-Miyānjī ( ar, محمد الله بن إدريس بن أكرم الدين الميانجي; 1895 - 6 May 1987), commonly known as Hafezzī Huzūr ( ar, حافظجي حضور, bn, হাফেজ্জী হুজুর), was a Bangladeshi politician, Islamic leader and founder of the Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan. He was the first religious figure to stand for the highest state office in Bangladesh. Early life and education Muhammadullah was born in the year 1895, in the village of Ludhua in the Raipur Upazila, Raipur Thana of Lakshmipur District, Lakshmipur, then under the Noakhali district of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Idris Mianji, was a ''munshi''. Muhammadullah's grandfather, Akramuddin Mianji, was a disciple of Ghazi Imamuddin Bengali, a Khalifah (Sufism), khalifa (spiritual successor) of Syed Ahmad Shaheed in Bengal. Muhammadullah studied at Fatehpur Primary School before proceeding to Chandraganj Madrasa where he s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah Ahmad Hasan
Aḥmad Ḥasan ibn Waṣī ar-Raḥmān ibn Ḥamīd ʿAlī al-Jīrawī ( ar, أحمد حسن بن وصي الرحمن بن حامد علي الجيروي; 1882–1967), popularly known as Shah Ahmad Hasan ( bn, শাহ আহমদ হাসান), was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist. He was an early student of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari. Hasan established Al Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Jiri, which was the second Qawmi Madrasah of Bangladesh. Early life and education Ahmad Hasan was born in 1882 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Jiri in western Patiya under the Chittagong District of the Bengal Presidency. He received his primary education at home from a tutor. He studied the Qur'an and the Persian and Urdu languages with a tutor named Rafiqullah. In 1315 AH (1897-98 CE), Hasan enrolled at the Mohsinia Madrasa, which was the only ''madrasa'' in Chittagong. He began systematically studying at the state-run madrasa fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abrarul Haq Haqqi
Abrarul Haq Haqqi (20 December 1920 — 17 May 2006) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who established Ashraful Madaris in Hardoi. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Biography Haqqi was born on 20 December 1920 in Hardoi. He graduated from Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur. Haqqi was appointed a teacher in Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur after his graduation. He later taught at Jami-ul-Uloom Kanpur, a seminary in Kanpur, for two years. At Ashraf Ali Thanwi's suggestion, he taught at Madrasa Islamia Fatehpur for two years. In 1942, he established Ashraful Madaris in Hardoi at the suggestion of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Since, he was a Sufi mentor, he authorized 103 disciples. Haqqi died on 17 May 2006. Legacy At Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ... (AMU), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Al-Hasan Ghouri
Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri (also known as Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob or Khwaja Aziz al-Hasan; 12 June 1884 – 17 August 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar, poet and the primary biographer of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. He was an alumnus of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College and an authorized disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi in Sufism. Ghouri held the titles of Khan Sahib and Khan Bahadur. His couplet ''Har Tamanna Dil Se Rukhsat Hogayi'' has been deemed to be one of the 100 most popular Urdu couplets. Thanwi commended it saying that if he had one hundred thousand rupees, he would give it to Ghouri. Biography Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri was born on 12 June 1884 in Orai. He got a BA and an LLB from Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, now Aligarh Muslim University. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Ghouri worked as deputy collector for 7 years and later joined the Department of Education. He was the Deputy Inspector for Islamic madrassas and then became the Inspector of the English schools in Lucknow, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abdul Majid Daryabadi (16 March 1892 – 6 January 1977) was an Islamic scholar, philosopher, writer, critic, researcher, journalist and exegete of the Quran in Indian subcontinent in 20th century. He was as one of the most influential Indian Muslim scholar and was much concerned with modernism and comparative religions and orientalism in India. In his early life, he became sceptical of religion and called himself a "rationalist". For almost nine years, he remained away from religion but repented and became a devout Muslim. He was actively associated with the Khilafat Movement, Royal Asiatic Society, Aligarh Muslim University, Nadwatul Ulama, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy and several other leading Islamic and literary organisations. He was disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Hussain Ahmed Madani. Throughout his academic career he edited the Urdu weekly ''Sidq-e-Jaded'', which was acclaimed in the Indo-Pak subcontinent for its inspiring message and stylistic features. He continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athar Ali Bengali
Athar Ali ( bn, আতহার আলী; 1891-1976) was a Bangladeshi Islamic activist, author, teacher and politician. He participated in the Indian independence movement, and was former president of the Nizam-e-Islam Party. Ali was also a ''khalifah'' of Ashraf Ali Thanvi, one of the founders of the Deobandi movement. Early life Ali was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Ghungadia Nawangaon, Beanibazar, Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency, British India. His father, Azim Khan, was a Moulvi. Ali completed his primary and secondary education at the Jhingabari Alia Madrasah. He then moved to North India where he studied the Islamic sciences at the Jamia Qasmia Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad, the Madrasa Aliya of Rampur State and subsequently the Mazahir Uloom in Saharanpur. He then did Hadith studies at the Darul Uloom Deoband under Anwar Shah Kashmiri and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, which he graduated from in 1338 AH (1919-1920 CE). Ali then served under Ashraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
