Allama Ḥabīburraḥmān Ṣiddīqī Kāndhalvī (1924-1991) was an Islamic

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and

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from

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Early life and career

He was born in December 1924, Mohalla Delhi Darwaza,

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in the home of Mufti Ishfaq ur Rehman Kandhalvi. He memorized the

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at the age of 9 years. During his

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in Madrasa Siddiquia he used to visit Naziria

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and read many books about the Islamic history especially the

Sirat-un-Nabi ''Sirat al-Nabi'' ( ur, سیرت النبی) is a 7-volume seerah book, or biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and ...

from Maulana

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education, he came to

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, Punjab in 1944-1945 and soon thereafter moved to Gujranwala where he started delivering his regular Dars-e-Quran. After the

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in 1947, all of his

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moved to

and he started working in

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and later in

Tando Jam Tando Jam ( sd, ٽنڊوڄام) is a town and Municipal Committee of Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 25°25'60N 68°31'60E and lies about 12 km away from Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capi ...

, Sindh. He started doing

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of various

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. After his

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in 1960, he moved to

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and initially started working for the famous religious book publishing firm, Taj Company. He died on 18 April 1991.

Bibliography

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References

External links

Research on the age of Ayesha (wife of the prophet) in Urdu language by Habibur Rahman Kandhalvi

Habibur Rahman Kandhalvi's speech on YouTube

Aqeeda Zahoor-e-Mahdi (Urdu), edition on Scribd

Mazhabi Dastanein aur un ki Haqeeqat Part 1

Mazhabi Dastanein aur un ki Haqeeqat Part 3

Mazhabi Dastanein aur un ki Haqeeqat Part 4

Shab-e-Barat Kiya hey
1924 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Pakistani writers {{Pakistan-writer-stub