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Mazahir Uloom
Mazahir Uloom (also known as Mazahir Uloom Waqf Qadeem) is an Islamic seminary located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Started in November 1866 by Saadat Ali Faqih, and developed further by Mazhar Nanautawi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri; it is regarded as the second most influential and major Deobandi seminary in India. The earliest graduates of the seminary include famous Hadīth scholar Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri. In 1988, the seminary split into two with the establishment of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed as a new independent seminary. Since then the seminary has been named as Mazahir Uloom Waqf Qadeem. The incumbent rector of the seminary is Muḥammad Saeedi. History Mazāhir Uloom was established as "Mazhar Uloom"; on 9 November 1866, six months after the foundation of the Deoband seminary. Its founding figures included Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri, Mazhar Nanautawi, Qādhi Fazlur Rahmān and Sa’adat Ali Faqih. Mazahir Uloom is thought to be the second major madrasa after Darul Uloom Deob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the public administration, administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti. Saharanpur is declared as one among the 100 Smart Cities by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs as a part of Smart Cities Mission of the Government of India. Historical Medieval period During the reign of Iltutmish (r 1211–1236), the region became a part of the Delhi Sultanate. At that time, most of the area remained covered with forests and marshlands, through which the Paondhoi, Dhamola, and Ganda Nala rivers flowed. The climate was humid and malaria outbreaks were common. Muhammad bin Tughluq, the Sultan of Delhi (1325–1351), undertook a campaign in the northern ''doab'' to crush the rebellion of the Siwalik Hills, Shivalik kings in 1340, when according to local tradition he learned of the presence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (12 June 182611 August 1905) was a Deobandi Islamic scholar from Indian subcontinent, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith, author of '' Fatawa-e-Rashidiya''. His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. Along with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi he was a pupil of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi. Both studied the books of hadith under ''Shah Abdul Ghani Mujaddidi'' and later became Sufi disciples of Haji Imdadullah. His lectures on '' Sahih al-Bukhari'' and '' Jami` at-Tirmidhi'' were recorded by his student Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi, later edited, arranged, and commented on by Zakariyya Kandhlawi, and published as '' Lami al-Darari ala Jami al-Bukhari'' and '' Al-Kawakib al-Durri sharh Jami al-Tirmidhi''. Name In ''Tazkiratur Rashid'' his name and nasab is given as follows: Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad ibn Qāẓī Pīr Bak͟hsh ibn Qāẓī G͟hulām Ḥasan ibn Qāẓī G͟hulām ‘ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri
Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (also written as Saʻīd Aḥmad Pālanpūrī) (1940 – 19 May 2020), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. Some of his books are required readings in Darul Uloom Deoband seminary. Biography Palanpuri was born in 1940 in Kaleda village, Vadgam then in the Palanpur State. He studied at the Mazahir Uloom and then attended the Darul Uloom Deoband, where he graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami studies. His teachers included Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad, Ibrahim Balyawi, Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri, and Naseer Ahmad Khan. Palanpuri joined Jamia Ashrafiya in Rander as a teacher in 1965 and taught there for about ten years. He was appointed as a teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1973 at the recommendation of Manzur Nu'mani. In 2008, he succeeded Naseer Ahmad Khan as Shaykh al-Hadith and also served as Principal. His teaching career in Darul Uloom Deoband lasted for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi
Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi (1 June 1950 – 4 May 2025), also written as Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, was an Indian Islamic scholar and educationist, known for his efforts to incorporate contemporary disciplines into traditional Islamic education. He was the founder and rector of Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom in Akkalkuwa, Maharashtra. This institution hosts India's first minority-owned medical college recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Vastanvi also briefly served as the Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband in 2011. Early life and education Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi was born on 1 June 1950 in Kosadi, the Surat district, Gujarat. In 1952 or 1953, his family moved to Vastan, from which his surname is derived. Vastanvi began his early education at Madrasa Quwat-ul-Islam in Kosadi, where he memorized the Quran. He later studied at Madrasa Shams-ul-Uloom in Baroda and pursued further education at Madrasa Falah-e-Darain in Tadkesar (also spelled Tadkeshwar), Guja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmood Hasan Gangohi
Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (July 1907 – 2 September 1996) was an Indian mufti, Islamic scholar and former Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur. He was the most senior disciple of Zakariyya Kandhlawi. Among his notable disciples are Abul Qasim Nomani, Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi and Ebrahim Desai. Early life and career He was born in Gangoh (India) in July 1907 and studied in Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur and Darul Uloom Deoband. Later he taught in Saharanpur and in Deoband along with the service of issuing Fatwas (Islamic Verdicts). His Fatwa collection entitled 'Fataawa Mahmoodiyah' comprises 32 volumes and is copious reference book on Hanafi Fiqh Verdicts. Gangohi was an authorized disciple of Zakariyya Kandhlawi. Gangohi remained Principal of Jami ul Uloom in Kanpur for about 14 years, and served as Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband during the last phase of his life. Literary works * The Urdu translation Seerat-e-Sayyidu-l-Bashar of Al-Tabari * Faharisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi
Iftikhar-ul-Ḥasan ibn Rauf-ul-Ḥasan Kāndhlawī (10 January 1922 – 2 June 2019) was an Indian Islamic scholar and preacher. He laid the foundation of Idgah of Kandhla in the year 1946. He wrote more than forty books. Literary works Kandhlawi's books include:. * ''Aakhirat ki Yaad'' * ''Aamal e Ramazan'' * ''Aashor e Muharramul Haram'' * ''Akser Zikrillah'' * ''Dua Ki Ahmiat'' * ''Fazilat e Quran'' * ''Haq Taala ke Do Makhsos Inam'' * ''Ilm Kaise Hasil Kiya Jata Hai'' * ''Islam Me Amanatdari'' * ''Islam aur Musalmano ke Gair ke Sath'' * ''Isteghfar ki Haqiqat'' * ''Namaz ki Ahmiyat'' * ''Tafsir-e-Muawwazatin'' * ''Tauon Azab-e-Elahi'' * ''Ulama-e- Islam ka Muttfiqa Faisla'' Death Kandhlawi died on 2 June 2019, coinciding with the Islamic date of 27 Ramadan 1440 AH, in Kandhla, at the age of 97. All the markets in the city remained closed for mourning the death of the preacher. According to news reports, lakhs of people from Shamli and adjoining districts joined the funer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi
Muḥammad In‘āmul-Ḥasan Kāndhlawī (20 February 191810 June 1995) was an Indian Islamic scholar who served as the Chief leader or Amir of the Tablighi Jamaat from 1965 to 1995. Early life and career Inamul Hasan was born on 20 February 1918 in Kandhla town, near Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received his basic religious education at Madrassa Kashif-ul-Uloom Nizamuddin New Delhi and then at Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur and then spent the rest of his life working for Tablighi Jamat. He married Sheikh ul Hadith Zakariyya Kandhlawi's second daughter. He was appointed the third Ameer (leader) of Tablighi Jamaat by Sheikh-ul-Hadith after the death of Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi in 1965 and served over 30 years as the leader of Tablighi Jamaat until his death in 1995. Death and legacy Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi died on 10 June 1995. He was well-versed in the ''ilm-e-Hadith'' (knowledge of the traditions of Muhammad). During his term, he made a ''Shura'' (an advisory body and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi
Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi (1917–1965) was an Indian Islamic scholar who became the second ameer of the Tablighi Jamaat.Profile of Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi on wordpress.com website Retrieved 7 May 2017 Biography Kandhlawi memorized the at the age of ten, from Hafiz Imam Khan Mewati. Syed Ahmad Faizabadi, the elder brother of Syed , sent an honorary degree to Yusuf commemorating his memorization of the Quran. He gr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakariyya Kandhlawi
Zakariyya Kandhlawi (; 3 February 1898 – 24 May 1982) was a mid-twentieth-century traditionalist Sunni scholar and an authority in the study of hadith, also known as Sheikh al-Hadith, hailing from India. He was an influential member and ideologist of Tablighi Jamaat and the author of the Fada'il series, which is a crucial propagation literature for the movement. Born into a family deeply rooted in Tablighi Jamaat and associated with the Deobandi movement, he studied under Mazahir Uloom and eventually became a teacher there in 1917, retiring over half a century later in 1968. Engaging with Sufism, a distinctive feature of the mainstream Indian Ulama, he was a student of Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri in both hadith and spirituality. Together, they embarked on a ten-year journey to compile ''Badhl al-Majhud'', an explanatory work on ''Sunan Abi Dawud''. Initially published in five volumes, he expanded it to a twenty-volume collection. He made his first trip to Medina with Saharanpu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
Muḥammad Ilyās ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Kāndhlawī Dihlawī (1885 – 13 July 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar of the Deobandi movement who founded the Tablighi Jamaat, in 1925, in Mewat province. Early life and education Muhammad Ilyas was born in 1303 AH (1885/1886) in the village of Kandhla, Muzaffarnagar district, North-West Provinces, British India (in present-day Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, India). His year of birth can be computed by the ''tarikhi'' ( chronogrammatic) name "Akhtar Ilyas" () using abjad numerals. In a local maktab (school), he memorized one and a quarter ajza' of the Qur'an, and he completed memorizing the Qur'an under his father's supervision in Nizamuddin area, Delhi. Thereafter, he studied the elementary books of Arabic and Persian language mostly under his father. Later on, he lived with and studied under Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. In 1905, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi died, when Muhammad Ilyas was 20. In 1908, Muhammad Ilyas enrolled in Daru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aashiq Elāhi Meerthi
Aashiq, a word meaning one who practices ishq (love) in Urdu and Hindi, may refer to: People * Aashiq Ali (other), multiple people * Ashiqur Rahman, multiple people * Ashiq-uz-Zaman, multiple people *Aashiq Elahi Meerthi (1881–1941), Indian Islamic scholar, biographer, translator and writer * Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri (1925–2002), Indian Islamic scholar and author *Ashiq Hussain Qureshi (1949–2019), Pakistani cricketer and politician *Aashiq Abu (born 1978), Indian film director, producer, actor and distributor in Malayalam cinema * Ashiq Husain Khan (born 1984), Pakistani politician *Ashiq Usman (born 1986), Indian film producer and actor *Usman Ashik (born 1991) , Indian footballer * Ashiq Khan (born 1993), Pakistani filmmaker *Ashique Kuruniyan (born 1997), Indian footballer * Mohamed Ashik (born 2004), Indian child prodigy *Ashik Chowdhury, Bangladeshi economist, banker and chartered financial analyst * Syed Ashik Rahman, Bangladeshi chief executive officer of RTV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Qadir Raipuri
Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878 – 1962) was a scholar and reformer in the Deobandi tradition of Islam in British India and then Pakistan. Life He was born in Toha Moharram Khan of Potohar of Chakwal District in British India. His father belonged to a religious Muslim Rajput family He lived with his aunt in Dhodiyal, Sargodha. She bequeathed him her lands. Her brothers were Mulana Muhammad Ahsan, Mulana Kaleemullah and Mulana Muhammad Yaseen. He became a hafiz of the Quran under the supervision of his uncle, Maulana Kaleemullah. He learned Arabic grammar from Maulana Muhammad Rafiq, who was a student of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. Thereafter, he left home to pursue Islamic studies. He studied in Saharanpur, Panipat and Delhi. He translated the Quran into Urdu in his later years. In Delhi, he studied the books of hadith in Madrasa Abdur Rabb under Maulana Abd al-A’li in Delhi, who was a student of Hujjatul Islam Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, as well as Sahih al-Tirmidhi from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
