Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878 – 1962) was a scholar and reformer in the

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tradition of Islam in British India and then Pakistan.

Life

He was born in Toha Moharram Khan of Potohar of

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. His father belonged to a religious Muslim Rajput family He lived with his aunt in Dhodiyal,

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. She bequeathed him her lands. Her brothers were Mulana Muhammad Ahsan, Mulana Kaleemullah and Mulana Muhammad Yaseen. He became a hafiz of the

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under the supervision of his uncle, Maulana Kaleemullah. He learned

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grammar from Maulana Muhammad Rafiq, who was a student of

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. Thereafter, he left home to pursue Islamic studies. He studied in

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and

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. He translated the Quran into Urdu in his later years. In Delhi, he studied the books of

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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

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from Anwar Shah Kashmiri. He spent 14 years with Shah Abdul Rahim Raipuri. He traveled to Bareilly in

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and conducted classes on the Qur'an and hadith. He taught his disciples the methods of the purification of the soul and Tasawuff. Many Muslim scholars studied under him. He authorized some students to teach and propagate Islam across India.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raipuri, Abdul 1962 deaths 1878 births Deobandis Pakistani Muslim scholars of Islam Pakistani Islamic religious leaders 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam People from Chakwal District Students of Anwar Shah Kashmiri Members of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband