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Abrarul Haq Haqqi (20 December 1920 — 17 May 2006) was an Indian
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scholar who established Ashraful Madaris in Hardoi. He was a disciple of
Ashraf Ali Thanwi Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakimul Ummat and Mujaddidul Millat; 19 August 1863 – 20 July 1943) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, thinker, reformist and a revivor of classical Sufi in the Indian subcontinent during the Briti ...
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Biography

Haqqi was born on 20 December 1920 in Hardoi. He graduated from Mazahir Uloom. Haqqi was appointed a teacher in Mazahir Uloom after his graduation. He later taught at Jami-ul-Uloom Kanpur, a seminary in
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, for two years. At
Ashraf Ali Thanwi Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakimul Ummat and Mujaddidul Millat; 19 August 1863 – 20 July 1943) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, thinker, reformist and a revivor of classical Sufi in the Indian subcontinent during the Briti ...
'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 also a
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mentor, he authorized 103 disciples. Haqqi died on 17 May 2006.


Legacy

At
Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ...
(AMU), Ateequr Rahman Qasmi wrote a doctoral thesis entitled ''Maulana Abrarul Haq: Life and Works''. His brother Syed Anwarul Haq Haqqi headed the Political Science department of AMU for two decades.


See also

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List of Deobandis Deobandis represent a group of scholars affiliated with the reformist Deobandi movement, which originated in the town of Darul Uloom Deoband in northern India. Founded in 1866, this movement sought to safeguard Islamic teachings amidst non-Musli ...


References


External links

* Works of Abrarul Haq Haqqi at
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{{Authority control Abrarul Haq Haqqi Deobandis Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 1920 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam People from British India People from Hardoi district Mazahir Uloom alumni Disciples of Ashraf Ali Thanwi