Abrarul Haq Haqqi (20 December 1920 — 17 May 2006) was an
Indian Sunni Muslim
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Musli ...
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 ...
.
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
Kanpur
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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
Sufi
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Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
mentor, he authorized 103 disciples.
Haqqi died on 17 May 2006.
Legacy
At
Aligarh Muslim University
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(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
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References
External links
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Works of Abrarul Haq Haqqi at
Internet Archive
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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