Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (born 3 October 1969) is an Indian Islamic scholar,

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, Hadith lecturer and author who has served as the Chancellor of

Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (translated as, House of Knowledge and Assembly of Scholars University) is an Islamic seminary in Lucknow, India. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama, a council of Muslim scholars, on 26 September 1898. This ed ...

since 2023. He also serves as the General Secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat and a member of the executive council of

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Early life and education

Nadwi was born on 3 October 1969, in Takia Kalan,

Raebareli Raebareli () is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raebareli district, and a part of Lucknow Division and comes under the Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UP-SCR). The city is situated on the ...

, India. His father Muhammad al-Hasani was an Islamic scholar, founder, and

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of the Arabic magazine '' Al-Baas El-Islami''. His grandfather, Syed Abdul Ali Hasani, was the elder brother of

Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (also known as Ali Miyan; 5 December 1913 – 31 December 1999) was a leading Indian Islamic scholar, thinker, writer, preacher, reformer and a Muslim public intellectual of 20th century India and the author of ...

and the 6th chancellor of

. His great-grandfather,

Abdul Hai Hasani Syed Abdul Hai Hasani (1869–1923) was an Indian Islamic scholar, historian, biographer, writer, Sufi, and Hakim. He served as the fourth Chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama between 1915 and 1923. He was the father of Abul Hasan Ali Hasan ...

was a writer who wrote the biographical book, ''Nuzhat al-Khawātir''. Nadwi is a descendant of

Hasan ibn Hasan Abū Muḥammad al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī (, alias Hasan al-Mu'thannā; ) was an Islamic scholar and theologian. He was a son of Hasan ibn Ali and Khawla bint Manzur. He was a grandson of the fourth caliph Ali () and a great-g ...

and

Hasan ibn Ali Hasan ibn Ali (; 2 April 670) was an Alids, Alid political and religious leader. The eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Hasan briefly ruled as Rashidun caliphate, Rashidun caliph from January 661 unt ...

through

Syed Ahmad Barelvi Syed Ahmad Barelvi, also known as Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, (1786–1831) was an Indian mujaddid, Islamic revivalist, Islamic scholar, scholar, and commander, military commander from Raebareli, a part of the historical United Provinces of Agra an ...

. Nadwi lost his father at ten, and was raised by his elder brother Abdullah Hasani Nadwi. He received his primary education in his native land, under the supervision of Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi. After that, he enrolled in Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama for higher education and completed the Aalimiyyah course in 1988 and the Fazīlah course in 1990 there. He received an

Ijazah An ''ijazah'' (, "permission", "authorization", "license"; plural: ''ijazahs'' or ''ijazat'') is a license authorizing its holder to transmit a certain text or subject, which is issued by someone already possessing such authority. It is particul ...

Hadith Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

from Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abdur Rashīd Nomani, Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda, Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz al-Aqīl, Yunus Jaunpuri, Ahmad Hasan Tonki, and Shaikh Ahmad Shafi. He is an authorised disciple of Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi and Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini in

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Career

In 1991, Nadwi began his career as a teacher of hadith at Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom in Raebareli. He subsequently joined

where he lectures on Islamic thought. He succeeded his brother as the general secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat in 2013. On 11 May 2021, Nadwi became the elected secretary of Nadwatul Ulama, and succeeded Rabey Hasani Nadwi as the chancellor of

Nadwatul Ulama Nadwatul Ulama is a council of Muslim theologians in India which was formed in 1893 in Kanpur. The first manager of the council was Muhammad Ali Mungeri and the incumbent is Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi. The council established the Darul Uloom ...

on 14 April 2023, and as a member of the executive council of

on 29 August 2023. He was also the deputy moderator of Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom Raebareli, editor-in-chief of ''Payām-e-Arafāt'', director of Imam Abi al-Hasan An-Nadwi in Raebareli, and a member of the executive council of Nadwatul Ulama. In June 2023, he was appointed to the board of the

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(AIMPLB) as a secretary. In September 2023, when the AIMPLB decided to launch an India-wide campaign for helping Muslim women secure inheritance rights according to the Shariah; Nadwi was made responsible for its Tafheem-e-Shariat Committee, a group formed to support people with interpretation of the Islamic law.

Literary works

Nadwi edited several books by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani. His works in

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include: * ''Mabādi'u Wa Usool Fi 'Ilm al-Hadith'' (in Arabic) * ''Sawāneh-e-Mufakkir-e-Islam'' * ''Islāmi Aqā'id'' * ''Tauheed Kiya Hoga?'' * ''Aasān Ma'āni-e-Quran'' (

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: ''Pavitra Quran Ka Saral Anuvad'') * ''Sihāh-e-Sitta Aur Unke Musannifeen: Imtiyāzāt o Khusoosiyyāt'' * ''Sahāba Ka Maqām o Martaba'' (

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: ''Makānat-us-Sahābah Fi Zau' al-Quran Was-Sunnah'') * ''Hadith Ki Roshni'' * ''Quran Aur Sahib-e-Quran'' * ''Ghazawāt-e-Rasool Insaniyat Ke Liye Ek Namūna'' * ''Ilm, Insaniyat Ki Zaroorat'' * ''Tahreek-e-Payām-e-Insaniyat'' * ''Rahmatul-lil-'Aālameen Ki Sarapa Rahmat Ta'leemāt'' * ''Mufakkir-e-Islam Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: Manhaj-e-Fikr-o-Da'wat'' (

: ''Manhaj-ush-Shaykh Abi-l-Hasan Ali Nadwi Fi-l-Fikr Wal-Da'wah'') * ''Qādiyaniyyat: Manzar Aur Pas-Manzar''

References

Works cited

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