Ghulām Rasool Hazārvi (1854–1918; also known as Ghulām Rasool Bafvi) was an Indian Islamic scholar and one of the earliest teachers of

Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayy ...

. He served as a teacher in Darul Uloom Deoband for about thirty one years. His teachers included Syed Ahmad Dehlavi and

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (also known as Shaykh al-Hind; 1851–1920) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia University and launched the Silk Letter Movement for ...

. His students included Abdur Rahim Popalzai,

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, Asghar Hussain Deobandi,

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, Kifayatullah Dehlawi, Manazir Ahsan Gilani, Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri,

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, and

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Early life and education

Ghulam Rasool Hazarvi was born in c. 1854 in

Baffa Baffa ( Pashto :بفه ) is a town, a union council and capital of Tehsil Baffa Pakhal of Mansehra District in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies about 15 km north of the district capital, Mansehra. History B ...

, Hazara district (now

Mansehra district Mansehra District (Urdu, ) is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Mansehra city serves as the headquarters of the district. The district has a Hindkowan majority, with a significant Pashtun and Kohista ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) to Abdul Ghaffar bin Abdul Rahman. He received his early education from the scholars of his region. For higher education, he enrolled in

and graduated in 1886 (1303 AH). He studied

Sahih al-Bukhari () is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...

with Syed Ahmad Dehlavi and

. He received permission (

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 ...

) in

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

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-Rash ...

in 1888 (1305 AH).

Career

In 1890 (1307 AH) he was appointed as a teacher in Darul Uloom Deoband and from that time until 1918 (1337 AH) i.e. until his death, he served as a teacher in Darul Uloom for about thirty one years.

Notable students

His notable students included Abdur Rahim Popalzai, Abdus Sami Deobandi,

, Muhammad Sadiq Karachi, Asghar Hussain Deobandi,

, Kifayatullah Dehlawi, Manazir Ahsan Gilani, Muhammad Sahool Bhagalpuri, Muhammad Rasool Khan Hazarvi,

, and

Personal life

He was married to the sister of Gul Hasan Bafvi, a classfellow of Hussain Ahmad Madani and a Darul Uloom Deoband's graduate of 1315 AH (1897 AD), and they had a male child, Muhammad Yaqub Bafvi (d. 1973).

Death

Hazarvi died on 24 October 1918 (17

Muharram Al-Muharram () is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is banned. It precedes the month of Safar. The tenth of Muharram is known as Ashura, an important day of commemoration in ...

1337 AH) in

Deoband Deoband is a town and a municipality in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, about 150 km (93 miles) from Delhi. Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic Institutions of India is located ther ...

and was buried near the grave of

Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi Muhammad Qasim Nanawtawi (1832 – 15 April 1880) () was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Maturidi Islamic Scholar, theologian and a Sufi who was one of the main founders of the Deobandi Movement, starting from the Darul Uloom Deoband. Name and line ...

in Qasmi Cemetery. After hearing the news of Hazarvi's demise, Hazarvi's teacher, Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, wrote a

marsiya A marsiya (; ) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali, his family, and his companions at the tragedy of Karbala. Marsiyas are essentially religious lamentations. Background The word ''Marsiya'' is d ...

from the prison of

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, in which he expressed his grief and sorrow over Hazarvi's demise.

References

Bibliography

* {{cite thesis, last1=ar-Rahman, first1=Qari Fayouz, title=Mashāhīr-e-Ulamā-e-Sarhad (1857–1977), type=PhD thesis, publisher=Jami' Masjid Al-Furqān, location=

Malir Cantonment The Malir Cantonment () is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. History Declared a cantonment by the British Army, Royal British Government as POW Camp by M ...

, Karachi, date=1977, hdl=, chapter=Ustādh al-Asātidhah Maulana Ghulam Rasool Sahab Bafvi, url=https://archive.org/details/mashahir-e-ulama-e-sarhad-1857-1977 , pages=306–322, language=ur, access-date=29 March 2024 18th-century births 1854 births 1918 deaths People from Baffa People from Mansehra District Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Academic staff of Darul Uloom Deoband Deobandis Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam