Abu al-Fadhl Imāmuddīn Khān Barāwli Chhachhrī (commonly known as Imamuddin Punjabi) (died 1916) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who established the

Jamia Miftahul Uloom The Jamia Miftahul Uloom (, ) is an Islamic School in India. It is located at Shahi Katra, a town in the Mau district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in Nort ...

Biography

Imāmuddīn Punjabi's predecessors hailed from the area of Brawl,

Bajaur Bajaur District (, ), formerly Bajaur Agency, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Prior to 2018, Bajaur Agency was the northernmost component of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a semi-a ...

. They had relocated to

Chhachh Chhachh or Chach (Hindko: ) is a region located in Punjab, Pakistan between Peshawar and Islamabad at the northern tip of Attock, consisting of an alluvial plain extending from Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan, southwest of Topi and Swabi. ...

, and then finally settled in the Kāla Noor area of

Batala Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. Batala ranks as the second-oldest city after Bathinda. It is a municipal cor ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

. Imamuddin was born in

, a city now in the Indian state of

. He studied ahādith with

Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri (1810 – 17 April 1880) was an Indian scholar who played a key role in publishing hadith literature in India. He was among the early teachers of Mazahir Uloom, and is often credited as a founder for his contributions to th ...

and graduated in the traditional

dars-e-nizami Dars-i Nizami () is a study curriculum or system used in many Islamic institutions (madrassas) and Darul Ulooms, which originated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century and can now also be found in parts of South Africa, Canada, the United ...

from

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 ...

. After completing his studies from the Deoband seminary, he pledged allegiance to Fazle Rahmān Ganj Murādābādi in

Sufism Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

. Imamuddin moved to

Maunath Bhanjan Mau may refer to: Places Brazil * Maú River, an alternate name for the Ireng River Kenya * Mau Escarpment * Mau Forest India * Mau, Bhind, a town in Madhya Pradesh * Mau, Mawal, Pune district, Marahrashtra * Mau, Punjab, a village ...

in 1298 AH. He established

, a known seminary in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. He died in 1916 in

Mau Mau may refer to: Places Brazil * Maú River, an alternate name for the Ireng River Kenya * Mau Escarpment * Mau Forest India * Mau, Bhind, a town in Madhya Pradesh * Mau, Mawal, Pune district, Marahrashtra * Mau, Punjab, a village ...

in the

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 22 March 1902 to 1937; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces (UP), by which the province ...

Literary works

Books include: * ''al-Balāgh al-Mubīn'' * ''Tab'yīn al-Kalām fi daf' il-Khisām'' * ''Masābīh al-Itlā ala al-Tahrīm al-Tawājud wa al-Simā'' * ''Rabī al-Anwār'' * ''Eīdayn ki namāz ka waqt''

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