Muḥammad Manz̤oor Nomānī ( 15 December 1905 – 4 May 1997) was an Indian

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' ( ; also spelled ''ulema''; ; singular ; feminine singular , plural ) are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam. "Ulama ...

. Prominent among his written works are ''Maariful Hadith'', ''Islam Kya Hai?'', and ''Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution''. He graduated 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 ...

in 1927, where he studied

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 ...

under

Anwar Shah Kashmiri Anwar Shah Kashmiri (; 26 November 1875 – 28 May 1933) was an Islamic scholar from Kashmir in the early twentieth century, best known for his expertise in the study of hadith, a strong memory, and a unique approach to interpreting traditions, ...

. He held the post of Shaykh al-Hadith at

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 ...

for four years, and was a close associate 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 ...

. A founding member of

Jamaat-e-Islami Jamaat-e-Islami is an Islamist fundamentalist movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamist author and theorist Syed Abul Ala Maududi, who was inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood. It is considered one of the most influential Isla ...

in 1941, he was elected the group's Deputy

Amir Emir (; ' (), also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has ...

, second to

Abul A'la Maududi Abul A'la al-Maududi (; – ) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan. Described by Wilfred C ...

. However, in 1942, following disagreements with Maududi he led a group in resigning from the organization. Afterwards he became affiliated with the

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Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi Muḥammad Ilyās ibn Muḥammad Ismā‘īl Kāndhlawī Dihlawī (1885 – 13 July 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar of the Deobandi movement who founded the Tablighi Jamaat, in 1925, in Mewat province. Early life and education Muhammad I ...

. He served on the Majlis-e-Shura and Majlis-e-Amilah (Executive Council) of Darul Uloom Deoband and was a member of the

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Biography

Manzoor Nomani was born on 15 December 1905 (18 Shawwal 1323 AH) in

Sambhal Sambhal (pronounced Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, sə̃bʰəl) is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city lies approximately 158 km (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 km (220 mi) north-west of the state capit ...

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." / Ṣāḥib-i kitāb kā muk͟htaṣar ta‘ārif". In His father, Sufi Muhammad Husain, was a moderately wealthy businessman and landlord. Nomani received his primary education in his hometown, graduating from Madrasa Sirajul Uloom Hilali Sarai Sambhal. Later he studied at Darul Uloom Mau. Finally he enrolled at Darul Uloom Deoband where he remained for two years. He graduated in 1345 AH (1927), receiving the highest marks in the examination for ''dawrah hadith''. Among his teachers at Darul Uloom Deoband were

Azizur Rahman Usmani Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani (also written as Azizur Rahman Usmani; died 1928) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as first Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. He is best known for his '' Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband''. His brother was Shabbir A ...

, and Siraj Ahmad Rashidi. After completing his studies he taught for three years at Madrasa Chilla,

Amroha Amroha is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is located north-west of Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of Amroha district. Geography Amroha is located north-west of Moradabad, near the Sot (सोत) River. Be ...

. Thereafter for four years he held the post of Shaykh al-Hadith at

Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...

. In 1934 (1353 AH) he established a monthly journal, ''al-Furqan'', from

Bareilly Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...

. The journal began with a focus towards polemics, but in 1942 (1361 AH) it became more of an academic and religious journal. Nomani was a founding member of

. At its Founding Session in August 1941 he led the seven-member committee that proposed Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi as Amir. He himself was selected as Na'ib Amir (Deputy Amir). Six months later, in 1942, Nomani arrived at the Jamaat's ''Darul Islam'' community in

Pathankot Pathankot () is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the sixth most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal ...

with the intention of permanently settling there. He was appointed the first

Muhtasib A muḥtasib (, from the root ''ḥisbah'', or "accountability"Sami Zubaida (2005), Law and Power in the Islamic World, , pages 58-60) was "a holder of the office of al-hisbah in classical Islamic administrations", according to Oxford Islamic St ...

of ''Darul Islam''. However, due to differences with Maududi he left Jamaat-i Islami in August/September 1942 (Sha'ban 1361 AH) and returned home to Sambhal. Detailing his time with Maududi and the reasons for his departure from Jamaat-i Islami he wrote ''Maulana Maududi ke sath meri rifaqat ki sarguzasht aur ab mera mauqif'' (1980). After leaving Jamaat-e-Islami, he and

became affiliated with the

movement. Nomani's compilation of the ''malfuzat'' (sayings) of Muhammad Ilyas comes from the period of 1943 to 1944, mostly during Ilyas's final illness. In 1943 (1362 AH) he was appointed a member of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband. He regularly attended its meetings and those of the Majlis-e-Amilah (Executive Council). In 1984 he published an influential work criticising

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian revolutionary, politician, political theorist, and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian ...

and

Shi'ism Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual le ...

: ''Īrānī inqilāb, Imām K͟humainī, aur Shīʻiyat'' or "Khomeini, Iranian Revolution and Shi'ite faith". He died in Lucknow on 4 May 1997 and is buried in

Aishbagh Aishbagh (, ) is a locality in Lucknow, India. Basically it was an industrial area and there were lot of industries and factories available here namely Milkmade factory, PTC Industries LTD, and many more but in recent years it is also developing ...

Literary works

*''Islām kyā hai'' (1952) *''Dīn o sharī‘at'' (1958) *''Qur’ān āp se kyā kihtā hai'' *''Ma‘āriful-Ḥadīs̱'' *''Kalimah-yi ṭayyibah kī ḥaqīqat'' *''Namāz kī ḥaqīqat'' *''Āp Ḥajj kaise karaiṉ'' *''Barakāt-i Ramaẓān'' *''Taḥqīq mas’alah-yi īṣāl-i s̱awāb'' *''Tasawwuf kyā hai'' *''Taẕkirah-yi Imām-i Rabbānī'' (1959) *''Malfūz̤āt-i Maulānā Muḥammad Ilyās'' (1950) *''Bawāriqul-ghaib'' *''Haẓrat Shāh Ismā‘īl Shahīd par mu‘ānidīn ke ilzāmāt'' (1957) *''K͟hāksār taḥrīk'' *''Qur’ān ‘ilm kī roshnī meṉ'' *''Islām aur kufr ke ḥudūd'' *''Qādiyānī kyūṉ Musalmān nahīṉ'' *''Saif-i Yamānī'' *''Maulānā Maudūdī ke sāth merī rifāqat kī sarguzasht aur ab merā mauqif'' *''Shaik͟h Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhāb ke k͟hilāf propaiganḍah aur Hindūstān ke ‘ulama’-i ḥaqq par us ke as̱arāt'' *''Īrānī inqilāb, Imām K͟humainī, aur Shīʻiyat''(1984) or Khomeini, Iranian Revolution and Shi'ite faith. *''Alfiatul Hadith''

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Maulana Manzoor Nomanis Ma arifaful Hadith Takhreeq wa TahqeeqUllah, Imdad
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nomani, Manzoor Hadith scholars 1997 deaths Indian Islamic studies scholars 1905 births Critics of Shia Islam Urdu-language writers from India Scholars from Uttar Pradesh Deobandis Hanafis People from Sambhal district Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Students of Anwar Shah Kashmiri Members of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband