Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1967), also spelt as Muhammad Ibrahim Balliavi, was an

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Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the 6th Principal of

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. He spent almost 50 years instructing

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, and other subjects at Darul Uloom Deoband.

Early life and education

Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi was born in 1304 AH (1887 AD) at Qazipura,

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. His family came to Jaunpur from the

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of Punjab province, then settled in Ballia. His father, Abdur Rahim, was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Jaunpur. He received his elementary education in Persian and Arabic from Jamiluddin Naginavi in Jaunpur, read books on

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from Farooq Ahmad Chirayakoti and Hidayatullah Khan Rampuri, and studied theology from Abdul Ghaffar Mauwi. He enrolled at

in 1325 AH (1907 AD) and graduated from there in 1327 AH (1909 AD). At the Deoband seminary, his teachers included Mahmood Hasan Deobandi and

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Career

After graduation, Balyawi was first appointed as a teacher at Madrasa Alia Fatehpuri, Delhi. Then he spent some time as a teacher at Umri Kalan, Moradabad. In 1331 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband and remained there until 1339 AH. Between 1340 AH and 1343 AH, he held the position of principal in

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and Madrasa Imdadia Darbhanga. He returned to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1343 AH as a teacher and resigned from there in 1362 AH. After that, he served as principal at

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, Madrasa Alia Fathpuri, Delhi, and Hathazari Madrasa, respectively. In 1366 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom for the third time at Qari Muhammad Tayyib's recommendation and with the approval of the Majlis-e-Shura (the advisory committee of Darul Uloom). In 1377 AH (1957 AD), after the demise of

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, he was promoted to principal and held this position until his death, i.e., in 1387 AH (1967 AD). He took the oath of

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at the hand of his student, Wasiullah Fatehpuri in Sufism, and became his authorised disciple.

Literary works

Balyawi's books include: * ''Hadiyyat al-Ahwadhi'' (a commentary on

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) - unfinished * ''Risala-e-Musafaha'' (a booklet on shaking hands in Islam) * ''Risala-e-Tarāweeh'' (a booklet on

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) * ''Anwar-ul-Hikmah'' (a booklet in Islamic philosophy) * ''Ziya-un-Nujoom'' (a footnote on ''Sullam-ul-Uloom'')

Death

Balyawi died on Wednesday, 24

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1387 AH (27 December 1967) in

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Early life and education

Career

Literary works

Death

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