Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889-1972) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the Principal of Madrasa Shahi, and the sixth President of

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind ( ) is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari Fir ...

. He was a professor of

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at the

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 ...

Biography

Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad studied Quran with his mother and

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with family elders. Aged eight, he began studying Arabic grammar and syntax. He enrolled in Madrassa Manba al-Ulum Gulaothi, where he studied with

Majid Ali Jaunpuri Majid Ali Jaunpuri (also known as Muhaddith Manwi; died 1935) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and a rationalist thinker. He was mainly known for his work in the subjects of logic and hadith. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband and ...

and then went to Delhi with him and studied books of rational sciences in the

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s of Delhi. In 1908, he entered the

and studied Daura Hadith (the final class) in two years instead of one, as per the instructions of

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. Ahmad began teaching at the Darul Uloom Deoband and later went to the Madrasa Shahi in

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1339 AH, where he served for 48 years. He was the principal of the Madrasa Shahi and taught ''

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'' and ''

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'' there. 1161 students studied ''Sahih al-Bukhari'' from him between 1377 and 1383 AH. He was appointed the senior hadith professor (Shaykh al-Hadith) at the Darul Uloom Deoband following the death of

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in 1957. His students included Abdul Ghani Azhari. During the presidency of Hussain Ahmad Madani, Ahmad twice served as the vice-president of

. He became its president following the death of Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi in December 1959. Aged 82 or 83, Ahmad died on 5 April 1972 (20

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1392 AH). His funeral prayer was led by

Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi (known as Qari Muhammad Tayyib) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar who served as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for more than half a century. He was grandson of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, the founder of the Darul ...

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Literary works

Works of Ahmad include: * ''Al-Qaul al-Faseeh'' * ''Aameen Bil Jehr Sahih Bukhari Ke Pesh Karda Dala’il Ki Roshni Main'' *''Izaahul Bukhari''

References

{{reflist 1889 births 1972 deaths Deobandis Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam People from British India Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Principals of Darul Uloom Deoband Students of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Presidents of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Students of Anwar Shah Kashmiri Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband Members of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband