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Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
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 educational institution draws large number of Muslim students from all over the world. Nadwatul Ulama fosters a diverse range of both scholars and students including Hanafis (the predominant group), Shafi'is and Ahl al-Hadith. Additionally it is one of very few institutes in the region to teach the Islamic sciences completely in Arabic. History Nadwatul Ulama was formed with the aim to bring all the sects of Islam together irrespective of some of their differences in beliefs. Nadwa means assembly and group, it was named so because it was constituted by a group of Indian Islamic scholars from different theological schools. Darululoom is the educational body of Nadwatul Ulama which was formed in Kanpur in 1893. It was eventually shifted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Ali Mungeri
Muḥammad Ali Mungeri (28 July 1846 – 13 September 1927) was an Indian Muslim scholar who was the founder Nadwatul Ulama and first chancellor of its Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Darul Uloom, a major Islamic seminary in Lucknow. He extensively wrote against Christianity and Ahmadism. His books include ''Ā'īna-e-Islām'', ''Sāti' al-Burhān'', ''Barāhīn-e-Qāti'ah'', ''Faisla Āsmāni'' and ''Shahādat-e-Āsmāni''. Muḥammad Ali was a student of Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri and an authorized disciple of Fazl Raḥmān Ganj Murādābādi. He resigned from the Nadwatul Ulama in 1903 and shifted to Munger where he established the Khānqah Raḥmāniya. His son Minnatullah Rahmani was among the founders of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and his grandson Wali Rahmani established the institution of Rahmani30. Early life and education Muḥammad Ali Mungeri was born on 28 July 1846 in Kanpur. His Arabic name#Ism, ism (given name) was Muḥammad Ali. His ''nasab'' (patronymic) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ijteba Nadwi
Muḥammad Ijteba Nadwi (29 September 1933 – 20 June 2008) was an Indian Islamic scholar, who formerly headed the Arabic departments of Jamia Millia Islamia, Kashmir University and the Allahabad University. Nadwi was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Damascus University and the Aligarh Muslim University. He was an author of Arabic and Urdu and authored books such as ''Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: al-Daaiya al-Hakeem wa al-murabbi al-Jaleel'' and ''Islam aur Huquq-e-Insani''. Early life and education Ijteba Nadwi's grandfather Sayyid Jafar Ali was a disciple of Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed. He had participated in the Battle of Balakot in 1831 and later relocated to Basti, Uttar Pradesh. Nadwi was born on 29 September 1933 in Majhawwa Meer, a village located in the Basti district. He began studying at the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and graduated in the traditional "dars-e-nizami" in 1955. He received a B.A degree in Arabic literature from the Damascus University in 1960, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahdlatul Ulama
Nahdlatul Ulama (, , NU) is an Islam in Indonesia, Islamic organization in Indonesia. Its membership estimates range from 40 million (2013) to over 95 million (2021), making it the largest Islamic organization in the world. NU also is a charitable body funding schools and hospitals as well as organizing communities to help alleviate poverty. The NU was founded in 1926 by a ''ulema'' and merchants to defend both Traditionalism (Islam in Indonesia), traditionalist Islamic practices (in accordance with Shafi'i school) and its members' economic interests. NU's religious views are considered "traditionalist" in that they tolerate local culture as long as it doesn't contradict Islamic teachings. By contrast the second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, the Muhammadiyah, is considered "reformist" as it takes a more literal interpretation of the Qur'an and Sunnah. Some leaders of Nahdlatul Ulama are ardent advocates of Islam Nusantara, a distinctive brand of Islam that has unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darul Uloom Deoband
The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary (darul uloom) in India at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The seminary was established by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayyid Muhammad Abid and others in 1866. Mahmud Deobandi was the first teacher and Mahmud Hasan Deobandi was the first student. On 14 October 2020, the executive council of the seminary appointed Arshad Madani as the principal (''sadr-mudarris'') and Abul Qasim Nomani as the senior hadith professor (''shaykh al-hadith''). History Darul Uloom Deoband was established on 30 May 1866 by Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Muhammad Qasim Nanotawi, Mehtab Ali, Nehal Ahmad and Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi. Mahmud Deobandi was appointed as the first teacher, and Mahmud Hasan Deobandi was the first student who enrolled in the seminary. In 1982, during the Vice Chancellorship of Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salman Husaini Nadwi
Salman Husaini Nadwi (born 1954), is an Indian scholar and professor in the Islamic sciences. He is an author of numerous scholarly works in Arabic and Urdu. Salman Nadwi served as the Dean of the Faculty of Dawah at the Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama madrasa in Lucknow. He serves as the chairman of the Dr. Abdul Ali Unani Medical College and Hospital, Chancellor of Darul Uloom Syed Ahmad Shaheed – Katoli, President of Jamiat Shabaab ul Islam. In addition, he is a founding member of numerous medical, IT and engineering colleges in India. Salman Nadwi is also the editor and co-editor of thirteen different periodicals in English, Urdu, Persian and Arabic languages published in India and abroad. Early life and education Salman Nadwi was born in 1954, in the city of Lucknow. His lineage can be traced back to Muhammad through Husayn ibn Ali. His mother is the niece of the Indian Islamic scholar Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, from whom Salman Nadwi benefited greatly. He began his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi
Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui (also known as Yasin Mazhar Siddique Nadvi) (26 December 1944 – 15 September 2020) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and historian who served as director of the Institute of Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University. Biography Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui was born on 26 December 1944 in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of United Provinces of British India. He graduated in the traditional dars-e-nizami studies from Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in 1959, and mastered in literature at the University of Lucknow in 1960. He passed the intermediate exams from the Jamia Millia Islamia in 1962 and then acquired B.A. in 1965 and B.Ed. in 1966 from the same university. In 1968, Siddīqi received his M.A. degree in History, M.Phil in 1969, and PhD in 1975 from the Aligarh Muslim University. His teachers included Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, K. A. Nizami, Abd al-Hafīz Balyāwi and Rabey Hasani Nadwi. Siddiqui was appointed a research assistant in the history department of Aligarh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wali Hasan Tonki
Wali Hasan Tonki (born; 1924 - 3 February 1995) ( Urdu: ) was a Pakistani Mufti, Islamic scholar, judge and writer. Early life and education Wali Hasan was born in 1924 to Mufti Anwarul Hassan Khan in Tonk district. His father and grandfather, Muhammad Hassan Khan were muftis in the Sharia Court of Tonk. He studied Persian and other books of Arabic from his father. His father died when he was 11. In 1936 his paternal uncle Haider Hassan Khan took him to Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama and studied for four years. And then he studied random books from his paternal uncle in Tonk. After the death of his paternal uncle, he served for many years in the Sharia Court of Tonk. During this period, he passed the Maulvi examination from University of Allahabad and Maulvi Alam and Fazil from Panjab University. Then entered in Mazahir Uloom and complete Dars-i Nizami. Then he studied in Darul Uloom Deoband under Husain Ahmad Madani. Career After studies, he was appointed as Mufti and Judge in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Ehtisham Ahmed Nadvi
Syed Ehtisham Ahmed Nadvi (also known as S. E. A. Nadvi) is a scholar of the Arabic language and Islamic studies, specialising in Arabic literary criticism. He is the winner of the 1992 President's Award for Literature, and the author of books on Arabic, Urdu and Persian literature, including course books taught in Indian universities. Early life and education Syed Ehtisham Ahmed Nadvi was born in the village of Makhdoompur in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India, into a well known family of Indian Muslim intelligentsia belonging to the Syed-Qidwai clan. Other members of this clan include Ali Mian. Nadvi graduated from the Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow. He obtained his master's degree in Arabic from the Aligarh Muslim University, and subsequently his PhD from the same institution. Nadvi was the Head of the Arabic Department at the University of Calicut, Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulaiman Nadvi
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (—; 22 November 1884 – 22 November 1953) was a Pakistani historian, writer and scholar of Islam. He co-authored '' Sirat-un-Nabi'' and wrote ''Khutbat-e-Madras''.Profile of Sulaiman Nadvi on shibliacademy.org website Published 23 March 2009, Retrieved 9 October 2019 He was a member of the founding committee of . Early life and education Sulaiman Nadvi Nadvi was born on 22 November 1884 in Desna, a village of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Zauq Nadvi
Sulṭān Zauq Nadvī ( bn, সুলতান যওক নদভী) is a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi List of contemporary Muslim scholars of Islam, Islamic scholar, author and the founder of Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia. He is known mainly for his expertise in and contribution to Arabic language and literature. Early life and education Sultan Zauq Nadvi was born in Cox's Bazar District, Cox's Bazar, Bengal Presidency in 1913. He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family from Jagiraghona Mahalla, Moheshkhali Upazila, Maheshkhali, Chittagong District. His mother, Ruh Afza Begum, died during his childhood. She was the daughter of Maqbul Ahmad, a khalifa of Zafar Ahmad Usmani. Nadvi's father, Alhaj Abul Khayr, was a businessman and Sufi who had close relations with Nur Bakhsh Deobandi. His initial studies began at his local primary school and later at the nearby Natun Bazar Jame Mosque. He then enrolled at Maheshkhali's Madrasa-e-Islamia Gorakghata where he completed his primary educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdur Rahman Kashgari
Abū az-Zibriqān ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Dāmullā al-Kāshgharī an-Nadwī ( ar, أبو الزبرقان عبد الرحمن بن عبد الهادي داملا الكاشغري الندوي; 15 September 1912 – March 1971), or simply Abdur Rahman Kashgari ( ug, ئابدۇرراھمان كاشغەرىي, bn, আব্দুর রহমান কাশগরী), was one of the leading scholars of the Arabic language and Arabic literature, literature in the Indian subcontinent. Of Uyghurs, Uyghur background, Kashgari migrated from East Turkestan to India at an early age, completing his studies in Lucknow where he became an accomplished Islamic scholar, linguist, poet and author. He then migrated to Bengal (present-day Bangladesh), where he eventually became the principal of Dhaka Alia Madrasa. Kashgari was also the first ''khatib'' of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, holding this role until his death. Early life and education Abdur Rahman was born in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shihabuddin Nadvi
Mohammed Shihabuddin Nadvi (1931–2002) was an Indian Islamic scholastic philosopher, religious reformer and writer. He was born in the city of Bangalore on 12 November 1931 and wrote more than 100 books on the Qur'an, Hadith and modern science. He also founded Furqania Academy as a center for research on Qur'anic sciences in Bangalore in 1970. Some scholars regard him as Mujaddid; a religious revivalist. He died on 18 April 2002. Major works His books include: * ''Evolution or Creation?'' * ''The Holy Qur'an and Biology'' * ''The Holy Qur'an Natural World'' * ''Cloning Testifies Resurrection'' * ''Qur'anic Code of Argumentation'' * ''Qur'anic Concept of Knowledge'' * ''Death of the Sun and the Doomsday'' * ''Qur'an, Science and the Muslims'' * ''Moon Sighting and Astronomical Calculations'' * ''Rise and Fall of Muslims in Science'' * ''Need to Institutionalize Zakat'' References External links Furqania Academy TrustFurqania Academy WaqfMohammed Shihabuddin NadviMohammed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
