Hafiz Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi, spelled as Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi or Abdul Manan Wazirabadi ( ur, ; Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi, 1851 AD18 July 1916 AD, 1267 AH - 16 Ramzan 1334 AH) was a religious scholar,

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mufassir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

'' and

muhaddith Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism) consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...

during British Raaj. He was a well known scholar of hadith of his time. He is also known as Muhaddith Punjab or Ustad-e-Punjab. He was one of the notable leaders of Ahl-i Hadees movement.

Early life and education

Mannan Wazirabadi was born in 1267 AH, 1851 AD in the village of Karoili in

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.Shahkar Islami Encyclopedia, Volume 25, Pages 1060-1061 When Mannan Wazirabadi was 8 years old, he contracted

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and lost his sight due to this disease.Ustad-e-Punjab p 42 His father name was Mulk Sharfuddin bin Noor Khan who was member of the

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,Ustad-e-Punjab p 41-42 a tribe living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of

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. His family was originally from

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and migrated to

and started working in the field of agricultural. His father died when Mannan was twelve years old. Hafiz Wazirabadi started receiving the

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and

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at home from the

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of his village. He went to different places for higher education and finally came to the service of Syed Nazir Hussain Dehlavi in

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. Under Syed Nazir, Wazirabadi completed

science of hadith Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism) consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...

and Quranic commentary. During his stay in

, he also met the founder of

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and other eminent scholars. After completing the tour of hadith, he came to

Abdullah Ghaznavi Abdullah Ghaznavi (1811 – 15 February 1881) was an Afghan-Indian Muslim scholar and pietist. A pupil of Sayyid Nazir Husain, he was exiled from his native Ghazni, Afghanistan on account of his adherence to and propagation of Ahl-i Hadith doctr ...

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

. Ghaznavi seated Mannan Wazirabadi on the pedestal of Hadith. After staying for some time, he came back to

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. Where he live forever.

Death

Mannan Wazirabadi died in

on 16

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1334 AH, 18 July 1916 AD. He is buried in Chowrangi Cemetery near Wazirabad Sialkot Road. On his death, Sanaullah Amritsar had said that today's

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has died.

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* Ustad-e-Punjab (teacher of Punjab), in

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, by Maulana Majeed Sohadravi, Darussalam Pakistan/Muslim Publication,

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. *Hafiz Abdul Manan Wazirabadi, life, services, works, in

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, by Munir Ahmad Salafi, Publisher: Faran Academy

. * Shahkar Islami Encyclopedia, Volume 25, Pages 1060–1061, in

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, by Mehmood Syed Qasim, Publisher- Al-Faisal. 1851 births 1916 deaths People from Wazirabad People from Gujranwala District Atharis Quranic exegesis scholars Indian scholars of Islam Indian Islamic religious leaders Hashemite people Ahl-i Hadith people

Early life and education

Death

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