Abu al-Fadhl Imāmuddīn Khān Barāwli Chhachhrī (commonly known as Imamuddin Punjabi) (died 1916) was an

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Sunni Muslim scholar who established the Jamia Miftahul Uloom.

Family background

Imāmuddīn Punjabi's predecessors hailed from the area of Brawl,

Bajaur Bajaur District ( ps, باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, then during restructuring that merged ...

. They had relocated to

Chhachh Chhachh or Chach ( Hindko and ur, چھچھ ) is a region located between Peshawar and Islamabad at the northern tip of Attock, consisting of an alluvial plain extending from Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan, southwest of Topi and Swabi. ...

, and then finally settled in the Kāla Noor area of

Batala Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. Batala ranks as the second-oldest city after Bathinda. It is a municipal corpo ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Biography

Imāmuddīn Punjabi was born in

, a city now in the Indian state of

. He studied ahādith with Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri and graduated in the traditional

dars-e-nizami Dars-i Nizami is a study curriculum or system used in many Islamic institutions ( madrassas) and Dar Ul Ulooms, which originated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century and can now also be found in parts of South Africa, Canada, the United ...

from

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 ...

. After completing his studies from the Deoband seminary, Punjabi pledged allegiance to Fazle Rahmān Ganj Murādābādi in

Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...

. Punjabi moved to Maunath Bhanjan in 1298 AH. He established Jamia Miftahul Uloom, a known seminary in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. Punjabi died in 1916 in Mau in the

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 1902 to 1921; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces (UP), by which the province had been ...

Literary works

Books include: * ''al-Balāgh al-Mubīn'' * ''Tab'yīn al-Kalām fi daf' il-Khisām'' * ''Masābīh al-Itlā ala al-Tahrīm al-Tawājud wa al-Simā'' * ''Rabī al-Anwār'' * ''Eīdayn ki namāz ka waqt''

Bibliography

References

{{reflist 1916 deaths Indian Sunni Muslims People from Mau Darul Uloom Deoband alumni Deobandis