Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (also written as Saʻīd Aḥmad Pālanpūrī) (1940 – 19 May 2020), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of

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 ...

. A number of his books are required readings in Darul Uloom Deoband.

Biography

Palanpuri was born in 1940 in Kaleda village,

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then in the

Palanpur State Palanpur State was a princely state of India during the British Raj. It was a Salute state with the Nawab of Palanpur having a hereditary salute of 13-guns. It was the main state of the Palanpur Agency. Palanpur State became a British protecto ...

. He studied at the

Mazahir Uloom Mazahir Uloom ( ur, ) is an Islamic seminary located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Started in November 1866 by Sa'ādat Ali Faqīh, and developed further by Mazhar Nanautawi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri; it is regarded as the second most influen ...

and then attended the

, where he graduated in 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 S ...

studies. Palanpuri joined Jamia Ashrafiya in

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as a teacher in 1965 and taught there for about ten years. He was appointed as a teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1973 at the recommendation of

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. In 2008, he succeeded Naseer Ahmad Khan as Shaykh al-Hadith and also served as Principal. His teaching career in

lasted for over 50 years.

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awarded Palanpuri the President's Certificate of Honour on the 64th Independence Day of India.

Reaction towards Madrasa Board scheme

Palanpuri maintained the view that the Indian Government's Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM) will end in fiasco.

Literary works

Palanpuri's works include: * '' Tafseer Hidayat al-Quran'' * ''Mabadiyat-e-Fiqh'' * ''Aap Fatwa Kaise Dein?'' * ''Hurmat-e-Musahirat'' * ''Dadhi awr Anbiya ki Sunnat'' * ''Tehshiya Imdad al-Fatawa'' (Marginalia to

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's 6 volume ''Imdad al-Fatawa''). * ''Tasheel Adilla-e-Kamilah'' (Commentary to

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (also known as Shaykh al-Hind; 1851–1920) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia university and launched the Silk Letter Movement for t ...

's ''Adilla-e-Kamilah''). * ''Mashaheer Muhaddiseen, Fuqaha Kiram awr Tadhkirah Rawiyan-e-Kutb-e-Hadith'' * ''Rahmatullahil Wasiah'' (5 volume commentary to

Shah Waliullah Dehlawi Quṭb-ud-Dīn Aḥmad Walīullāh Ibn ʿAbd-ur-Raḥīm Ibn Wajīh-ud-Dīn Ibn Muʿaẓẓam Ibn Manṣūr Al-ʿUmarī Ad-Dehlawī ( ar, ‎; 1703–1762), commonly known as Shāh Walīullāh Dehlawī (also Shah Wali Allah), was an Islamic ...

's ''Hujjatullahil Balighah'')

Death

Palanpuri had diabetes and was admitted to a

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hospital, where he died on 19 May 2020 (25

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1441 AH). He was buried in a graveyard located in

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, Mumbai and only 15 people were allowed to attend his last rites. Islamic scholars

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Arshad Madani Arshad Madani (born in 1941) is an Indian Muslim scholar and the current Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He succeeded Asad Madni as the eighth president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.Mehmood Madani Mahmood Asad Madani (born 3 March 1964) is an Indian Islamic scholar, activist, politician, and president of the Mahmood faction of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind religious organisation. He formerly served as the general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e- ...

and

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expressed grief at his death.

References

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