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
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...
. His mother is the niece of the Indian Islamic scholar
Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, from whom Salman Nadwi benefited greatly.
He began his elementary education at a branch school of
Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama where he
memorised the Qur'an at an early age. After completing a middle school level education of Islamic studies, he matriculated to a graduate program at the college of
Shari'ah and
Usul al-Din in ''Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama''. After graduation in 1974, he, alongside a group of other graduates, established the ''Jam'iat Shabab al-Islam'' (Organization of the Youth of Islam), an organisation that is considered today to be one of the largest and most active Islamic organisations in India.
He completed a master's degree in
Hadith (al-Hadith al-Sharif wa 'Ulumuhu) from ''Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama'' in 1976. A year later, he was admitted into the college of
Usul al-Din at the
Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University and continued to pursue higher education in the field of Hadith. He received his master's degree in Hadith studies with high recognition in 1980. His dissertation, Jam' Alfaz al-Jarh wa 'l-Ta'dil wa Dirasatuha min Kitab Tahdhib al-Tahdhib li 'l-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, was completed under the supervision of the erudite hadith and usul scholar, 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah. Husaini benefited heavily from Abu Ghuddah in the field of hadith studies during his stay at the Jami'ah and was amongst his most distinguished and beloved students.
Career
He has written books in Arabic and Urdu. Husaini served as the
Dean of the Faculty of
Dawah at the
Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama madrasa in Lucknow.
He contributed to the establishment of the Madrasat al-Imam Ahmad ibn 'Irfan al-Shahid al-Islamiyyah in 1975.
Sunni Muslim army
On July 2014,
Firstpost reported that Husaini wrote a letter to the
Saudi Saudi may refer to:
* Saudi Arabia
* Saudis, people from Saudi Arabia
* Saudi culture, the culture of Saudi Arabia
* House of Saud
The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is c ...
government offering to raise a 500,000 strong militia of
Sunni Muslim
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagree ...
Indian youth that would be a part of a powerful global Islamic army. The army, he proposed, would fight
Shia militants in Iraq, would "help Muslims in need" elsewhere and would become part of a Caliphate that he wants Saudis to set up for the Muslim ummah, the international Muslim community.
See also
*
Rabey Hasani Nadvi
*
Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi
*
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi
References
External links
Jamiat Shabab al Islam, Lucknow,indiaIslamic Fiqh Academy, IndiaMuslim World League
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1954 births
Living people
Scholars from Lucknow
Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Urdu-language writers
Hanafis
Deobandis
Nadwatul Ulama