Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (translated as, House of Knowledge and Assembly of Scholars University) is an

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seminary in

Lucknow, India Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama, a council of Muslim scholars, on 26 September 1898. This educational institution draws large number of

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students from all over the world. Nadwatul Ulama fosters a diverse range of both scholars and students including

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s (the predominant group),

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s and

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. 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

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in 1893. It was eventually shifted to

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divis ...

in 1898 and the Islamic curriculum was updated with modern sciences, mathematics, vocational training and the addition of an English Department.English Department inaugurated at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
The Siasat Daily (newspaper), Published 5 September 2018, Retrieved 7 March 2020 On 2 September 1898, the office of the Nadwatul Ulama was shifted to Lucknow. The Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama was started on 26 September 1898.

Administration

The manager of Nadwatul Ulama serves as the chancellor of Darul Uloom. In 2000,

Rabey Hasani Nadwi Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi (born 1 October 1929) is an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, who serves as the president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and patron Islamic Fiqh Academy, India ...

became the chancellor. Hafeezullah was appointed the first principal of the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. In 2000, when Rabey Hasani Nadawi was appointed the chancellor, Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi became the principal.

Publications

*'' Al-Baas Al-Islami'': An international monthly Arabic magazine *''Al-raid'': a bi-monthly magazine in Arabic. *''Tameer e Hayat'', a bi-monthly magazine in Urdu *''Sachha raahi'': Hindi-language magazine

Alumni

The graduates of the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama are usually referred as Nadwis. The alumni include: *

Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (also known as Ali Miyan; 5 December 1913 – 31 December 1999) was a leading Islamic scholar, thinker, writer, preacher, reformer and a Muslim public intellectual of 20th century India and the author of numerous boo ...

* Wadeh Rashid Hasani Nadwi *

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 ...

* Minnatullah Rahmani *

Mohammad Akram Nadwi Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born c. 1963) is an Islamic scholar and the Dean of Cambridge Islamic College, principal of Al-Salam Institute, and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education. He is the author of the 43 vo ...

* Sajjad Nomani *

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 ...

* Abdur Rahman Kashgari Nadwi * Sultan Zauq Nadvi * Syed Sulaiman Nadvi *

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 o ...

* Wali Hasan Tonki *

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. ...

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 Ul ...

References

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External links

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Darul Musannefeen Shibli Academi
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