Salman Bijnori (born 14 April 1969), also known as Maulana Salman Bijnori, is an Indian Islamic scholar, senior teacher at

Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayy ...

, and editor-in-chief of its monthly journal Darul Uloom. Affiliated with the

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Sufi order, he is an authorised disciple of

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. He also serves as the Vice President of

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind ( ) is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari Fir ...

(M).

Early life and education

Salman Bijnori was born on 14 April 1969 in

Sahaspur Sahaspur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bijnor district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Sahaspur has an average elevation of 199 metres (653 feet). Demographics The Sahaspur ci ...

, Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, into a family of scholars. His father, Saeed Ahmad Qasmi Sahaspuri, was a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband and a student of

Hussain Ahmad Madani Hussain Ahmad Madani (; 6 October 1879 – 5 December 1957) was an Indian Islamic scholar, serving as the principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was among the first recipients of the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1954. ...

. He memorized the Quran at the age of seven under his father’s guidance and completed foundational Arabic and Islamic studies at home. In 1981, he enrolled at Jamia Ashraf-ul-Uloom,

Gangoh Gangoh is a town and a municipal board in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It lies about 40 km south-west of Saharanpur city. Other nearby towns are Karnal, Haryana, which is about 35 km south-west of Gangoh; Yamunanag ...

, where he studied until his graduation in 1987. He then enrolled at

in 1987 and completed the Dawra-e-Hadith in 1988. His teachers at Darul Uloom Deoband included Naseer Ahmad Khan,

Abdul Haq Azmi Abdul Haq Azmi (1928 – 30 December 2016) was an Indian Islamic scholar who was a senior professor of hadith at the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Mau and Darul Uloom Deoband. Biography Abdul Haq Azmi was born in 1928 in ...

, Nematullah Azmi, Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri,

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, Muhammad Hussain Bihari,

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, Usman Mansoorpuri, and

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, earning first position in his exams.

Career

After completing his education, Bijnori was appointed as an assistant teacher at

Dhu al-Qadah Dhu al-Qa'dah (, ', ), also spelled Dhu al-Qi'dah or Zu al-Qa'dah, is the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It could possibly mean "possessor or owner of the sitting and seating place" - the space occupied while sitting or the manner of t ...

1409 AH (June 1989). He served in this capacity for two years before moving to Madrasa Faiz-e-Hidayat Rahimi in Raipur,

Saharanpur district Saharanpur district is the northernmost of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Bordering the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and close to the foothills of Shivalik range, it lies in the northern part of the Doab ...

, where he taught for a year from

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1411 AH (April 1991) to

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1412 AH (February 1992). He later taught at

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in Moradabad in the Arabic language and literature department from Shawwal 1412 AH to Sha'ban 1414 AH (April 1992 to January 1994). During this time, he also supervised the biweekly wall magazine ''Al-Balagh'', published by the department's students. In 1994 (1414 AH), he was appointed as a permanent faculty member at Darul Uloom Deoband. Later, in 2019 (1440 AH), he was promoted to the position of senior faculty member in the institution. Currently, he teaches advanced Islamic texts such as Sunan Ibn Mājah,

Mishkat al-Masabih () by Walī ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī (d.1248) is an expanded and revised version of al-Baghawī's '' Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah''. Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī rendered this version of the original ...

, Diwan al-Hamasa, and Sab'a Mu'allaqat. Since 2016, he has served as the editor-in-chief of Darul Uloom, the official Urdu monthly journal of Darul Uloom Deoband, succeeding

Habibur Rahman Azami Habibur Rahman Azami was an Indian Islamic scholar and a researcher of Hadith. His works include the restoration of ''Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq''. Early life A'zami was born in Maunath Bhanjan ,Muhammad Asad, Islamic Culture, vol 69. p 60. M ...

. In 2022, he was elected Vice President of

(M), where he contributes to the organization’s socio-religious initiatives. He is an authorized disciple of

in the

Sufi order.

Political views

Bijnori expressed his views on the role of madrasas, stating that the purpose of madrasas is to train scholars, not to produce doctors or engineers. He urged the government to support Muslim schools that provide non-religious education but refrain from interfering with the traditional role of madrasas. He also opposed the chanting of "

Vande Mataram Vande Mātaram (Bengali language, Original Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম্‌ ''Bônde Mātôrôm'' Devanagari script: वंदे मातरम्; , Transcreation: I Bow to Thee, Mother) is a poem that was adopted as the nati ...

," stating that while Islam teaches Muslims to love their homeland, it does not permit the worship of any country.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bijnori, Salman 1969 births Living people Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Academic staff of Darul Uloom Deoband Deobandis Darul Uloom Deoband alumni People from Bijnor district

Early life and education

Career

Political views

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