Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad (also known as Muhammad Ahmad Nanautawi) (1862–1928) was an Indian Muslim scholar, who served as the vice chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband for thirty five years. He was the Grand Mufti of the Hyderabad State from 1922 to 1925.
Shamsul Ulama, Mawlana Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad | |
|---|---|
| 8th Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office 1895–1928 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Munir Nanautavi |
| Succeeded by | Habibur Rahman Usmani |
| Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State | |
| In office 1922–1925 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1862 Nanauta, British India |
| Died | 18 October 1928 (aged 65–66) Nizamabad railway station, British India |
| Children | Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Qari Tahir Qasmi |
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| Relatives | Muhammad Salim Qasmi (grandson), Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi (great grandson) |
Biography
editAhmad was born in 1862 in Nanauta into the Siddiqi family; his father was Islamic scholar Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi.[1] He attended Madrasa Manba-ul-Ulum in Gulauthi and then Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad. He later returned to Darul Uloom Deoband where he studied with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. He studied parts of the Jami` at-Tirmidhi with Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi and specialized in hadith with Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.[2][3] He was a disciple of Imdadullah Muhajir Makki.[4]
At Darul Uloom Deoband, he taught Mishkat al-Masabih, Tafsir al-Jalalayn, Sahih Muslim, Sunan ibn Majah for ten years, and served as vice chancellor for 35 years.[5][3]
Ahmad was honored with the title of Shamsul Ulama by the British Government of India,[6][7] which he returned in 1920.[8] He also served Grand Mufti of Hyderabad State from 1922 to 1925.[9][8]
Students
editAhmad's students include Anwar Shah Kashmiri, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Ubaidullah Sindhi, Hussain Ahmad Madani, Kifayatullah Dehlawi, Sayyid Asghar Hussain Deobandi, Qari Muhammad Tayyib, Muhammad Shafi Deobandi, Manazir Ahsan Gilani and Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad.[10]
Death and legacy
editAhmad died on October 18, 1928 (Jumad al-Ula 3, 1347 AH) while travelling in a train near Nizamabad Junction railway station and was buried in a special graveyard Khitta-e-Salihin with the consent of Mir Osman Ali Khan.[11][12][13] Ahmad's son Qari Muhammad Tayyib was vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for fifty years.[5] Pakistani qari's Shakir Qasmi, Waheed Zafar Qasmi and Zahir Qasmi were his grandsons.[14]
See also
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ Gīlānī, Manāzir Ahsan. Sawānih Qāsmi [Biography of Qāsim] (in Urdu). Vol. 1. Deoband: Maktaba Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 113.
- ^ Minault, Gail (1982). The Khilafat Movement: Religious Symbolism and Political Mobilization in India. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231050722. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ a b Syed Mehboob Rizwi. History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband (Volume 2) (PDF). Translated by Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi (1981 ed.). Idara-e-Ehtemam, Dar al-Ulum Deoband. p. 37-38, 170-174. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Tayyib, Qari Muhammad (July 1999). Bukhari, Akbar Shah (ed.). 50 Misaali Shaksiyaat [50 Exemplar personalities] (in Urdu). Deoband: Maktaba Faiz-ul-Qur'an. p. 95.
- ^ a b Ernst, Carl W.; Martin, Richard C. (27 November 2012). Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781611172317. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Metcalf, Barbara (December 2012). Husain Ahmad Madani: The Jihad for Islam and India's Freedom. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 9781780742106.
- ^ Deobandi, Syed Muhammad Miyan. "Differences between Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind and Mohtamims". Silk Letters Movement (PDF). Translated by Muhammadullah Qasmi. Darul Uloom Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b Muhammad Miyan Deobandi. "Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad". Ulama-e-Haq awr Unke Mujahidana Kaarname (in Urdu). Vol. 1. Deoband: Faisal International. pp. 162–163.
- ^ Adrawi 2016, p. 17.
- ^ Muhammad Shakaib Qasmi; Muhammad Noushad Qasmi (27 August 2023). Aks-e-Ahmad (Biography of Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad) (in Urdu) (May 2014 ed.). Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband: Hujjatul Islam Academy. pp. 71–95. ISBN 9788192944135.
- ^ Tayyib 1999, pp. 108–109.
- ^ Rizwi 1981, p. 173.
- ^ Qasmi, Muhammadullah (October 2020). Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh (in Urdu) (2nd ed.). India: Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy. p. 531. OCLC 1345466013.
- ^ Aks-e-Ahmad (in Urdu). Darul Uloom Waqf: Hujjatul Islam Academy. May 2014. p. 464, 474. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
Bibliography
edit- Rizwi, Syed Mehboob (1981). History of Dar al-Ulum Deoband. Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi (1st ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam.
- Adrawi, Asir (April 2016). Karwān-e-Rafta: Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind [The Caravan of the Past: Discussing Indian scholars] (in Urdu) (2nd ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen.
- Sulaiman, A. F. M. (2011). Indian Contributions to Arabic Literature: A Study on Mohd Rabe Hasani Nadwi. University (Ph.D.). Assam University. p. 68–71. hdl:10603/92992 – via Shodhganga.