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Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi

Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi (1942–2002), also written as Shafiq-ur-Rahman Nadwi, was an Indian Islamic scholar and a writer of Arabic and Urdu. He was an alumni and professor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and the author of the famous book of Fiqh in Arabic, Al-Fiqh Al-Muyassar. He also served as the office-in-charge of the madrasas affiliated with Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, which numbered 150 at the time.

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Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi
Personal
Born9 June 1942
Sant Pur, Nautan Block, West Champaran district, Bihar, India
Died24 June 2002(2002-06-24) (aged 60)
Lucknow, India
Resting placeDaliganj graveyard, Lucknow
ReligionIslam
Main interest(s)Arabic literature, Urdu literature, Fiqh
Notable work(s)Al-Fiqh Al-Muyassar
Alma materDarul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
Teachers

Early life and education

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Shafiqur Rehman Nadwi was born on June 9, 1942, to Manzoor Hasan Siddiqui in Sant Pur, Nautan Block, West Champaran District, in the Indian state of Bihar.[1][2]

He received his early education in madrasas near his homeland, including Madrasa Islamia of Bettiah,[1] from where he enrolled in Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, on June 10, 1956, and graduated from there in February 1962.[1][2]

His teachers included Muḥammad Ishaq Sandelwi, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Manzoor Nomani, Abdul Hafiz Balyawi, Rabey Hasani Nadwi, and Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi.[2]

During his student days,[3] in 1959, under the supervision of Rabey Hasani Nadwi,[4][5][6][7] an Arabic fortnightly magazine, Al-Raid, was published by the students' Arabic club, An Nadi al Arabi of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama,[3][8] which was edited by him.[3] But in October 1960, with issue 8/7 in its second year, his name appeared on the front page for the first time as editor-in-chief.[9]

Career

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Shafiqur Rahman started his teaching career in April 1962 at Madrasa Islah al-Muslimeen Pathar Ki Masjid, Patna, after graduating from Nadwa. After two years, on the suggestion of Abul Irfan Khan Nadwi, the working principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in February 1964. He returned to his homeland after serving one year as a teacher and spent seven to eight years as a trader and journalist. In 1972, he became rector of Rifahul Muslimeen in Rampur Kesaria, East Champaran, Bihar. In 1974, on the advice of his teacher Rabey Hasani Nadwi, he was returned to Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and served there as a teacher until his death.[2][10][11]

He also served as the office-in-charge of 150 affiliated madrasas of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama;[12][13][11] all activities in this regard were carried out based on his report and recommendations, and he also visited these affiliated madrasas.[11]

On Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi's order,[14][15] he wrote the book Al-Fiqh Al-Muyassar,[16][17][18] which is a curriculum featured in universities throughout the country and overseas,[1][2][19] including Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama[17][1][20][21] and all of its branches.[11] Apart from that, his articles have been published both in India and overseas.[18]

His son Tariq Shafiq Nadwi, President of Urdu Department, Islamia College, Gorakhpur, has written an analytical commentary on his five-year activities in the monthly Zikr o Fikr, New Delhi, titled Matā'-e-Zikr-o-Fikr.[22][23]

He was also among those scholars who considered it right to establish a TV station with the sole purpose of defending Islam and Islamic teachings and propagating the message of Islam.[24]

Death

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Shafiqur Rahman died on June 24, 2002 (Rabi' al-Thani 12, 1423 AH)[13] at dawn due to cardiac arrest. The funeral prayer was led by Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi in the premises of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow and he was buried in the Daliganj graveyard. His wife and five children survived him, along with two sons, Tariq Shafiq Nadwi and Khalid Shafiq Nadwi.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Nadwi, Muhammad Rabey Hasani; Nadwi, Mahmood Hasan Hasani; Nadwi, Muhammad Mustaqeem Muhtasham Bhatkali (2012). Yaadon Ke Chirāgh (in Urdu). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Lucknow: Maktaba as-Shabāb al-'Ilmiyyah. pp. 297–301.
  2. ^ a b c d e Nadwi, Tariq Shafiq (2021). Matā' e Zikr o Fikr (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Lucknow: Mashhood Enterprises. p. 353.
  3. ^ a b c Nadwi, Muhammad Naeem Siddiqui (2021). Bazm e Dānishwarān (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Maunath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh: Dar al-Fahīm Publications. p. 222.
  4. ^ Ahmed, Farid Uddin (2019). "Arabic Journalism in India: its growth and development" (PDF). The Echo. 8 (1): 311. ISSN 2278-5264. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ Alangadan, Anees (2014). Relocating Arabic Language And Literature With Reference To Arabic Journalism In India 1950 To 2000 (PhD thesis) (in Arabic). India: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. p. 180. hdl:10603/30548. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ Nadwi, Sarwar Alam (2000). Development Of Arabic Journalism In India After Independence (PhD thesis) (in Arabic). India: Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 204–205. hdl:10603/57825. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ P, Jubailiya (2020). Darul Uloom Nadwathul Ulama its Contributions to the Development of Arabic Language and Literature: an analytical study (PhD thesis) (in Arabic). India: Department of Arabic, University of Calicut. p. 193. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ Nadwi, Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi (2010). Islami Saqafat Aur Nadwatul Ulama [Islamic culture and Nadwatul Ulama] (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Muzaffarpur, Bihar: Jamiyat-ul-Hilal Al-Ahmad. p. 106.
  9. ^ Nadwi 2000, p. 205.
  10. ^ Nadwi, Sayed Ahmad Zakariya Ghori (2010). Muqaddamāt al-Imām Abi al-Hasan al-Nadwi [The Forewords of Imam Abul Hasan Nadwi] (PDF) (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Damascus: Dar Ibn Kathīr. p. 389.
  11. ^ a b c d e Nadwi, Shamsul Haque, ed. (10 July 2002). "The demise of Maulana Shafiqur Rehman Nadwi, a professor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama". Tameer-e Hayat (in Urdu). 39 (17). Lucknow: Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama: 5–6, 28.
  12. ^ Ramadan Yousuf, Muhammad Khair (2016). "Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi". Tatimmat al-A'lām: Wafiyyāt 1396–1435 Hijri, 1976–2013 Īsawi [Continuation of "Al-A'lām": Deaths 1396–1435 AH, 1976–2013 AD] (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (4th ed.). Aden, Yemen: Dar al-Wifaq. p. 144.
  13. ^ a b Nadvi, Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi; Nadwi, Wazeh Rashid Hasani, eds. (September–October 2002). "فضيلة الأستاذ شفيق الرحمن الندوي في ذمة الله تعالى" [Sheikh Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi has passed away]. Al-Baas El-Islami (in Arabic). 47 (10). Lucknow: Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama: 93–95.
  14. ^ Nadvi & Nadwi 2002, p. 94.
  15. ^ Nadwi, Salman Husaini (2004). Hamara Nisab-e-Ta'līm Kiya Ho? (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Katoli, Malihabad, Lucknow: Jamia Syed Ahmad Shaheed. p. 185.
  16. ^ Khan, Shams Tabrez (1984). Tarīkh e Nadwatul Ulama [History of Nadwatul Ulama] (in Urdu). Vol. 2 (1st ed.). Lucknow: Daftar e Nizāmat Nadwatul Ulama. p. 452.
  17. ^ a b Nadwi, Abul Hasan Hasani (August 1983). Kārwān-e-Zindagi (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Gwynne Road, Lucknow: Maktaba-e-Islam. p. 225.
  18. ^ a b ar-Rahman, Rizwan, ed. (1 January 2005). "اللغة العربية وآدابها في ولاية بيهار: محمد حبيب الرحمن" [Arabic language and literature in Bihar: Muhammad Habibur Rahman]. Quarterly Thaqāfat-ul-Hind (in Arabic). Vol. 56, no. 1. Translated by Abu Muhammad. New Delhi: Indian Council for Cultural Relations. p. 172. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  19. ^ Bedar, Abid Raza (1995). Hindustan Ke Deeni Madāris (Kul Hind Survey) [Islamic Saminaries of India (All India Survey)] (in Urdu). Vol. 2. Patna: Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library. p. 119.
  20. ^ India, Islamic Fiqh Academy (2017). نحوَ تفعيلِ الإفتاءِ والقضاءِ في العصر الحاضر [Towards activating fatwa and judiciary in the present era] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kotob Al-ʿilmīyah. p. 104. ISBN 978-2-7451-7302-7.
  21. ^ Qamruddin, Dr. (June 1996). Hindustan Ke Deeni Madāris (Kul Hind Survey) [Islamic Saminaries of India (All India Survey)] (in Urdu) (1st ed.). New Delhi: Humdard Education Society. p. 111.
  22. ^ Nadwi, Muhammad Sadre Alam (30 June 2021). "Matā' e Zikr o Fikr Ek Mutāla'a" [Matā' e Zikr o Fikr: A Study]. Baseerat Online (in Urdu). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  23. ^ Nadwi, Muhammad Intekhab (23 March 2021). "Matā' e Zikr o Fikr (An Overview)". Baseerat Online (in Urdu). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  24. ^ Academy (India), Islamic Fiqh (2009). Use of Internet and other modern communication systems for religious purposes. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah. p. 40. ISBN 978-2-7451-6261-8.

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