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Talha Kandhlawi

Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi (28 May 1941 – 12 August 2019) was an Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi who served as the president of the advisory committee of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed and its secretary. He was the only son of Zakariyya Kandhlawi.[3]

Mahammad Talha Kandhlawi
Patron of the Advisory Committee of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed
In office
28 June 1999 – 12 August 2019
Secretary of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed
In office
5 March 1985 – 30 July 1996
Succeeded byMuhammad Shahid Saharanpuri
Personal
Born
Muhammad Talha

28 May 1941
Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi, British India
Died12 August 2019(2019-08-12) (aged 78)
Anand Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Resting placeHaji Shah Cemetery, Saharanpur
ReligionIslam
Parent
DenominationSunni
Alma mater
Relatives
Senior posting
Disciple ofMuhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi
Disciples

Early life and education

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Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi was born on May 28, 1941 in Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi. He was the only son of Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi. His maternal father was Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi.[4][5]

He completed the memorization of the Quran in 1956. He received his primary education from Urdu, Persian to Arabic forth jointly in Hazrat Nizamuddin and Saharanpur.[6][7]

In March 1962 (Shawwal 1381 AH), he was officially admitted to Jamia Mazahir Uloom for the first time, where he studied Sharh Jami, the first two volumes of Al-Hidayah, Mishkat al-Masabih, and other texts for one year. Afterward, he returned to Delhi and completed the remainder of his education there. He graduated in Shaban 1384 AH (December 1964) after completing the year of Hadith (Daura-e-Hadith). During this time, he studied Sahih al-Bukhari with Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi, Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar with Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalwi, and other hadith books of the final year with Izharul Hasan Kandhlawi, Obaidullah Balyawi, and Yaqub Saharanpuri.[8][9]

He pledged allegiance to Abdul Qadir Raipuri on his father's orders. Then, after the death of Raipuri in 1962, he gave himself to the spiritual training of his father, Zakariyya Kandhlawi. In 1393 AH, his father allowed him to pledge allegiance in the presence of Mahmud Hasan Gangohi and Munawwar Hussain Bihari.[10][11]

Personal life

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In 1961, Kandhlawi was married to Najma Khatun, daughter of Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi, with whom he had no children and died on 18 June 2018 at Anand Hospital, Meerut.[12][13]

Career

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On 10 August 1982, Kandhlawi was elected as a member of the advisory committee (majlis-e-shura) of Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur.[14][15]

On March 5, 1985, the advisory committee of Mazahir Uloom elected him as the Secretary of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed, from which position he formally resigned on May 12, 1993.[16][15][17]

On June 28, 1999, the Advisory Committee of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed elected him as the patron of the committee, which he patronized until his death.[18]

From 2007 till his death in 2019, he was also a member of the Advisory Committee of Darul Uloom Deoband.[19][20][21][22]

He played an important role in the movement for the establishment of Islamic schools (kuttāb) to teach the fundamentals of religion to Muslim children from village to village, city to city.[23]

Death

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Kandhlawi died on August 12, 2019 (Dhul Hijjah 10, 1440 AH) in Anand Hospital, Meerut.[24][25][26][27] His funeral prayer was offered by Arshad Madani in Saharanpur, where he was buried in his ancestral Haji Shah Cemetery.[28][29]

 
An inscription on the grave of Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi

References

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  1. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, pp. 238–245.
  2. ^ Maroofi & Deolawi 2021, pp. 47–54.
  3. ^ "The Milli Gazette". www.milligazette.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  4. ^ Saharanpuri, Muhammad Shahid (2020). Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi: Ek Zakir-o-Zahid Shakhsiyyat (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Saharanpur: Maktaba Yadgar-e-Shaikh. pp. 14, 16.
  5. ^ Maroofi, Abdullah; Deolawi, Farīd (April 2021). Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi: Shakhsiyat-o-Kamālāt... (in Urdu) (1st l ed.). Deoband: Maktaba Usmania. p. 4.
  6. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, pp. 17–18.
  7. ^ Maroofi & Deolawi 2021, pp. 6–7.
  8. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, pp. 18–21.
  9. ^ Maroofi & Deolawi 2021, p. 7.
  10. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, pp. 29–30, 37.
  11. ^ Maroofi & Deolawi 2021, pp. 15–18.
  12. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, pp. 22, 24.
  13. ^ Maroofi & Deolawi 2021, pp. 16–17.
  14. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, p. 70.
  15. ^ a b Maroofi & Deolawi 2021, p. 25.
  16. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, pp. 114, 116.
  17. ^ Saharanpuri, Muhammad Shahid (2005). Ulama e Mazahir Uloom aur unki Ilmi wa tasnīfi khidmāt [Islamic scholars of Mazahir Uloom and their academic and literary services] (in Urdu). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Saharanpur: Maktaba Yādgār-e-Shaykh. p. 379.
  18. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, p. 125.
  19. ^ Saharanpuri 2020, pp. 130–131.
  20. ^ Maroofi & Deolawi 2021, p. 26.
  21. ^ Qasmi, Muhammadullah (October 2020). Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh (in Urdu) (3rd ed.). India: Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy. pp. 672, 758. OCLC 1345466013.
  22. ^ Mubarakpuri, Arif Jameel (2021). Mausoo'a Ulama-u- Deoband [The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 386–387.
  23. ^ Mubarakpuri 2021, p. 387.
  24. ^ Mustafa, Muhammad Ejaz (September 2019). Iskander, Abdur Razzaq (ed.). "Aah! Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi bhi Daagh-e-Mufāraqt de gaye" [Oh! Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi was also passed away]. Bayyinat (in Urdu). 83 (1). Banuri Town, Karachi: Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia: 59.
  25. ^ "معروف عالم دین مولانا طلحہ کاندھلوی کا انتقال" [Renowned religious scholar Maulana Talha Kandhlawi passed away]. ETV Bharat News (in Urdu). 2019-08-12. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  26. ^ Azmi, Saeed-ur-Rahman; Nadwi, Muhammad Farman, eds. (September 2019). "فضيلة الشيخ محمد محمد طلحة الكاندهلوي في ذمة الله تعالى" [Sheikh Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi has passed away]. Al-Baas El-Islami (in Arabic). 65 (6). Lucknow: Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama: 100–101.
  27. ^ Siddiqui, Zafar (2019-08-12). "پیرطریقت حضرت مولانا محمد طلحہ کاندھلوی کی رحلت ایک عہد کا خاتمہ" [The death of Pir-e-Tarīqat Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi is the end of an era]. Millat Times. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  28. ^ Mustafa 2019, p. 61.
  29. ^ Siddiqui, Zafar (2019-08-14). "شیخ مولانا محمد طلحہ کا انتقال عظیم خسارہ ! مہتمم دارالعلوم دیوبند ، صدر جمعیۃ علما ہند سمیت دیگر علماء کی جانب سے اظہار تعزیت" [The death of Sheikh Maulana Muhammad Talha is a great loss! Condolence expressed by the Acting VC of Darul Uloom Deoband, President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, and other scholars]. Millat Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-13.

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