Shaykh
Abu’l Huda Muhammad al-Yaqubi
Ash-Shaykh
as-Sayyid Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Ya`qubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi
is
a well-known scholar from Syria.
Interview
regarding
Imam
Ahmed Raza Khan (RA)
Video: Here
Shaykh
Muhammad al-Yaqubi:
Imam
Ahmed Raza Khan (RA)
as
a Mujaddid of Islam in the Indian
subcontinent
Transcript
of a section from the interview on Takbeer TV1
Shaykh
al-Yáqubi:
“ ...great
Ĥanbali scholars or great Sufi masters, great men of Allāh.
Imam
Ahmed ibn Ĥanbal himself...believed
in seeking the barakah2 of Rasul Allah şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam, in
visiting the grave of Rasul Allah şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam, believed
in the weak ĥadīth being valid proofs in the field of sharīáh and
in the narration of the mújizāt and the fađayil,3 unlike
modern Hanbalites.
Even
back to 50 years ago...70 years ago, the greatest Hanbalite scholars
in Syria were great sufis. Many
of them were Shādhilīs, for
example.
So
followers - true followers - of these four madh’habs,4 the
majority of the ummah, I would say, to add to this - here you could
filter who is a Ĥanafī, who
is a Ĥanbalī –
they should be at the same time, followers of Imām
Abu’l Ĥasan al-Ashárī and
the followers of Iaām Abū
Manşūr al-Māturīdī in
their explanation of áqīdah.5
Now,
we follow RasūlAllāh şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam in
everything.In our fiqh,6 in
our áqīdah, we
follow RasūlAllāh şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam. But, in
fiqh, we follow his way of
íbādah7 as
presented to us and as interpreted to us, by these Imāms; In
áqīdah, we follow
the áqīdah of RasūlAllāh şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam but, as
presented to us, explained to us, by Imām
Abu’l Ĥasan al-Ashárī and Imām
Abū Manşūr al-Māturīdī.
Both
of them came in a dark time,
when Ahlu’s Sunnah were
oppressed, and they advocated the doctrine of Ahlu’s
Sunnah wa’l Jamāáh.
I
would say, for example, in the Indian sub-continent,8 if
you love Imam
Ahmed
Riza Khan, you are
from Ahlu’s Sunnah wa’l Jamāáh;
I
would say, for example, in
the Middle-East and North
Africa, if you love Shaykh
Yūsuf an-Nab'hānī, you are
from Ahlu’s Sunnah wa’l
Jamāáh.
If
you are against Al-Imām
al-Shaykh Yūsuf an-Nab'hānī, you
are against Ahlu’s
Sunnah wa’l Jamāáh. [...]
you are familiar with Al-Imām
Shaykh Yūsuf an-Nab'hānī?
He
was the best lover of Rasul Allah şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam
who
authored dozens of books in praise of Rasul Allah şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam; in
prayers of Rasul Allah şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam; in
description of Rasul Allah şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam and on,
and on, and on... So
these people can distinguish; by
following them, we know who we
are, and by attacking them
or criticizing them, we
know who the other parties are.
That
is probably in a nutshell, defined
for our modern viewers. If we go back in history, for example, anyone
who criticizes Imam
Ghazzālī, puts a question
mark in front of him, he doesn’t belong to Ahlu’s Sunnah!
Interviewer: Any
scholarly personality from the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent that you
personally have been inspired by, or you studied, or you...?
Well,
definitely. The Muslim ummah is
one body. And the scholars from the east and the west of Ahlu’s
Sunnah belong to one tree. Now, it has many branches, and we are
connected to each other, exactly like tissues belonging to one body.
In
the Indian sub-continent, I
believe, the most famous of all scholars in modern times, is
the great Imam Ahmed Riza Khan of Bareilly; who
was, I would consider the Mujaddid9 of Islam in
the Indian subcontinent.
Now,
to your surprise, I heard of Imam Ahmed Riza Khan from when I was a
little boy in Damascus.
Interviewer: That
was actually one of the questions:
Is Shaykh
Ahmed Riza linked to any of your teachers or your scholars?
Definitely!
I read about Imam Ahmed Riza Khan in the famous work of Sayyid Ábdu’l
Ĥayy al-Kattānī, Fahris al-Fahāris. Because, Sayyid Ábdu’l
Ĥayy al-Kattānī took ijāzah10 from
Imam Ahmed Riza Khan.
Also,
some years ago, I believe, approximately ten years ago, I read in the
Riĥlah11 of
As-Sayyid Muĥammad azZamzamī al-Kattāanī; I got a copy of it...a
manuscript in 1997, and then it was published - or parts of it were
published in Dirāsāt al-Islāmiyyah magazine in Pakistan.
And
he mentions the encounters between his father, the great muhaddith of
Al-Maghrib,12 As-Sayyid
Muĥammad ibn Jáfar al-Kattānī; the father of my teacher [and] my
father’s teacher, As-Sayyid Muĥammad al-Makkī al-Kattāni.13
The
encounters between Sayyid
Muĥammad ibn Jáfar al-Kattānī and Sayyid14 Ahmed
Riza Khan of Bareilly, in
Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah. And he refers to his book Ad-Dawlah
al-Makkiyyah, on
the knowledge of RasulAllah şallAllāhu
álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam, how
vast it is and how he was given the knowledge of everything.
As
I said, Sayyid Muĥammad ibn Jáfar al-Kattānī wrote
a book on the same subject in three volumes Jilā’a15 al
Qulubi mina’l Aşdā-ýi’l Ghaybiyyah bi Iĥāţatihi álayhi'ş
şalātu wa's salām mina’l Úlūmi’l
Kawniyyah. A three volume work which was published recently in Egypt.
So
my first encounters with Sayyid Aĥmed Riđā Khān were
in my father's library. Because
he had a small work, very tiny
but of great significance called Al-Mujmal
al-Muáddid fī Ta’ālīf al-Mujaddid.16
It
was an index of the books which Imām Aĥmed Riđā
Khān raĥimahullāhu táālā
wa rađiya ánhu authored and published during his lifetime in India,
in the Indian writing style - lithography - and it has sections on
his books, in Arabic, in Urdu, in Persian, and books on Tafsir, books
on Úlūm al-Qur’ān, Úlūm al-Fiqh, Úlūm al-Ĥadīth and so on.
So
these are the early encounters with Shaykh Ahmed Riza
Khan raĥimahullāhu táālā
wa rađiya ánhu. And then later on, I learned more and more about
his works.
The
first book I got of his is, Ad-Dawlah
al-Makkiyyah bi’l Māddati’l Ghaybiyyah. And
I read it twice; and benefitted from it a lot and enjoyed reading it
and one of the best works on this subject. I referred now to the book
of As-Sayyid Muĥammad ibn Jáfar al-Kattānī , it is a vast work,
very elaborate work, and adds also a lot of information on the same
subject.
I
read several of his17 works
later on and was very deeply affected by reading his book which was
translated into the English language. I was given actually, six
months ago, as a gift; one of the brothers gave me the first volume
of Al-Malfuzat18 in
English.
And
I was reading it in Birmingham while I was a guest of the Muslim
community there; and this is like, before fajr19 time
and I was in the state of
rapture reading his fatwas, reading
his comments on the Awliyā ,reading his ... I
was in rapture, I went into the
state of takbir, Allāhu
Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar ...for
having such a scholar; defending, advocating the doctrine of Ahlu’s
Sunnah wa’l Jama’ah so strongly, having this deep love of the
Awliyā, and the Úlāma... I
feel wallāhi,20 to
be honest, I feel like...the... Imam Ahmed Riza Khan and our great
shaykhs and their shaykhs in Damascus have drunk from the same river;
from the same cup, even.
This
is what we were taught about... about the nūr of RasūlAllāh
şallAllāhu álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam, about our connection and
imagining, visualizing, our presence in front of RasūlAllāh
şallAllāhu álayhi wa āalihī wa sallam, about being firm [on] who
is Ahlu’s Sunnah and who is a deviator and about many issues. And
[we] find Imam Ahmed Riza Khan at that early time really predicted a
lot of what is going on now.
And
wanted to put an end.. he even spoke about, for example, multi-faith
dialogue - in [that] Al-Malfuzat. I was very happy to read this; as
early as that time, writing and warning of it; warning of it, how it
is going on now. Because multifaith dialogue for us is dáwah – is
a way of dáwah.21
Presenting
Islam or showing people the true way of Islam, the true nature of
Islam. Rather than making concessions about our deen, as people are
doing now.
So,
I went to bed after đuĥā time, after sunrise...sometime; and I
saw, Imam Ahmed Riza Khan in my dream.
And
this was like the peak; I was in rapture, in joy - and I said
subĥānAllāh.22
It
has happened to me several times, I read about scholars, or I read
their books, or make mention of them, or I narrate their isnāds23 and
then I see them in my dreams. And about Imām Aĥmed Riđā Khān, it
was like the top of joy... seeing him.
And
I believe, Muslims in the Indian sub-continent were given this great
bounty from Allāh subĥānahu wa táālā by having this scholar,
who was a great scholar of fiqh, great scholar of hadith, a great
scholar of the Arabic language, and a great poet himself. I
think he mastered every discipline24 and
his books show the level of his knowledge.
Interviewer: I
would add to it, a great faqih. If you see the great works, that the
shaykh has compiled in the subject of fiqh, it is amazing. You think
yourself that...SubĥānAllāh?
Exactly. One
of his teachers, and very famous in the isnāds of the people of
shām25 is
Mawlānā Fađlu'r Raĥmān ibn Ahlullāh al-Kunjmuradabadi26 who
died in the year 1314.27
It
is told that Imam Ahmed Riza Khan met him and took his
ijāzah, and Mawlānā Fađlu'r Raĥmān took his
turban and put it on the head of Mawlānā Ahmed Riza Khan. Mawlānā
Fađlu'r Raĥmān is the teacher of the teacher of our teachers.
Interviewer: So
there is that very tight link between scholars...
Ahlu’s
Sunnah are one body, wherever you go.
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1 This
being an informal talk, and not a prepared speech, there are
unfinished sentences and sometimes, the shaykh changes the tense
mid-sentence or breaks away to say something else. The entire talk is
transcribed faithfully here, except in a few places where a
preposition or a pronoun has been modified to correct the sentence.
This clip was available on Youtube and other video sites made
available by sunnitalk.co.uk
2 munificence,
grace.
3 on
miracles, and virtues or superiority of certain people, places or
things.
4 schools
5 creed,
doctrine.
6 jurisprudence
– the Islamic law of permissible and forbidden.
7 worship
8 the
Shaykh says “Sub-Indian continent,” which has been changed
appropriately.
9 Mujaddid:
reviver of religion, renewer of faith. A scholar who revitalizes the
community.
10Ijāzah:
authorization to narrate.
11 Travelogue
12 Morocco
13 That
is, Shaykh Muĥammad al-Makki al-Kattāni is the son of Shaykh
Muĥammad Jáfar al-Kattāni; and that Shaykh Muĥammad al-Makki
al-Kattāni is the
teacher
of Shaykh Abū’l Hudā al-Yáqūbi and his father, Shaykh Ibrahīm
al-Yáqūbī.
14 Surely,
the Shaykh doesn’t mean ‘sayyid’ as in descendant of the
Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam. Rather ‘sayyid’ as a
respectful term, meaning ‘master’ or simply a slip of the tongue
as he is naming so many sayyids.
15The
print edition of the book says Jalā’a al-Qulūb on the tite page.
16 This
was compiled by Alahazrat’s student, Mawlānā Žafaruddīn
al-Bihārī.
17 The
shaykh is talking about Imām Aĥmed Riđā Khān.
18Al-Malfūžāt
is a collection of sayings by Imām Aĥmed Riđā Khān, compiled by
his younger son, Mawlana Muşţafā Riđā Khān.
19 dawn
20 by
Allāh
21 Inviting
others to Islām.
22 Glory
to Allah
23 Chain
of Narration or Chain of Authorization, particularly
24 The
shaykh means to say, disciplines of Islamic Sciences.
25 Shām:
Levantine. Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine.
26 Ganj
Murādābādi. But due to the absence of the guttural ‘g’ in
Arabic, it is replaced with ‘k’.
27 By
other accounts, he passed away in 1313 AH.
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The
Reviver of Islam
By al-Sayyid
Abd al-Hayy al-Kattani
Translated by
Muhammad Saeed [download Pdf: Here]
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Shaykh
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Born
in Damascus on the 13th of Dhul Hijja, 1382 AH (1963 CE)
Shaykh
Sayyid Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi is
from a noble family of scholars that descend from
the Prophet
Muhammad (may
Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).
Shaykh
Muhammad traces
his lineage back
to the Prophet
Muhammad (may
Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) through the great Mawlay
Idris al-Anwar who
built the city of
Fes, a descendant
of Sayyiduna
al-Hasan the
Second, who is the son of Sayyiduna
al-Hasan (may Allah
be pleased with him), the grandson of the Prophet (may
Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and son of Sayyiduna
Ali ibn Abi Talib (may
Allah ennoble his countenance).
Shaykh
Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Makki (ra)
Shaykh
Sayyid Alawi Maliki Makki (may Allah ta'ala have Mercy on him) said:
'When
someone from India comes
to Makkah and
we want to see if he is Sunni, we
simply mention the name of Imam
Ahmad Raza before him.
If
his face lights up with happiness, we know he is a Sunni and
if he shows unhappiness at
his mention, we know he is
something else'.
[Arabic edition
of al-Dawlah al-Makkiyah Arabi tab,' 1987]
Suyuti of Hind
Shaykh
Umar al-Hussain Baghdadi talking about how he
first encountered the
great Imam
Ahmed Rida Khan(ra)
Transcript
in English below:
My brothers for the sake of Allah. We are reminded of the days of Iraq.
We use to stay at the madrassah of Bishr al-Hafi (Allah is pleased with him). And the Indians and Pakistanis would come and stand like this around the graves melodiously reciting this melody for which we would not know the meaning for. And they would say "Upon the chosen paragon of mercy a multitude of salaam. Upon the light of all the Prophets a multitude of salaam". But we would not know the meaning of these words.
We questioned them, "Who are you?" They replied, "We are from Pakistan."
My brothers for the sake of Allah. We are reminded of the days of Iraq.
We use to stay at the madrassah of Bishr al-Hafi (Allah is pleased with him). And the Indians and Pakistanis would come and stand like this around the graves melodiously reciting this melody for which we would not know the meaning for. And they would say "Upon the chosen paragon of mercy a multitude of salaam. Upon the light of all the Prophets a multitude of salaam". But we would not know the meaning of these words.
We questioned them, "Who are you?" They replied, "We are from Pakistan."
Pakistan is
the country of the beloveds of the Messenger of Allah (peace &
blessings of Allah be upon him).
"Who
are you?" We'd ask, "What is this you're reciting?"
And
we would go to the Masjid of Sayyidi Shaykh Abdul Qadir
al-Jilaani (Allah
is pleased with him) and the Pakistanis and Indians would come. Like
this they would say, "Upon
the chosen paragon of mercy a multitude of salaam. Upon the light of
all the Prophets a multitude of salaam".
"Who are you? And what are these words you are reciting?" We would ask.
"Who are you? And what are these words you are reciting?" We would ask.
From
amongst them we saw some students of knowledge and scholars who
replied,
"These are the words of our Imam, Ahmed Rida Khan (Allah is pleased with him)."
So we questioned regarding Imam Ahmed Rida Khan.
And with the liked of Imam Ahmed Rida, we have a leader like the legend Imam As-Suyuti.
"These are the words of our Imam, Ahmed Rida Khan (Allah is pleased with him)."
So we questioned regarding Imam Ahmed Rida Khan.
And with the liked of Imam Ahmed Rida, we have a leader like the legend Imam As-Suyuti.
It
is unheard of in the lands of the Arabs about a man that wrote so
many books, sayings, poetry and thoughts that resembled Imam
As-Suyuti (Allah is pleased with him).
But we were unaware that there was one present in India that resembled him, named Ahmed Rida.
The Imam of Love, Ahmed Rida!
The Imam of Zuhd (Ascetism) and Taqwa (Piety)
The Imam of the Pious and Pure
The Imam of Muhammadi love
The one that taught you the love of the Messenger (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him).
It is a miracle that after every prayer the Muslims stand, after every Friday prayer and after every gathering they stand to send peace and blessings upon the Messenger with the poetic couplets that were mentioned by Imam Ahmed Rida.
Even in Baghdad when we would listen to the Eulogisers praises of the Prophet Muhammad(s), the likes of Owais Qadiri and those with beautiful voices, they would be reciting poems written by Imam Ahmed Rida Khan(ra).
We ask Allah to raise us amongst them. We ask Allah to place the reward of this gathering into the deeds of this Shaykh, of his Shaykhs, in the deeds of our Shaykhs and the noble Family of the Prophet(s).
O Brothers in attendance, glad tidings! Glad tidings!
He who is happy with the Prophet, the Prophet (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) is happy with him.
I don't wish to exceed upon you. I say this and may Allah forgive me and you.
But we were unaware that there was one present in India that resembled him, named Ahmed Rida.
The Imam of Love, Ahmed Rida!
The Imam of Zuhd (Ascetism) and Taqwa (Piety)
The Imam of the Pious and Pure
The Imam of Muhammadi love
The one that taught you the love of the Messenger (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him).
It is a miracle that after every prayer the Muslims stand, after every Friday prayer and after every gathering they stand to send peace and blessings upon the Messenger with the poetic couplets that were mentioned by Imam Ahmed Rida.
Even in Baghdad when we would listen to the Eulogisers praises of the Prophet Muhammad(s), the likes of Owais Qadiri and those with beautiful voices, they would be reciting poems written by Imam Ahmed Rida Khan(ra).
We ask Allah to raise us amongst them. We ask Allah to place the reward of this gathering into the deeds of this Shaykh, of his Shaykhs, in the deeds of our Shaykhs and the noble Family of the Prophet(s).
O Brothers in attendance, glad tidings! Glad tidings!
He who is happy with the Prophet, the Prophet (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) is happy with him.
I don't wish to exceed upon you. I say this and may Allah forgive me and you.
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Allama
Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal (d.1938)
said:
"I
have carefully studied the decrees of Imam Ahmed Raza and thereby
formed this opinion; and his Fatawa bear testimony to his acumen,
intellectual calibre, the quality of his creative thinking, his
excellent jurisdiction and his ocean-like Islamic knowledge.
Once
Imam Ahmed Raza forms an opinion he stays firm on it; he expresses
his opinion after a sober reflection. Therefore, the need never
arises to withdraw any of his religious decrees and judgements.
With all this, by nature he was hot tempered, and if this was not in the way, then Shah Ahmed Raza would have been the Imam Abu Hanifa of his age." [Risala Arafat, published in Lahore]
With all this, by nature he was hot tempered, and if this was not in the way, then Shah Ahmed Raza would have been the Imam Abu Hanifa of his age." [Risala Arafat, published in Lahore]
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Historical Facts: Colonialism, Jihad, Khilafah, India
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bin Yahya Al-Husayni Al-Ninowy
Here:
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Tahir ul Qadri:
Moulana
Abdur Rehman Ashrafi
Read Salam of Ala
Hazrat
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Maulvi Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee:
The authenticity of this birth date can be proved from below given references:
Hence how is it possible that both ‘Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza and Maulvi Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee were classmates at Deoband?
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Takfir
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Imam
Ahmad Raza (ra) in
fact dedicated himself to wage
war against
these popular heresies and
presented a powerful defense of true
Islam. In
1905 A.D
Imam
Ahmad Raza (ra) visited
Holy places in Hejaz for
performing pilgrimage. During this period he prepared a draft
document entitled:
Al
Motamad Al Mustanad
(The
Reliable Proofs):
for
presentation to the eminent Ulamas of Mecca and Madina.
Imam
Ahmad Raza (ra) collected
scholarly opinions of the Ulama
of Hejaz and
compiled them in a compendium written in Arabic
language with
the title:
Husam
al Harmain
(The
Sword of two sanctuaries):
Imam
Ahmed Raza (ra) was very
careful in making Takfir.
After
he saw the statements which insulted Sayyidina
Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) in the
books of the leaders of Deoband, it
took approximately 20 years for him
to issue the actual verdict of Kufr against
them. He continuously sent letters by registered
post to the Ulama of
Deoband for them to retract their statements but
to no avail. For example, it was a whole 13
years after the
publication of Hifz al-Iman Sayyidi A'la Hadrat Imam
Ahmed Raza (ra) issued the fatwa
of Kufr.
He
was not at all hasty in making Takfir.
This
can be seen when he wrote regarding Isma'il
Dihlawi: “There is a difference
between a statement being Kufr and the bearer being a Kafir. We shall
practice extreme caution and adopt silence on this issue. As long
there is there is the weakest of the weak explanation that excludes
Kufr - we shall refrain from making Takfir”. [Salla's Suyuf
al-Hindiya - Imam Ahmad Raza]
Murtaza
Hasan Darbhangwi, Head of Education at Deoband, says: “If
according to Ahmed Raza Khan some scholars of Deoband were as he
perceived them to be, then making Takfir of them was Fard upon
him. If
he did not call them Kafir, then he himself would have been a
Kafir. Like the Qadianis
when the scholars found out of their Kufr, then it is Fard for them
to make Takfir and if they do not, then they themselves would become
Kafir because he who does not call a Kafir a Kafir, he
himself becomes one”. [Ashaddu'l Adhab, p. 13]
Maulana
Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi (Founder of Nadwat-ul-Ulema, Lucknow)
"The
book that he wrote regarding 'Sajdah-e-Ta'zeemi' (Prostration
of Respect), with its comprehensiveness, is living proof of his
scholarship and his power of stating references.
He
was one who used to read in inexhaustible amounts and one who
possessed bountiful knowledge. He was a writer of the highest
calibre. In Fiqh Hanfi (Imam Abu Hanifa's School of Jurisprudence),
there was no contemporary to his match. His knowledge of Maths and
other secular subjects was also extensive and unarguable.
It
is sometimes thought that Ahmad
Raza bought segregation into the nation, but this
is completely wrong. It
is also said that Ahmad Raza created a
new sect.
However,
the truth is that Ahmad Raza didn't initiate any new belief,
yes, he did revive the original beliefs and notions of Islam."
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Thanvi himself
said: “I have abundant respect for Ahmad
Raza in my heart. He calls us
Kafir but only
on the basis of love for the Prophet (Sallal
Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) and on no
other ground”.
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"Classmates" ?
Q: "Were
Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza and Maulvi Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee classmates at
Deoband?
*
Age difference
*
Traditional studies and graduation
*
Place of study
*
Time of illustrious and authoritative literary work
Age
difference:
‘Ala
Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Bareillvee was 7
years 3
months and 5 days older than Maulvi
Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee.
Birth
Date of:
Hazrat
Imam Ahmad Raza Bareillvee was born on 10th Shawwal
1272 AH (June 14, 1856 AD).
Maulvi
Ahmad Raza sahib Bareilvee son of Maulvi Naqi Ali Khan Bareilvee,
Rohilkhand, was born on the tenth day of the tenth month i.e.
on Monday the 10th Shawwal,
1272 AH.
Birth
date of :
Maulvi Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee:
Maulvi
Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee was born on the 5th day of Rabius-Sani, in
the year 1280 AH (September
19, 1863).
The authenticity of this birth date can be proved from below given references:
A
chosen nominee of Maulvi Thanvee, Khwaja Azizul Hasan writes:
Hazrat
was born early in the morning of Thursday,
the 5th Rabius- Sani,
1280 AH.
Maulvi
Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee himself says:
My
year of birth is 1280 A.H. the 5th Rabi-us- Sani in
the early morning.
Traditional
studies and graduation:
Imam
Ahmad Raza had acquired all his religious education from his
father Hazrat ‘Allamah Naqi Ali Khan (1831-1880 AD), Grand Father
Hazrat Maulana Raza ‘Ali Khan (1809–1866 AD) and Hazrat Maulana
Mirza Ghulam ‘Abdul Qadir Baig.
Imam
Ahmad Raza’s first teacher was Maulana Mirza Ghulam ‘Abdul Qadir
Baig [1]……. He later studied the dars-e nizamee under his
father’s direction. His father exerted an important intellectual
influence on his thought in these formative years. [2]
Imam
Ahmed Raza had
completed his traditional studies at the very young age of 13 years
10 months and 5 days. In the young age of just about 14 years
(i.e. 1286 A.H.) he was awarded the degree of ‘Mufti’.
Maulana Zafaruddin Bihari describes as follows: [ref/more info: here]
--
Maulvi
Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee:
Maulvi
Thanvee had been admitted into Darul-Uloom
Deoband in the year 1295 A.H. when
he was 15 years
old.
He
acquired the entire knowledge of Arabic in Deoband only and by the
grace of Allah, had concluded his education by 19th or
20th year of his life, He studied in the
Madarsa-e-Deoband for about 5 years, He was admitted in the
Zeel-Qa‘ad 1295 A.H.
and at the beginning of the year 1301 A.H.
he was already a learned scholar.
This
establishes that Imam Ahmad Raza had been accomplished his
education and qualified as a learned scholar in the year 1286 A.H.
Whereas Maulvi
Thanvee began his education 9 years
later in 1295 A.H.
Hence how is it possible that both ‘Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza and Maulvi Ashraf ‘Ali Thanvee were classmates at Deoband?
*
Traditional studies and graduation
*
Place of study
*
Time of illustrious and authoritative literary work
Quote: "Ala
Hazrat and Ashraf
Ali Thanvee had studied together in Darul ‘Uloom Deoband" (Article
in English) Read: Here
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Sunni - Deobandi Conflict Timeline:
The
above image (Here)
is a condensed timeline of
the conflict between Sunnis
and Deobandis in
the subcontinent.
It
is often falsely
claimed that Alahazrat
Imam Ahmad Rida Khan is responsible for such
a rift; whereas,
these issues were present long before Alahazrat
and sunni scholars
refuted the grand-daddy of Wahabism in India,
who is responsible for these ugly
beliefs championed
by Deobandis, such as Allah
ta’ala being capable of lying and the overall culture of disrespect
towards prophets and awliya’a Allah – except THEIR
own ilk, whom they
praise to the skies.
Deobandis claim that
Allah ta’ala can lie and can
be flawed – ta’ala Allahu `uluwwan kabeera.
This short
timeline gives
a glimpse of how events unfolded long before Husam
al-Haramayn and
the various
books written by Deobandis and their
refutations by Sunni ulama.
Notice that
the group that dissented from Ahl
al-Sunnah was
the Deobandi
group, who
are actually a watered
down version of Wahabis,
but present
themselves as Sunnis to scholars outside the subcontinent and slander
Alahazrat without any compunction. [Download
PDFs Here ]
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The Scorching Star
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(Edited by ADHM)
(Edited by ADHM)
