Posts Tagged ‘ nanautwi ’

Clarifying Misconceptions about Tahdhir al-Nas

By Mawlana Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
December 4, 2010
Clarifying Misconceptions about Tahdhir al-Nas

Our belief and the belief of our elders is that our chief, our master, our beloved and our intercessor, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace), is the best of all creatures and the best of them in the presence of Allah (Exalted is He). None is comparable to him, rather come close to him (Allah bless him and grant him peace) in proximity to Allah (Exalted is He) and the elevation of his rank in His presence....
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Reprimanding Men for Denying the Athar of Ibn ‘Abbas

By 'Allamah 'Abd al-Hayy al-Lakhnawi
August 3, 2010
Reprimanding Men for Denying the Athar of Ibn ‘Abbas

The one whose only manual work is the acquisition of sins, and only profession is the perpetuation of misdeeds, the one hopeful of the pardon of his Lord, Possessor of Grace and Bestowals, Abu 'l-Hasanat Muhammad 'Abd al-Hayy, the Lucknawi by homeland, the Hanafi by madhhab, the Ansari and Ayyubi by lineage, the son of the ocean, full of treasures, and the rain, pouring forth, Mawlana Hafiz Muhammad 'Abd al-Halim (Allah admit him into the Abode of Bliss), says: This is a beneficial treatise and...
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Scholar of Deep Learning: Shaykh Mazhar Nanautwi

By Muhammad Habib
November 3, 2009

Mawlana Muhammad Mazhar ibn Lutf 'Ali ibn Muhammad Hasan al-Siddiqi al-Hanafi Nanautwi (1238 1302 AH /1823-1885) - the righteous imam, 'arif (knower of Allah) and mujahid-was amongst the leading scholars of fiqh, hadith, and tasawwuf in his time. A descendant of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), he was born in Nanautah, a village in the district of Saharanpur (UP, India). He initially studied under his father with whom he completed the memorization of the Qur'an (hifz). He then...
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