Posts Tagged ‘ nanotwi ’

Background and Methodology of the Deoband Seminary

By 'Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri
June 13, 2011
Background and Methodology of the Deoband Seminary

This humble servant offers the greeting of Islam before this esteemed audience. Allah – Exalted is He – preserve you. We have sensed from you signs of nobility and interest in our condition. We feel an Islamic uprising turning towards us and you, and indeed we are needier of you than you are of us. These are my teachers, my elders and my treasures before Allah in my day and my morrow. They asked me to extend gratitude to you for your generosity and for...
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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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The Cosmic Significance of the Descent of ‘Isa (peace be upon him)

By Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani
July 28, 2010
The Cosmic Significance of the Descent of ‘Isa (peace be upon him)

Know that when Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) intended to manifest the attribute of His grace (in'am) and vengeance (intiqam), He created the creation and put it into categories. Thus, he created the fountains of faith and guidance from a species other than man, and they are the Angels, and from the species of man, and they are the Prophets and Messengers (Allah's blessings and His peace be on them all); and He created the mines of disbelief and deviance from a species...
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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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Brief notes on Shaykh al-Hind

By Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi
October 1, 2009

Shaykh al-Hind Mawlana Mahmud Hasan was my teacher. During my stay at Dar al-'Ulum Deoband my sole reliance was upon him. His father's name was Dhu 'l-Fiqar 'Ali. His genealogy stretches back to the Umayyad branch of the Quraysh. Mawlana Mahmud Hasan was born in 1268 AH/1851 CE. He gained primary education from his father and paternal uncle. He gained admission into the Madrasah of Deoband when it was founded in 1283 AH /1866 CE, and studied under Mawlana Muhammad Ya'qub ibn Mamluk 'Ali...
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