{"id":467,"date":"2013-11-02T19:04:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T23:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2013-11-02T19:04:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T23:04:39","slug":"shaykh-al-hind-mawlana-mahmud-hasan-deobandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Shaykh al-Hind Mawlana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSeptember 30, 2009<\/b>
\nBrief Notes On Shaykh al-Hind Mawlana Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (may Allah shower His mercy upon\u00a0him)<\/b><\/a><\/b>
\n 
\nMawlana \u2018Ubayd Allah Sindhi writes:
\n\u2018\u2018Shaykh al-Hind Mawlana Mahmud Hasan was my teacher. During my stay at Dar al-\u2018Ulum Deoband my sole reliance was upon him. His father\u2019s name was Dhu \u2018l-Fiqar \u2018Ali. His genealogy stretches back to the Umayyad branch of the Quraysh.
\nMawlana 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\u2018qub ibn Mamluk \u2018Ali and\u00a0Mawlana Mahmud Deobandi<\/a>. He remained in the company of Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Muhammad Qasim [Nanautwi] and benefited from him immensely[1]. He sought permission from\u00a0Mawlana Ahmad \u2018Ali [Saharanpuri]<\/a>,\u00a0Shaykh Muhammad Mazhar Nanautwi\u00a0<\/a>and Shaykh \u2018Abd al-Rahman Panipati[2]\u00a0to teach and impart knowledge. Considering him worthy of such a post, they all granted him\u00a0ijazah.<\/i>
\nWhen Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad Qasim visited Madinah, he also obtained\u00a0ijazah<\/i>\u00a0for Mawlana Mahmud Hasan from\u00a0Mawlana \u2018Abd al-Ghani<\/a>[3]. Apart from him, Mawlana Mahmud Hasan also derived benefit from Haji Imdad Allah in compliance with the instruction of Mawlana Muhammad Qasim.
\nFrom among the elders who attained knowledge from Mawlana Muhammad Qasim, three came to be especially renowned and distinguished. However, from them, Hadrat Shaykh al-Hind loved his teacher the most. He was the chief inheritor of his teacher\u2019s knowledge, and was his most ardent follower. I studied Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Muhammad Qasim\u2019s book\u00a0Hujjat al-Islam<\/i>\u00a0from him. Whilst studying the book, I would, at times,\u00a0feel as if knowledge and faith\u00a0were descending into my heart from above. My belief regarding the blessed person of Hadrat Shaykh al-Hind is that he was naturally endowed with intelligence and sagacity. He may be considered amongst those [learned] personalities whom, in the terminology of Shah Wali Allah, are called\u00a0\u2018mufahhamun[4].\u2019<\/i>\u00a0He was greatly devoted to his teacher and would zealously attempt to follow him. He inherited the disposition\u00a0[nisbat]<\/i>\u00a0of humility and selflessness from Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Muhammad Qasim. Shah Wali Allah has identified this\u00a0nisbat<\/i>\u00a0as that of the Ahl al-Bayt in his books. Hadrat Shaykh al-Hind passed away on the 18th<\/sup>\u00a0of Rabi\u2018 al-Awwal 1339 AH, corresponding to the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0of November 1920 CE, a full one hundred years after the death of Imam \u2018Abd al-\u2018Aziz [Dehlawi][5].\u2019\u2019
\nShah Wali Allah awr unki Siyasi Tehrik,\u00a0<\/i><\/b>p. 203-204 (Sindh Sagar Academy, 2008 ed.) by Mawlana \u2018Ubayd Allah Sindhi<\/b>
\n 
\n[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shaykh al-Hind Mawlana Mahmud Hasan\u2019s study of hadith was completed between 1286 AH and 1289 AH, over a period of four years, under the guidance of Lisan al-Hikmah Mawlana Muhammad Qasim Nanautwi. The first two of these years were spent, not in a Dar al-Hadith, but while alternating between Delhi, Deoband and Nanautah, with Shaykh al-Hind accompanying his beloved teacher constantly, diligently serving him and acquiring his wisdom and knowledge. (translator)
\n[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All of whom were students of Shah Muhammad Ishaq Dehlawi. (translator)
\n[3]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mawlana Miyan Asghar Husayn Deobandi writes that Mawlana Shah \u2018Abd al-Ghani also granted Shaykh al-Hind\u00a0ijazah<\/i>\u00a0in\u00a0tasawwuf.\u00a0<\/i>(Please see\u00a0Hayat-e-Shaykh al-Hind)\u00a0<\/i>(translator)
\n[4]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For a detailed explanation of this term please refer to Imam Shah Wali Allah\u2019sHujjat Allah al-Balighah, Bab Haqiqat al-Nubuwwah wa Khawassiha\u00a0<\/i>(chapter 55 of the English rendering by Marcia Hermansen. (translator)
\n[5]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This may be significant as Mawlana \u2018Ubayd Allah Sindhi considers the Deobandi political movement, of which Shaykh al-Hind was a leader, an evolvement of the movement led by Imam Shah \u2018Abd al-\u2018Aziz Dehlawi. Please refer to Mawlana \u2018Ubayd Allah\u2019s\u00a0Shah Wali Allah awr unki Siyasi Tehrik<\/i>. \u00a0(translator)
\nMay Allah Shower His mercy upon all the honourable\u00a0\u2018ulama\u2019<\/i>\u00a0mentioned above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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