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Shaykhul Islam Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani (born 19 Shawal 1296 A. H. ) was the great Islamic Scholar from the Indian Subcontinent and was among the Senior Khulafa of Qutbul Aqtab Maulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohir. a


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Education and Spiritual Training

In the year 1309 A. H. at the age of thirteen years, in pursuit of Islamic sacred knowledge he travelled to Darul Uloom Deoband, where he found the luminary personage of Shaykhul Hind Maulana Mahmud ul-Hasan Khan. The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic school, where Deobandi Islamic movement was started After completing the exoteric sciences, he took the Chishtiyya tariqa at the hands of Shaykh Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, who later authorised him to initiate others in the path. The Chishti Order ( - Češtī) is a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat After graduating at the Darul Uloom in Deoband, he migrated to Madinah Al Munawwarah with his family. Medina mɛˈdiːnə (المدينة المنورة ælmæˈdiːnæl muˈnɑwːɑrɑ or المدينة ælmæˈdiːnæ also transliterated into English as He began teaching the sacred sciences including, Arabic grammar, usul al-fiqh, usul al-hadith, hadith and Quranic exegesis. Uṣūl al-fiqh ( is a term which literally translates to the roots of the law and refers to the study of the origins sources and practice of Islamic jurisprudence Hadith ( ar الحديث, pl aḥadīth; lit. "narrative" are oral Traditions relating to the words and deeds of the Islamic Exegesis (from the Greek 'to lead out' involves an extensive and critical interpretation of an authoritative text, especially of a Holy

Career

Maulana Madani was appointed as Head Teacher and Shaykh al-Hadith of Darul ‘Uloom Deoband after his eminence ‘Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri(ra) had left the post. He filled this position for approximately 28 years. Prior to this, he had spent 18 years teaching various Islamic sciences including Hadith in Madinah al-Munawwarah.


His Efforts for freedom

Hadhrat Maulana (ra) contributed to unimaginable limits for the freedom movement. He was imprisoned for approximately three years in the Island of Malta (by the British) with his beloved teacher Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hind Maulana Mahmud ul-Hasan Khan(ra. ) He was well known for his tireless efforts in the liberation struggle of which he was at the forefront after the Death of Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hind (ra. )

After his release, he returned to India and became actively involved in politics representing the Muslims in gaining India's independence. He held the posts of Shaykhul Hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband and as the President of the 'Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind' till his death in 1957.

Maulana Madni in Shaykh Zakariyyah's words

[1][2][3] Hadhrat Shaykh Zakariyya (ra) says:

"Maulana Madni (ra) was an exceptional personality and for me to even try and emulate him would be an impossible task and foolishness on my part. How can I possibly emulate him whose life on journeys and at home was the same, whose hard work by night was the same by day - a man who felt no need for rest nor ever seemed to tire (after his continuous struggles and hard work. ) Such a man was he that he would return from Hijaz and disembark at Karachi. From there, he would immediately board a train and travel for two days and nights arriving at Deoband at 5 a. m in the morning. And then at 6 a. m he would take his place in front of a class to teach Bukhari. This is what heppened on his last journey from Haj. How can anyone emulate him? "

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