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07-04-2007, 03:13 PM
Imam Nimawi (rahmatullahi alaih) - (1278-1322 AH)Dhaheer Ahsan bin Ali Nimawi, of Nimi, a village in Adheem Abad, India.
He was born in 1278 AH in Salihpur, Bihar. He be-gan his studies at a young age and traveled to Luckhnow, where he was instructed by a number of ‘ulamā including the famed Allamah Abdul Hayy Luckhnawi, Hafidh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri, Muhad-dith Muhammad Saeed Adheemabadi, Mu-haddith Qutb al Zaman and Shah Muham-mad Fadhlur Rahman Muradabadi. He once dreamt that he was carrying the Prophet’s noble body in a funeral. He interpreted this as being a good sign that he would bear and convey the knowledge of Prophethood, and thus busily engaged himself in the learning of hadeeth.He authored a number of works in-cluding, Aathar al Sunan (a collection of ahadeeth arranged according to the chapters and masaail of fiqh); al Ta’leeq al Hasan (a commentary of Aathar at Su-nan); Ta’leeq al Ta’leeq (a commentary of al Ta’leeq al Hasan); Awshihat al Jeed on the topic of ijtihad and taqleed; and Jala al Aynayn fi Raf’ al Yadayn (a treatise on the raising of the hands in salāh). He died in 1322 A.H. May Allāh shower his mercy upon him
He was born in 1278 AH in Salihpur, Bihar. He be-gan his studies at a young age and traveled to Luckhnow, where he was instructed by a number of ‘ulamā including the famed Allamah Abdul Hayy Luckhnawi, Hafidh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri, Muhad-dith Muhammad Saeed Adheemabadi, Mu-haddith Qutb al Zaman and Shah Muham-mad Fadhlur Rahman Muradabadi. He once dreamt that he was carrying the Prophet’s noble body in a funeral. He interpreted this as being a good sign that he would bear and convey the knowledge of Prophethood, and thus busily engaged himself in the learning of hadeeth.He authored a number of works in-cluding, Aathar al Sunan (a collection of ahadeeth arranged according to the chapters and masaail of fiqh); al Ta’leeq al Hasan (a commentary of Aathar at Su-nan); Ta’leeq al Ta’leeq (a commentary of al Ta’leeq al Hasan); Awshihat al Jeed on the topic of ijtihad and taqleed; and Jala al Aynayn fi Raf’ al Yadayn (a treatise on the raising of the hands in salāh). He died in 1322 A.H. May Allāh shower his mercy upon him