Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and the Wali Allah Tradition

[Saad]

Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and the Wali Allah Tradition (http://deoband.org/2009/10/history/biographies-of-scholars/mawlana-rashid-ahmad-gangohi-and-the-wali-allah-tradition/)

By Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi

Shaykh al-Islam Abu Mas'ud Rashid Ahmad Gangohi is the son of Hidayat Allah Ansari. He was born in 1244 AH, and learnt from Mawlana Mamluk 'Ali [Nanautwi], Mawlana 'Abd al-Ghani [Dehlawi], Mawlana Ahmad Sa'id [Dehlawi], and Mawlana Imdad Allah [Muhajir Makki] etc. I personally studied a large portion of Sunan Abi Dawud from him. Allah granted me immense benefit through it. It is the effect of Mawlana Rashid Ahmad's company that I followed his maslak in such a way that I never even contemplated moving away from it. Through him, the Wali Allahi approach to fiqh and hadith became manifest to me, and through his blessings I became well versed in the fundamentals as well as advanced rational discourse in the sciences of fiqh, suluk & ma'rifah, Arabic and the Qur'an & Sunnah. I found Mawlana Rashid Ahmad to be a well-versed imam and mujtahid of the Hanafi School. He conformed strictly to the school of thought of his teacher, Mawlana 'Abd al-Ghani, and was as unshakeable as a mountain in this regard. He closely resembled Mawlana Muhammad Ishaq [Dehlawi] in the Wali Allahi maslak. I understood the reality of sunnah and bid'ah from his book, Barahin-e-Qati'ah.

Read the entire article... (http://deoband.org/2009/10/history/biographies-of-scholars/mawlana-rashid-ahmad-gangohi-and-the-wali-allah-tradition/)

[True Life]

:salam:

Jazak'Allah khair, very interesting. Can you please share details about note 2? Because I don't have any access to that book.

[Ashraf Dockrat]

Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and the Wali Allah Tradition (http://deoband.org/2009/10/history/biographies-of-scholars/mawlana-rashid-ahmad-gangohi-and-the-wali-allah-tradition/)

By Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi

Shaykh al-Islam Abu Mas'ud Rashid Ahmad Gangohi is the son of Hidayat Allah Ansari. He was born in 1244 AH, and learnt from Mawlana Mamluk 'Ali [Nanautwi], Mawlana 'Abd al-Ghani [Dehlawi], Mawlana Ahmad Sa'id [Dehlawi], and Mawlana Imdad Allah [Muhajir Makki] etc. I personally studied a large portion of Sunan Abi Dawud from him. Allah granted me immense benefit through it. It is the effect of Mawlana Rashid Ahmad's company that I followed his maslak in such a way that I never even contemplated moving away from it. Through him, the Wali Allahi approach to fiqh and hadith became manifest to me, and through his blessings I became well versed in the fundamentals as well as advanced rational discourse in the sciences of fiqh, suluk & ma'rifah, Arabic and the Qur'an & Sunnah. I found Mawlana Rashid Ahmad to be a well-versed imam and mujtahid of the Hanafi School. He conformed strictly to the school of thought of his teacher, Mawlana 'Abd al-Ghani, and was as unshakeable as a mountain in this regard. He closely resembled Mawlana Muhammad Ishaq [Dehlawi] in the Wali Allahi maslak. I understood the reality of sunnah and bid'ah from his book, Barahin-e-Qati'ah.

Read the entire article... (http://deoband.org/2009/10/history/biographies-of-scholars/mawlana-rashid-ahmad-gangohi-and-the-wali-allah-tradition/)


Assalamu 'alaikum

I am very interested in acquiring a copy of the book you refer to here by Mawlana Ubaidullah Sindhi.

Can you tell me where it is available from?

Wassalam

[Nu'ayman ibn Amr]

Assalamu 'alaikum

I am very interested in acquiring a copy of the book you refer to here by Mawlana Ubaidullah Sindhi.

Can you tell me where it is available from?

Wassalam

:salam:

A limited number of copies were available from Azhar Academy in London, however, they sold out very quickly. Unfortunately, I am not aware of other stores who stock it in the West.

[Ashraf Dockrat]

:salam:

A limited number of copies were available from Azhar Academy in London, however, they sold out very quickly. Unfortunately, I am not aware of other stores who stock it in the West.

Assalamu 'alaikum

I will try to souce it from India or Pakistan. Do you have the full details for the book?
I am interested in writing something on Mawlana Ubaidaullah and have started putting materials together. Should you have any references or leads you think are important please let me have these.

Wassalam
Ashraf

[Saad]

Assalam o alaykum,

I would recommend Mawlana Udayb Allah Sindhi kay Ulum wa Afkar by Mawlana Sufi Abd al-Hamid Khan Sawati. Mawlana Sawati was an authority on Mawlana Sindhi.

[Ashraf Dockrat]

Assalam o alaykum,

I would recommend Mawlana Udayb Allah Sindhi kay Ulum wa Afkar by Mawlana Sufi Abd al-Hamid Khan Sawati. Mawlana Sawati was an authority on Mawlana Sindhi.

Assalamu 'alaikum

Thank you for this lead. Do you have the full details of this book?

Wassalam

[Nu'ayman ibn Amr]

Assalamu 'alaikum

I will try to souce it from India or Pakistan. Do you have the full details for the book?
I am interested in writing something on Mawlana Ubaidaullah and have started putting materials together. Should you have any references or leads you think are important please let me have these.

Wassalam
Ashraf

:salam:

It is published by Sindh Sagar Academy in Lahore.

I have a Dar al-Kitab (Lahore) catalogue which contains this book alongwith other works by or concerning Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah :rahim:. It also contains a number of books by Mawlana Sufi 'Abd al-Hamid Sewati :rahim:

Mawlana Sufi 'Abd a-Hamid Sewati :rahim:, I believe, was a prominent and leading exponent of Shah Wali Allah's 'ulum from amongst the Deobandi 'ulama.

It may be worth reading Mufti Muhammad Taqi saheb's (hafizahullah) review of the book mentioned by Saad bhai. It is included in his Tabseray.

I do not know much about Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi :rahim:. I know that he was a leading student of Shaykh al-Hind :rahim:, an authority on Shah Wali Allah's :rahim: 'ulum and thought, and that he held some individual opinions. I recall Mawlana Manazir Ahsan Gilani :rahim: writing in his memoir that the teachers of Dar al-'Ulum Deoband (maybe 'Allamah Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani) debated him in Dar al-'Ulum on a particular issue in which he differed with the jamhur.

[Talhah]

Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and the Wali Allah Tradition (http://deoband.org/2009/10/history/biographies-of-scholars/mawlana-rashid-ahmad-gangohi-and-the-wali-allah-tradition/)

By Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi

Shaykh al-Islam Abu Mas'ud Rashid Ahmad Gangohi is the son of Hidayat Allah Ansari. He was born in 1244 AH, and learnt from Mawlana Mamluk 'Ali [Nanautwi], Mawlana 'Abd al-Ghani [Dehlawi], Mawlana Ahmad Sa'id [Dehlawi], and Mawlana Imdad Allah [Muhajir Makki] etc. I personally studied a large portion of Sunan Abi Dawud from him. Allah granted me immense benefit through it. It is the effect of Mawlana Rashid Ahmad's company that I followed his maslak in such a way that I never even contemplated moving away from it. Through him, the Wali Allahi approach to fiqh and hadith became manifest to me, and through his blessings I became well versed in the fundamentals as well as advanced rational discourse in the sciences of fiqh, suluk & ma'rifah, Arabic and the Qur'an & Sunnah. I found Mawlana Rashid Ahmad to be a well-versed imam and mujtahid of the Hanafi School. He conformed strictly to the school of thought of his teacher, Mawlana 'Abd al-Ghani, and was as unshakeable as a mountain in this regard. He closely resembled Mawlana Muhammad Ishaq [Dehlawi] in the Wali Allahi maslak. I understood the reality of sunnah and bid'ah from his book, Barahin-e-Qati'ah.

Read the entire article... (http://deoband.org/2009/10/history/biographies-of-scholars/mawlana-rashid-ahmad-gangohi-and-the-wali-allah-tradition/)

Salaam

jazakallah brother! masha-allah..nice article..



I do not know much about Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi . I know that he was a leading student of Shaykh al-Hind , an authority on Shah Wali Allah's 'ulum and thought, and that he held some individual opinions. I recall Mawlana Manazir Ahsan Gilani writing in his memoir that the teachers of Dar al-'Ulum Deoband (maybe 'Allamah Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani) debated him in Dar al-'Ulum on a particular issue in which he differed with the jamhur.

i heard mufti manzoor mengal of jamia farooqiyah (karachi) saying that Hadhrat allamah maulana Yusuf al-binnori strongly dissented with maulana Obaidullah but he did not elloborate the issues.. khayr.. may Allah forgive him for any of his weaknesses. Ameen

wassalaam

[Saad]

Assalam o alaykum,

Mawlana Sindhi's family used to be Hindu until his grandfather accepted Sikhism. Mawlana Sindhi became attracted to Islam after reading Tohfat al-Hind (by an ex Hindu) and Taqwiyat al-Iman (http://www.4shared.com/file/26577367/c54d4954/Taqwiat_ul-Iman_Tarjuma_Hawash.html) of Shah Ismail Shahid. He was bayat to Khawaja Muhammad Siddiq Bharchondwi (http://www.4shared.com/file/65261920/827ece96/Mawlana_Hafidh_Muhammad_Siddiq.html), grand-shaykh of Mawlana Ahmad Ali Lahori...Then he went to Deoband and studied under Shaykh al-Hind.

Later on when Mawlana Sindhi would give dars his mother, still a Sikh would swear at him and beat him with shoes in front of 'ulama and students for accepting Islam but he never complained.

[Mad Dog Dead Donkey]

Assalamu 'alaikum

Thank you for this lead. Do you have the full details of this book?

Wassalam

:salam:

I believe they have a few copies of this book, you can ask them.
http://the-deen.co.uk/contact/

also, Maulana Ibn al Hassan Abbassi, has written a piece on him in his book, 'Iltija-e-Musafir' , under the heading,
'Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi..Ek Qabil-e Tahqeeq Shakhsiyat' spanning about ten pages, he mentions therein some of the controversies mentioned in the above posts.
This book is easy to get hold of, but you want I can scan and upload the relevant pages.

A few more leads: No. 17 Urdu:
http://www.nihcr.edu.pk/All_Publications.html

[Colonel_Hardstone]

:salam:

I believe they have a few copies of this book, you can ask them.
http://the-deen.co.uk/contact/

also, Maulana Ibn al Hassan Abbassi, has written a piece on him in his book, 'Iltija-e-Musafir' , under the heading,
'Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi..Ek Qabil-e Tahqeeq Shakhsiyat' spanning about ten pages, he mentions therein some of the controversies mentioned in the above posts.
This book is easy to get hold of, but you want I can scan and upload the relevant pages.

A few more leads: No. 17 Urdu:
http://www.nihcr.edu.pk/All_Publications.html

:ws:

Please do...

I have always been a great fan of Shaykhul-Hind (RA) & Shaykh (Maulana) Ubaidullah Sindhi and yes the later departed from some of the agreed upon opinions within the Hanafi Madhab and opted to follow Authentic Hadeeth.

:jazak:

[Ali al-Hanafi]

:ws:

Please do...

I have always been a great fan of Shaykhul-Hind (RA) & Shaykh (Maulana) Ubaidullah Sindhi and yes the later departed from some of the agreed upon opinions within the Hanafi Madhab and opted to follow Authentic Hadeeth.

:jazak:

:salam:

Just like other Hanafi Ulema have done no doubt.

[Mad Dog Dead Donkey]

:salam:

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[Mad Dog Dead Donkey]

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