Born 19 August 1863 Died 4 July 1943 (aged Resting place Thana Bhawan Nationality Indian ( British subject) Ethnicity Indian Era Modern era Region Islam Occupation Islamic scholar Jurisprudence Sunni islam Movement Deobandi Main interest(s) fiqh , sunni islam Notable idea(s) islamic fiqah Alma mater Darul Uloom Deoband Disciple of Haji Imdadullah Influenced Shamsul Haque Faridpuri Website ashrafalithanvi.org Ashraf Ali Thanwi (August 19, 1863 – July 4, 1943) ( Urdu : ﺍﺷﺮﻑ ﻋﻠﯽ ﺗﮭﺎﻧﻮﯼ ) was an Indian scholar of the Deobandi school whose religious contributions are still useful to Deobandi scholars. Education Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884. It is claimed [by whom? ] that when Rashid Ahmad Gangohi , one of the founders of the institution, arrived for the graduation ceremony, Maulana Mehmud Hasan informed him that Thanwi, an especially intelligent student was about to graduate. Gangohi wanted to test this student by asking the most difficult questions that he could think of. Thanwis answers reportedly amazed and pleased Gangohi, who himself conducted the Dastārbandī Jalsa, the turban-tying ceremony marking graduation. Career After his graduation, Thanwi taught religious sciences in Kanpur for fourteen years. Over a short period of time, he acquired a reputable position as a religious scholar, of Sufism among other subjects. [1] His teaching attracted numerous students and his research and publications became well known in Islamic institutions. During these years, he traveled to various cities and villages, delivering lectures in the hope of reforming people. Printed versions of his lectures and discourses would usually become available shortly after these tours. Until then, few Islamic scholars had had their lectures printed and widely circulated in their own lifetimes. The desire to reform the masses intensified in him during his stay at Kanpur. Eventually, Thanwi retired from teaching and devoted himself to reestablishing the spiritual centre ( khānqāh) of his shaikh in Thāna Bhāwan. Students and disciples Thanwi’s students and disciples settled in all parts of South Asia. They include: Abdul Hai Arifi Qari Muhammad Tayyib Qasimi, grandson of the founder of Dar al- ‘Ulum Deoband, Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi , and head principal of Dar al- ‘Ulum Deoband for over 50 years, from the early 1930s to the early 1980s Maseehullah Khan Sherwani (founder of Madrasa Miftah al- ‘Ulum in Jalalabad, India, and a leading spiritual figure of the past century) Muhammad Shafi Usmani, head mufti of Dar al-‘Ulum Deoband and later founder of Dar al-‘Ulum Karachi Abdul Bari Nadvi (renowned theologian and philosopher in India who taught modern philosophy at Osmania University in Hyderabad and translated the books of Western philosophers such as Descartes, into Urdu and left behind many literary tracts) Sulaiman Nadvi, researcher and student of Shibli Nu ‘mani who turned to Thanwi for spiritual reformation Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi , founder of Tablighi Jamaat Abdul-Salam Ahmed Khan Khalifa Majaz Molana Muhammed Masihulah Khan , Hyderabad, Pakistan Fatwa of kufr and its refutation In 1906 Ahmad Raza Khan issued a fatwa of kufr against Thanwi and other Deobandi leaders entitled Husam ul-Haramain ( Urdu : Sword of Mecca and Medina), decrying them as unbelievers ( kufr ) and Satanists. [2][3] The fatwa was countersigned by many other ulama, which would have included some from Hijaz .[4][5][6][7] Views on politics He was the murshid of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Mufti Muhammad Shafi who supported Mohammad Ali Jinnah during the Pakistan movement . [citation needed ] Death Thanwi died in Thāna Bhāwan on July 4, 1943. His funeral prayer was led by his nephew, Zafar Ahmad Uthmānī, and he was buried in the graveyard of Ishq-e-Bāzān. ...... احب الصالحين ولست منهم لعل الله يرزقنى صلاحا.........
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