Ulama Deoband

Subject guides

Ml. Mamluk al-Ali Nanautwi (1204 – 1267 AH / 1789 - 1851 CE)

☰ Mamluk al-Ali Nanautwi. Ml. Noor Hasan Rashid Kandhalvi. 2009/1430. Mufti Elahi Bakhsh Academy, Muzaffarnagar, India. ID: 97092101267001

Haji Imdadullah Makki (1233 – 1317 AH / 1817 – 1899 CE)

☰ Hazrat Haji Imdadullah. Ml. Muhammad Iqbal Ranguni. 1999. Islamic Academy, Manchester, England. ID: 97092101317001

Ml. Qasim Nanautwi (1248 – 1297 AH / 1832 - 1880 CE)

☰ Halat Tayyib Ml. Muhammad Qasim. Ml. Muhammad Yaqub Nanautwi, Ml. Nur Hasan Kahndalvi (Ed). 2014 CE / 1435 AH. Mufti Elahi Bakhsh Academy, Muzaffarnagar, India. ID: 97021341297001

☰ Sawanih Qasimi. Ml. Manazir Ahsan Gilani. 1954 CE / 1435 AH. Maktabah Rahmaniyyah, Lahore, Pakistan. ID: 97021341297002

Mufti Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1241-1323 AH /1826-1905 CE)

Ml. Ashiq Ilahi Meerati (1881-1941 CE), not be confused with Bulandshehri, served with Mft. Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Ml. Saharanpuri in Mazahirul Uloom.

☰ Tazkirat al-Rashid. Ml. Ashiq Ilahi Meerati. 1977. Kutub Khanah Ishaatul Uloom, Saharanpur (U.P), India. ID: 97092101323001

Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al- Hasan Deobandi (1268 – 1339 AH / 1851 – 1920 CE)

Mufti Azizur Rahman and Sayyid Asghar Husayn were both student of Shaykh al-Hind. Ml. Husayn Ahmad Madani was the closest and continued his mission. The autobiography of Ml. Madani, Naqsh Hayat, has direct information about Shaykh al-Hind.

☰ Hayat Shaykh al-Hind. Ml. Sayyid Asghar Husayn. 1977/1397. Idarah Islamiyat, Lahore, Pakistan. ID: 97092101339001

☰ Tazkirah Shaykh al-Hind. Mft. Azizur Rahman Usmani. 1965/1385. Idarah Islamiyat, Lahore, Pakistan. ID: 97092101339002

☰ Naqsh Hayat. Ml. Husayn Ahmad Madani. 1953. Darul Ishaat, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97092101377001

☰ Tazkirat al-Khalil. Ml. Ashiq Ilahi Mirati. na. Maktabah Shaykh, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97092101346001

Mawlana Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri (1269-1346 AH / 1852-1927 CE)

Ml. Ashiq Ilahi Meerati (1881-1941 CE) is a follow up to Tazkirat al-Rashid with a focus on Ml. Saharanpuri. Ml. Meerati was a Shura member for Mazahirul Uloom.

☰ Tazkirat al-Khalil. Ml. Ashiq Ilahi Meerati. na. Maktabah Shaykh, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97092101346001

Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri (d. 1352 AH)

☰ Anwar al-Bari. Sayyad Ahmad Rada Bijnori. 1425 AH. Idarah Talifat Ashrafiyyah, Multan, Pakistan. ID: 97021341418001_01

Hakim al-Ummat Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1280-1362 AH / 1863-1943 CE)

☰ Ashraf al-Sawanih . Ml. Ashraf Ali Thanwi. 1427 AH. Idarah Talifat Ashrafiyyah, Multan, Pakistan. ID: 97092101362001

Shaykh al-Islam Ml. Husayn Ahmad Madani (1296-1377 AH / 1879 – 1957 CE)

☰ Naqsh Hayat. Ml. Husayn Ahmad Madani. 1953. Darul Ishaat, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97092101377001

Mawlana Muhammad Idris Kandhalvi (1317-1394 AH / 1899 - 1974 CE)

Ml. Muhammad Siddiqi is the son of Ml. Idris Kandhalvi. He wrote the biography soon (1396/1977) after his father's demise in 1394/1974 CE

☰ Tazkirah Mawlana Muhammad Idris Kandhalvi. Muhammad Miya Siddiqi. 1977. Maktabah Usmaniyyah, Lahore, Pakistan. ID: 97092101394001

Mufti Muhammad Shafi' Usmani (1315-1396 AH / 1897-1976 CE)

☰ Hayat Mufti A'zam. Mufti Muhammad Rafi' Usmani. 2005 CE / 1426 AH. Idarah Ma'ariful Quran, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97092101396001

☰ Mere Walid Mere Shaykh. Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani. 2009 CE / 1430 AH. Idarah Ma'ariful Quran, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97092101396002

Mufti Rashid Ahmad Ludhyanwi (1341-1422 AH / 1922-2002 CE)

Anwar al-Rashid are the mémoires of Mft. Rashid compiled during his lifetime rather than a formal biography. In volume 3, pages 367-498 are omitted which contained the article 'Allah ke Baghi'. The article is available in Khutbat al-Rashid. The introduction to Ahsan al-Fatawa is also authoratative as it was published during Mft. Rashid's lifetime with his consent.

☰ Anwar Rashid. Rashid Ahmad Ludhyanwi, Abdur Rahim (ed). na. Jamiyat Rashid, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97092101422001

☰ Ahsan al-Fatawa. Rashid Ahmad Ludhyanwi, Ihtisam al-Haq Asiyabadi. 1978 CE /1398 AH. H M Saeed Company, Karachi, Pakistan. ID: 97021711422001_01