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Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad

Mawlānā
Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad
Shaykh al-Hadith
6th President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
In office
December 1959 – 5 April 1972
Preceded byAhmad Saeed Dehlavi
Succeeded byAsad Madni
Personal
Born1889 (1889)
Ajmer, British India
Died5 April 1972(1972-04-05) (aged 82–83)
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
ReligionIslam
RegionBritish India/India
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)Hadith
Notable work(s)Al-Qaul al-Fasih, Izaahul Bukhari
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Muslim leader
Students
Influenced

Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889-1972) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the Principal of Madrasa Shahi, and the sixth President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He was a professor of hadith at the Darul Uloom Deoband.

Biography

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Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad studied Quran with his mother and Persian with family elders. Aged eight, he began studying Arabic grammar and syntax. He enrolled in Madrassa Manba al-Ulum Gulaothi, where he studied with Majid Ali Jaunpuri and then went to Delhi with him and studied books of rational sciences in the madrassas of Delhi.[1] In 1908, he entered the Darul Uloom Deoband and studied Daura Hadith (the final class) in two years instead of one, as per the instructions of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi.[2]

Ahmad began teaching at the Darul Uloom Deoband and later went to the Madrasa Shahi in Shawwal 1339 AH, where he served for 48 years. He was the principal of the Madrasa Shahi and taught Sahih al-Bukhari and Sunan Abu Dawood there.[3][4] 1161 students studied Sahih al-Bukhari from him between 1377 and 1383 AH.[5] He was appointed the senior hadith professor (Shaykh al-Hadith) at the Darul Uloom Deoband following the death of Hussain Ahmed Madani in 1957.[2] His students included Abdul Ghani Azhari.[6]

During the presidency of Hussain Ahmad Madani, Ahmad twice served as the vice-president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.[2] He became its president following the death of Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi in December 1959.[7]

Aged 82 or 83, Ahmad died on 5 April 1972 (20 Safar 1392 AH).[8] His funeral prayer was led by Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi at Moradabad.[2][5]

Literary works

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Works of Ahmad include:

References

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  1. ^ Darul Uloom: 11-12. July 1979. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Syed Mehboob Rizwi. History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband. Vol. 2 (1981 ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam. p. 158-159.
  3. ^ Mufti Masood Azizi Nadwi. Tazkirah Muhammad Miyan Deobandi. p. 40-41.
  4. ^ Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (November 2009). Dastan Na'tamam. Kutub Khana Husainia, Deoband. p. 72-73.
  5. ^ a b Qari Muhammad Tayyib. Hafiz Muhammad Akbar Shah Bukhari (ed.). Darul Uloom Deoaband Ki 50 Misaali Shaksiyyaat (in Urdu) (July 1999 ed.). Maktaba Faiz-ul-Quran, Deoband. p. 167.
  6. ^ Ahmad, Naikzada Mehmood (November 2022). "The Untold legacy of Professor Mufti Abdul Ghani Al Azhari". Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research. 9 (11): 996. ISSN 2349-5162.
  7. ^ Salman Mansoorpuri (2014). Tehreek Azadi-e-Hind Mai Muslim Ulama aur Awaam ka Kirdar (in Urdu). Deoband: Deeni Kitab Ghar. p. 198.
  8. ^ Kaleem, Mohd (2017). Contribution of Old boys of Darul uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University. p. 145. hdl:10603/364028. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.