Resting place Thana Bhawan Religion Islam Ethnicity Indian Name Ashraf Thanwi | Era Modern era Education Darul Uloom Deoband Occupation Islamic scholar | |
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Born 19 August 1863 ( 1863-08-19 ) Nationality Indian (British subject) Died July 4, 1943, Thana Bhawan Books Bahishti Zewar, Heavenly Ornaments: Being En, Etiquettes of Social Life, Answer to Modernism, Ashraf's Blessings of Marriage Similar People Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Muhammad Shafi Deobandi, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Imdadullah Muhajir Makki | ||
Mawlana ashraf ali thanwi by mufti abdur rahman ibn yusuf
Ashraf 'Ali Thanwi (August 19, 1863 – July 4, 1943) (Urdu: اشرف علی تھانوی) was an Islamic Indian scholar of the Sunni Deobandi school.
Contents
- Mawlana ashraf ali thanwi by mufti abdur rahman ibn yusuf
- full life of maulana ashraf ali thanwi by sheikh mumtaz ul haq
- Early life and career
- Fatwa and its refutation
- Political Ideology
- References
full life of maulana ashraf ali thanwi by sheikh mumtaz ul haq
Early life and career
Ashraf Ali Thanwi lost his mother at a young age and was raised by his father. His father took great pains in teaching Maulana and his younger brother discipline and good character.
Thanwi went to Darul Uloom Deoband, India for his religious education. He became a student of Haji Imdadullah and considered him his mentor and teacher.
After his graduation, Thanwi taught religious sciences in Kanpur. Over a short period of time, he acquired a reputable position as a religious scholar of Sufism among other subjects. His teaching attracted numerous students, 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.
Fatwa and its refutation
In 1906, Ahmad Raza Khan, issued a fatwa against Thanwi and other Deobandi leaders entitled Husam ul-Haramain (Urdu: Sword of Mecca and Medina), decrying them as unbelievers and Satanists. The fatwa was also signed by other scholars including from Hijaz.
The founding scholars of Deoband used to change their name while travelling on train and other transportation because there was threat to their lives due to the fact that most population of the subcontinent did not accepted their interpretation of Islam.
Political Ideology
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi was a prominent advocate for the Muslim League and the creation of Pakistan, along with his followers. In the 1940s, while the majority of Deobandi scholars favored the Congress Party, contrasting with the Barelvi sect's general support for the Muslim League, Thanvi, along with notable Deobandi figures such as Mufti Muhammad Shafi and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, explicitly supported the Muslim League's cause. Thanvi resigned from Deoband's management committee due to its pro-Congress stance.