Mahmud Hasan Deobandi

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
مَحْمُودٌ حَسَنٌ الدِّيُوبَنْدِيٌّ
Personal
Born1851
Died30 November 1920
Delhi, British India
ReligionIslam
Founder ofJamia Millia Islamia

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (Urdu: مَحْمُودٌ حَسَنٌ الدِّيُوبَنْدِيٌّ) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian freedom struggle movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia. He was the first student to study at the Darul Uloom Deoband.

Early life

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi was born in 1851 in Bareilly.[1][2] His father, Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi, was one of the founders of Darul Uloom Deoband.[1][3]

Hasan was the first student at Darul Uloom Deoband. He studied with Mahmud Deobandi and completed his formal studies in 1869.[4]

Literary works

Hasan wrote an interlinear translation of the Quran in Urdu.[5] He later began adding explanatory notes to it which he was able to add upto the Surah An-Nisa.[6] This unfinished work was completed by his student Shabbir Ahmad Usmani; and was then published as Tafsir-e-Usmani.[7] He wrote Al-Abwāb wa Al-Tarājim li al-Bukhāri, explaining the chapter headings of Sahih Bukhari.[8]

Death

Hasan died on 30 November 1920 in Delhi.[9]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Adrawi 2012, p. 45.
  2. ↑ Tayyab 1990, p. 18.
  3. ↑ Rizwi 1980, pp. 93–94.
  4. ↑ Adrawi 2012, p. 46.
  5. ↑ "The Translations of the Quran". The Islamic Quarterly. 40–41. London: Islamic Cultural Centre: 228. 1996.
  6. ↑ Adrawi 2012, pp. 335–336.
  7. ↑ Haqqani 2006, p. 268.
  8. ↑ Adrawi 2012, p. 336.
  9. ↑ Adrawi 2012, pp. 310–311.

Bibliography

  • Adrawi, Asīr (April 2012). Hazrat Shaykhul Hind Hayāt awr Kārnāme [Shaykhul Hind: Life and works] (in Urdu). Deoband: Shaykhul Hind Academy.
  • Haqqani, Abdul Qayyum (January 2006). "Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Number". Monthly al-Qāsim (in Urdu). 9. Nowshera: Al-Qasim Academy, Jamia Abu Hurairah.
  • Rizwi, Syed Mehboob (1980). History of Dar al Ulum Deoband. Vol. 1. Translated by Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi (1st ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam.
  • Tayyab, Mohammad (1990). The Role of Shaikh-Ul-Hind Maulana Mahmud-Ul-Hasan in the Indian Freedom Movement (Thesis). Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University. OCLC 1012388751.