Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi
عبدالمنان وزیر آبادی
Personal
Born
Abdul Mannan

1851
Wazirabad
Died18 July 1916
Wazirabad
Cause of deathNatural death
ReligionIslam
CitizenshipBritish Indians
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceSalafi
CreedAthari
Other namesUstad-e-Punjab
Muslim leader
Students

Hafiz Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi,[1][2][3] spelled as Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi[4][5] or Abdul Manan Wazirabadi[6] (Urdu: عبدالمنان وزیر آبادی; Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi, 1851 AD – 18 July 1916 AD, 1267 AH - 16 Ramzan 1334 AH) was a religious scholar, jurist, mufassir and muhaddith during British Raaj. He was a well known scholar of hadith of his time.[7] He is also known as Muhaddith Punjab or Ustad-e-Punjab.[8] He was one of the notable leaders of Ahl-i Hadees movement.[6]

Early life and education

Mannan Wazirabadi was born in 1267 AH, 1851 AD in the village of Karoili in India's Jhelum district.[9][3][10] When Mannan Wazirabadi was 8 years old, he contracted conjunctivitis and lost his sight due to this disease.[9][11] His father name was Mulk Sharfuddin bin Noor Khan who was member of the Awan tribe,[12] a tribe living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab. His family was originally from Ghazni and migrated to Punjab and started working in the field of agricultural.[12] His father died when Mannan was twelve years old.[12]

Hafiz Wazirabadi started receiving the Quran and Persian at home from the Maulvi of his village. He went to different places for higher education and finally came to the service of Syed Nazir Hussain Dehlavi in Delhi. Under Syed Nazir, Wazirabadi completed science of hadith and Quranic commentary.[9] During his stay in Delhi, he also met the founder of Darul Uloom Deoband, Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and other eminent scholars.[9] After completing the tour of hadith, he came to Abdullah Ghaznavi in Amritsar. Ghaznavi seated Mannan Wazirabadi on the pedestal of Hadith. After staying for some time, he came back to Wazirabad. Where he live forever.[9]

Death

Mannan Wazirabadi died in Wazirabad on 16 Ramadan 1334 AH, 18 July 1916 AD. He is buried in Chowrangi Cemetery near Wazirabad Sialkot Road. On his death, Sanaullah Amritsar had said that today's Imam Bukhari has died.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Islamic theology, philosophy and law : debating Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya. Kokoschka, Alina., Krawietz, Birgit., Tamer, Georges. Berlin. 29 August 2013. p. 564. ISBN 978-3-11-028540-6. OCLC 865847104.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ↑ Nadvī, Abulḥasan ʻAlī (1993). Saviours of Islamic Spirit. Academy of Islamic Research and Publications. p. 318.
  3. 1 2 "Biography of Hafiz Abdul Mannan Wazeerabadi | Umm-Ul-Qura Publications". Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. ↑ History of the Dar Al-Ulum Deoband. Idara-e Ihtemam, Dar al-Ulum. 1980. p. 407.
  5. ↑ Khan, Mofakhkhar Hussain (2001). The Holy Qur'ãn in South Asia: A Bio-bibliographic Study of Translations of the Holy Qurʼãn in 23 South Asian Languages. Bibi Akhtar Prakãs̆ani. p. 273.
  6. 1 2 Khan, Hussain Ahmad (2014-12-19). Artisans, Sufis, Shrines: Colonial Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Punjab. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-78673-946-9.
  7. ↑ "The man with a mission". Greater Kashmir. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. ↑ Heath, Deana; Mathur, Chandana (2010-12-22). Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and Its Diaspora. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-136-86787-3.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shahkar Islami Encyclopedia, Volume 25, Pages 1060-1061
  10. ↑ Ustad-e-Punjab page 112
  11. ↑ Ustad-e-Punjab p 42
  12. 1 2 3 Ustad-e-Punjab p 41-42

References

  • Ustad-e-Punjab (teacher of Punjab), in Urdu Language , by Maulana Majeed Sohadravi, Darussalam Pakistan/Muslim Publication, Lahore.
  • Hafiz Abdul Manan Wazirabadi, life, services, works, in Urdu Language, by Munir Ahmad Salafi, Publisher: Faran Academy Lahore.
  • Shahkar Islami Encyclopedia, Volume 25, Pages 1060–1061, in Urdu Language, by Mehmood Syed Qasim, Publisher- Al-Faisal.
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