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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| name = Qamaruzzaman Allahabadi<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth month and age|df=y|1933|12}}<br />
| birth_place = Karisath, [[Mau district]], Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| religion = [[Islam]]<br />
| denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]<br />
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]<br />
| movement = [[Deobandi]]<br />
| creed = [[Maturidi]]<br />
| Sufi_order = [[Chishti Order|Chishti]], [[Naqshbandi Order|Naqshbandi]], [[Qadiri Order|Qadiri]], [[Suhrawardi order|Suhrawardi]]<br />
| main_interests = Islamic studies, Hadith, Fiqh, Sufism<br />
| disciple_of = [[Wasiullah Fatehpuri]]<br />[[Muhammad Ahmad Pratapgarhi]]<br />
| notable_works = ''Aqwāl-e-Salaf'', ''Riyāḍ al-Sālikīn'', ''Taṭhīr al-Qulūb''<br />
}}<br />
'''Qamaruzzaman Allahabadi''' (born December 1933) is an Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi spiritual guide based in [[Allahabad]], Uttar Pradesh. He received spiritual authorization ([[ijazah]]) from [[Wasiullah Fatehpuri]], is associated with the [[Chishti Order|Chishti]], [[Naqshbandi Order|Naqshbandi]], [[Qadiri Order|Qadiri]], and [[Suhrawardi order|Suhrawardi]] Sufi orders, founded Madrasa Arabiyya Baytul Ma'arif in Allahabad, and authored several works on Islamic studies.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Qamaruzzaman Allahabadi was born in December 1933 (Sha'ban 1352 AH) in Karisath, [[Mau district]] (formerly [[Azamgarh district]]). His father, Sultan Ahmad Khan, was associated with [[Wasiullah Fatehpuri]], and during his childhood Allahabadi would accompany him on visits to Fatehpuri.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fatehpuri|first=Mohammad Ahsan |chapter=Mukhtasr Ahwāl-e-Zindagi|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/urdubookscollection_202004/Al-Ifaadaawtu-l%20Ihsaaniyyah%201/page/n16/mode/1up |title=Al-Ifādāt al-Ihsāniyyah|volume=1|publisher=Maktaba Darul Ma'ārif; Idāra Faidān-e-Ma'rifat|date=July 2006 |pages=13–14|location=[[Allahabad]]; [[Valsad]] |language=ur}}</ref><br />
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He received his early education up to the second grade at an Islamic maktab in his village, which later developed into a madrasa. He then continued his studies up to the middle level (equivalent at the time to the seventh grade) in the town of [[Ghosi]].{{Sfn|Fatehpuri|2006|p=13}}<br />
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After completing his general education, he enrolled at [[Darul Uloom Mau]], where he studied Persian and religious texts up to ''Nur al-Idah''. In Sha'ban 1370 AH (1950), he joined the khanqah of [[Wasiullah Fatehpuri|Fatehpuri]]. There, alongside spiritual training and moral reform, he completed the remaining [[Dars-e-Nizami]] curriculum up to ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' under Fatehpuri and also studied several works on [[Sufism]] with him.{{Sfn|Fatehpuri|2006|pp=14–16}}<br />
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Fatehpuri placed full trust in Allahabadi and granted him authorization ([[ijazah]]) to transmit ''Sahih al-Bukhari'' and other Hadith collections. Between Shawwal 1387 AH and Sha'ban 1388 AH, Allahabadi studied ''Sahih al-Bukhari'' at Madrasa Wasiyatul Uloom under Fatehpuri, ''[[Sahih Muslim]]'' under Abdur Rahman Jami, and ''[[Jami' al-Tirmidhi]]'' under Muhammad Hanif Jaunpuri.{{Sfn|Fatehpuri|2006|p=17}}<br />
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He also received authorization ([[ijazah]]) to transmit Hadith from [[Habibur Rahman Azami]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Al-Jāmiʿ al-Muʿīn fī Ṭabaqāt al-Shuyūkh al-Mutqinīn wa’l-Mujīzīn al-Musnidīn|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=rvUHEQAAQBAJ&pg=PT247|publisher=[[Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah]]|date=1 January 2023|language=ar|first=Akram|last=Nadwi|isbn=978-614-496-249-7|edition=1st|location=[[Beirut, Lebanon]]|author-link=Akram Nadwi|page=247}}</ref> and [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shaikhul Mashaikh Peer-e-Tarīqat Maulana Shah Qamaruzzaman Allahabadi|url=https://deobandonline.com/ur/archives/3246|date=2023-04-09|access-date=2026-02-01|language=ur|website=Deoband Online|last=Anbahtawi|first=Najmuddin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217141537/https://deobandonline.com/ur/archives/3246|archive-date=2025-02-17|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
During his period of residence in [[Gorakhpur]], Fatehpuri entrusted Allahabadi with formal teaching responsibilities, along with a stipend, while he was still a student. He later appointed him as head teacher at Madrasa Wasiyatul Uloom, Allahabad, where Allahabadi taught texts including ''Tawdih wa Talwih'', ''[[Mishkat al-Masabih]]'', ''[[Tafsir al-Jalalayn]]'', and ''[[al-Hidayah]]''.{{Sfn|Fatehpuri|2006|pp=16–17}}<br />
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On 28 Dhu al-Hijjah 1395 AH (1 January 1976), Allahabadi founded Madrasa Arabiyya Baytul Ma'arif in Bakhshi Bazaar, Allahabad. He remained associated with the institution in a teaching capacity, and his khanqah is also located there.<ref>{{cite book |title=Tadhkira-e-Akābir|url=https://archive.org/details/tazkira-e-akabir/page/304/mode/1up |last=Qasmi|first=Nizamuddin|publisher=[[Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom]]|location=[[Akkalkuwa]], Nandobar, Maharashtra |page=305|edition=2nd|date=September 2012|language=ur}}</ref><br />
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In July 2004, during a visit to New Delhi, Allahabadi addressed meetings at the central office of the All India Talimi Wa Milli Foundation and at Batla House Jama Masjid, where he spoke to members of the Muslim community on moderation in religious and social conduct.<ref>{{Cite news|title="Be Moderate in Every Walk of Life"|work=[[The Milli Gazette]]|date=1 August 2004|url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/01-15Aug04-Print-Edition/011508200438b.htm|language=en|access-date=29 January 2026}}</ref><br />
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== Spiritual life ==<br />
Allahabadi established a relationship of [[bay'ah]] (initiation) and spiritual training with [[Wasiullah Fatehpuri]], under whom he studied several works on [[Sufism]] and from whom he received authorization for spiritual instruction (tadhkīr and talqīn). After Fatehpuri's death, Allahabadi turned to [[Muhammad Ahmad Pratapgarhi]], who granted him authorization for spiritual instruction as well as permission for initiation and spiritual succession (bay'ah and [[Caliphate#Sufi caliphates|khilafah]]) in the four Sufi orders: [[Chishti Order|Chishti]], [[Naqshbandi Order|Naqshbandi]], [[Qadiri Order|Qadiri]], and [[Suhrawardi order|Suhrawardi]].{{Sfn|Fatehpuri|2006|pp=18–19}}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Allahabadi entered into two marriages. His first marriage took place in June 1959 (Rajab 1370 AH) with 'Aqīlah Khatoon, the second daughter of [[Wasiullah Fatehpuri]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jami |first=Abdur Rahman |url=https://archive.org/details/halat-e-muslih-ul-ummah-vol.-1 |title=Ḥālāt-e-Muṣliḥ-ul-Ummah (Maulana Shah Wasiullah Fatehpuri (Azami) ke ḥālāt-e-zindagī) |publisher=Dairat-ul-Ishā'at |year=1995 |edition=First |volume=1 |location=[[Allahabad]] |language=ur |trans-title=Ḥālāt-e-Muṣliḥ-ul-Ummah: A Biographical Study of Maulana Shah Wasiullah Fatehpuri (Azami)|page=168}}</ref>{{Sfn|Nadvi Allahabadi|Fatehpuri|2003|pp=164–165}} From this marriage, he had four sons: Maqbool Ahmad Qasmi, Saeed Ahmad Qasmi Nadwi, Aziz Ahmad Qasmi, and Mahboob Ahmad Nadwi. After the death of 'Aqīlah Khatoon on 3 Shawwal 1379 AH, he married Taqribun Nisa, daughter of Noorul Hasan of his native town, on 22 Jumad al-Ukhra 1381 AH. From this marriage, he had two sons, Muhammad Abdullah Qasmi and Ubaidullah Nadwi, as well as four daughters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nadvi Allahabadi|first=Mahboob Ahmad|last2=Fatehpuri|first2=Mohammad Ahsan|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/tazkira-mashaikh-naqshbandiya-mujaddidiya-ebooks#179 |title=Tadhkira Mashāikh-e-Naqshbandiya Mujaddidiya|publisher=Maktaba Darul Ma'ārif|year=2003 |pages=164–165|location=[[Allahabad]] |language=ur}}</ref><br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
Allahabadi authored several books comprising thousands of pages. His works include:{{Sfn|Qasmi|2012|p=307}}<br />
* ''Aqwāl-e-Salaf'' (six volumes)<br />
* ''Tarbiyat-e-Aulād kā Islāmī Niẓām''<br />
* ''Riyāḍ al-Sālikīn min Aḥādīth Sayyid al-Mursalīn'' (also known as ''Guldasta-e-Adhkār'')<br />
* ''Tadhkirah-e-Muṣliḥ al-Ummat''<br />
* ''Fayḍān-e-Muḥabbat''<br />
* ''Waṣiyyatul Ādāb''<br />
* ''Ma'ārif-e-Ṣūfiyah''<br />
* ''Nuqūsh-o-Āthār-e-Mufakkir-e-Islām''<br />
* ''Nikāḥ kī Shar‘ī Ḥaythiyyat''<br />
* ''Ḥaqīqī Ḥajj''<br />
* ''Dars-e-Qur'ān''<br />
* ''Taṭhīr al-Qulūb'' (also known as ''Ṭahārat-e-Qalb'')<br />
* ''Gunāhon kā Wabāl aur Us kā 'Ilāj''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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