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|honorific_prefix = {{small|Allama, [[Mawlana]]}}<br />
|name = Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri<br />
|image =<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1938|02|02|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Barhalganj]], [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|22|1938|02|02|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Deoband]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
|resting_place = [[Qasmi Cemetery]]<br />
|alma_mater = {{ubl|Ihyaul Uloom Mubarakpur|[[Darul Uloom Mau]]|[[Darul Uloom Deoband]]}}<br />
|nationality = Indian<br />
|teachers = {{ubl|[[Hussain Ahmad Madani]]|[[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]]|[[Ibrahim Balyawi]]}}<br />
|students =<br />
|religion = [[Islam]]<br />
|denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]<br />
|movement = [[Deobandi]]<br />
|Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]]<br />
|creed = [[Maturidi]]<br />
|occupation = [[Islamic scholar]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri''' (2 February 1938 – 22 December 2024) was an Indian Islamic scholar, [[Hadith]] professor, and [[Sheikh (Sufism)|Sheikh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community News: Bokhari Shareef reliable book (Nagina) |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/01-15Oct04-Print-Edition/011510200457b.htm |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=[[The Milli Gazette]]}}</ref> He served as a teacher at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] from 1966 until his death in 2024. He was an authorized disciple of [[Abrarul Haq Haqqi]] in [[Sufism]].<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri was born on 2 February 1938, in [[Barhalganj]], Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Khalili">{{Cite book |last=Qasmi |first=Muhammadullah |author-link=Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi|url=https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh |publisher=Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy |edition=3rd|date= October 2020|page=682|location=India |language=ur|oclc=1345466013}}</ref><ref name="Asānīd">{{cite book |last1=Muzaffarnagari|first1=Muhammad Taslim Aarifi|last2=Saharanpuri|first2=Abdullah Sher Khan|title=Asātizat-u-Dar al-Uloom Wa Asānīduhum Fi al-Hadith|trans-title=Asanīd of Hadith teachers of Darul Uloom|url=https://archive.org/details/20240305_20240305_1203 |publisher=Maktaba al-Haramain|location= [[Deoband]]|date=2023|edition=2nd|page=56|language=ur}}</ref><br />
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He received his early and intermediate education at Ihyaul Uloom Mubarakpur and [[Darul Uloom Mau]]. He enrolled in [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] in 1954 and graduated from the Hadith course in 1957.{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|p=56}}{{sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=682}}<br />
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Gorakhpuri studied ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' with [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]] and [[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]]; ''[[Sahih Muslim]]'' and ''[[Jami' al-Tirmidhi]]'' with [[Ibrahim Balyawi]]; [[Sunan an-Nasa'i|''Sunan an-Nasai'']] with Bashir Ahmad Khan Bulandshahri; [[Sunan Abi Dawud|''Sunan Abi Dawood'']] with Fakhrul Hasan Muradabadi; ''[[Shama'il at-Tirmidhi]]'' with Abdul Ahad Deobandi; ''Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar'' with Syed Hasan Deobandi; [[Sunan ibn Majah|''Sunan Ibn Majah'']] and ''[[Muwatta Imam Malik]]'' with Zahoor Ahmad Deobandi; and ''Muwatta Imam Muhammad'' with Jaleel Ahmad Kiranwi.{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|pp=56–57}} During the year he studied ''Sahih al-Bukhari'' with Husain Ahmad Madani, Madani died, and Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad completed the remainder of the course.<ref name="Mazahiri">{{cite book |last1=Mazahiri|first1=Muhammad Kauthar Ali Subhani|title= Al-Jauhar al-Mufeed Fi Tahqīq al-Asānīd|url=https://archive.org/details/al-jauhar-al-mufeed-fi-tahqiq-al-asanid|publisher=Jamiatul Falah Darul Uloom al-Islamia |location=Forbesganj, [[Arria]], Bihar|edition=1st |date= December 2021|page=517|language=ur}}</ref><br />
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He stayed an additional year at Darul Uloom Deoband, including the year of studying Hadith, and studied books on various sciences.{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|p=56}}<br />
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Gorakhpuri initially sought spiritual guidance in [[Sufism]] from [[Wasiullah Fatehpuri|Shah Wasiullah Illahabadi]],{{sfn|Mazahiri|2021|p=519}} and after Wasiullah's death, he pledged allegiance to [[Abrarul Haq Haqqi]], from whom he received authorization in Sufism.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=682}}{{sfn|Mazahiri|2021|p=519}}<ref name="Islām">{{cite book|last=Qasmi|first=Muhammad Islam|title=Mere Asātidhah, Meri Darsgāhein, Darakhshān Sitāre|publisher=Maktabat-un-Noor|location=[[Deoband]]|chapter=Maulana Qamruddin Gorakhpuri|pages=75–76|date=October 2019|language=ur}}</ref> He was also authorized in Sufism by Ibrahim Balyawi, Siddique Ahmad Bandwi, and Mahmud Saharanpuri.{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|pp=57–58}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
After completing his education, Gorakhpuri taught at Madrasa Abdur Rab, [[Delhi]] from 1959 to 1967, on the advice of his teacher, [[Ibrahim Balyawi]]. During this time, he also taught esteemed books like Sahih al-Bukhari and delivered Quranic exegesis ([[Tafsir]]) at a major mosque in Delhi.{{sfn|Mazahiri|2021|p=517}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rahmani |first=Jamilur Rahman |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/hayat-e-fakhr-ul-islam-ebooks |title=Hayāt-e-Fakhrul Islam |publisher=Al-Jam'iyyat Book Depot |year=1974 |location=Gali Qasim Jan, [[Old Delhi]] |pages=107–108 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bharatpuri |first=Zafaruddin Qasmi |url=https://archive.org/details/muhafiz-e-rabbani_202409 |title=Muhafiz-e-Rabbani |date=August 2021 |publisher=Madrasa Abdur Rab |location=[[Kashmiri Gate, Delhi]] |pages=183–185 |language=ur}}</ref><br />
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Through the recommendation of Ibrahim Balyawi,{{sfn|Mazahiri|2021|p=518}} Gorakhpuri was appointed a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband in 1386 AH (1966 CE). He progressed steadily in his career, and in 1399 AH (1979 CE), he was promoted to the higher teaching ranks.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=767}}<ref name="Mausoo'ah">{{cite book |last=Mubarakpuri|first=Arif Jameel|author-link=Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri|title=Mausoo'a Ulama-u- Deoband|trans-title=The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars|date=2021|edition=1st|publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy|location=Deoband|page=290|language=ar}}</ref> He had been associated with the teaching of Sahih Muslim and Sunan Nasai, and taught the second volume of Sahih Bukhari and Surah Saffat from Tafsir Ibn Kathir until his death.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=682}}{{sfn|Muzaffarnagari|Saharanpuri|2023|p=57}}<br />
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He served as [[Warden (college)|Warden]] of Darul Uloom Deoband twice, first in 1970 and again from 1974 to 1980. During [[Naseer Ahmad Khan (scholar)|Naseer Ahmad Khan]]'s principalship, he served as the administrator of the Academic Faculty from 1989 to 1995.{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|pp=752, 787–788}}<br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
Although Gorakhpuri did not author any books, his sermons delivered at the Jama Masjid Hashim in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, were published in a volume titled ''Jawahirāt-e-Qamar''.{{sfn|Mazahiri|2021|p=517}}<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Gorakhpuri died in [[Deoband]], Saharanpur district, [[Uttar Pradesh]] on 22 December 2024, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 December 2024 |title=Allama Qamruddin Sahab Sheikh al-Hadith Sani Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sanha-e-Irtihal |trans-title=The demise of Allama Qamruddin, the Second Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband |url=https://asrehazir.com/allama-qamruddin-sahab-ka-inteqal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222065451/https://asrehazir.com/allama-qamruddin-sahab-ka-inteqal/ |archive-date=22 December 2024 |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=Asr-e-Hazir |language=ur }}</ref><br />
<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=22 December 2024 |title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ke Sheikh Sani Hazrat Allama Qamruddin Gorakhpuri Ka Inteqal, Ilmi Halqa Sogwar |trans-title=The demise of Hazrat Allama Qamruddin Gorakhpuri, the Second Sheikh of Darul Uloom Deoband; academic circles mourn |url=https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/93267 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222070227/https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/93267 |archive-date=22 December 2024 |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=Millat Times |language=ur }}</ref> He was laid to rest in [[Qasmi Cemetery]] after his funeral prayer was offered on the same day at Maulsiri compound in the afternoon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Saeed Ahmad |date=23 December 2024 |title=Darul Uloom Deoband ke mashhoor ustadh Maulana Qamruddin Gorakhpuri ka inteqal, Mazar Qasmi mein tadfeen |trans-title=Maulana Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri, the famous teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband, passed away; buried in Mazar Qasmi |url=https://www.inquilab.com/news/articles/mawlana-qamruddin-ahmad-gorakhpuri-the-famous-teacher-of-darul-uloom-deoband-passed-away-buried-in-mazar-qasmi-70378 |access-date=25 December 2024 |website=[[The Inquilab]] |language=ur}}</ref><br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Deobandis]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*[https://www.bangladesherkhabor.net/religion/3412 আল্লামা কামরুদ্দিন আহমদ গৌরখপুরি রহ. : জীবন ও কর্ম]<br />
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