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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar and spiritual person (1941-2019)}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
|name = Mahammad Talha Kandhlawi
|image =
|birth_date = 28 May 1941
|birth_place = [[Nizamuddin West|Hazrat Nizamuddin]], Delhi, British India
|birth_name = Muhammad Talha
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|08|12|1941|05|28}}
|death_place = Anand Hospital, [[Meerut]], Uttar Pradesh, India
|resting_place = Haji Shah Cemetery, [[Saharanpur]]
|religion = [[Islam]]
|alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]]|Madrasa Kashiful Uloom, Nizamuddin}}
|office2 = Secretary of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed
|term_start2 = 5 March 1985
|term_end2 = 30 July 1996
|successor2 = Muhammad Shahid Saharanpuri
|office1 = Patron of the Advisory Committee of [[Mazahir Uloom Jadeed]]
|term_start1 = 28 June 1999
|term_end1 = 12 August 2019
|father = [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]
|disciple_of = Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi
|disciples = [[Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri]], [[Abdul Haq Azmi]], [[Salman Mazahiri]], [[Ahmed Laat]], Burhanuddin Sambhali, [[Abdul Aleem Farooqui]], Taqiuddin Nadvi, [[Abdullah Maroofi]], [[Muhammad Salman Mansoorpuri]]{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|pp=238–245}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|pp=47–54}}
|relatives = {{ubl|[[Ilyas Kandhlawi]] (maternal grandfather)|[[Yusuf Kandhlawi]] (maternal uncle)|[[Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi]] (father in law)|[[Salman Mazahiri]] (sister's husband)}}
|denomination = [[Sunni]]
}}
'''Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi''' (28 May 1941 – 12 August 2019) was an Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi who served as the president of the advisory committee of [[Mazahir Uloom Jadeed]] and its secretary. He was the only son of [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Milli Gazette |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31May04-Print-Edition/1605200426.htm |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=www.milligazette.com}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi was born on 28 May 1941, in [[Nizamuddin West|Hazrat Nizamuddin]], Delhi. He was the only son of [[Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]. His maternal father was [[Ilyas Kandhlawi|Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Saharanpuri|first=Muhammad Shahid|title=Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi: Ek Zakir-o-Zahid Shakhsiyyat|url=https://archive.org/details/maulana-muhammad-talha-kandhlawi-ek-zakir-o-zahid-shakhsiyyat_202408 |edition=1st|year=2020|pages=14, 16|publisher=Maktaba Yadgar-e-Shaikh|location=[[Saharanpur]]|language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Maroofi |first1=Abdullah |author1-link=Abdullah Maroofi|title=Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi: Shakhsiyat-o-Kamālāt...|url=https://archive.org/details/maulana-muhammad-talha-kandhlawi-shakhsiyat-o-kamalat... |last2=Deolawi |first2=Farīd |date=April 2021|publisher=Maktaba Usmania|edition=1st l|page=4|location=Deoband|language=ur}}</ref>

He completed the memorization of the Quran in 1956. He received his primary education from Urdu, Persian to Arabic forth jointly in Hazrat Nizamuddin and [[Saharanpur]].{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|pp=17–18}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|pp=6–7}}

In March 1962 (Shawwal 1381 AH), he was officially admitted to [[Jamia Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur|Jamia Mazahir Uloom]] for the first time, where he studied ''Sharh Jami'', the first two volumes of ''[[Al-Hidayah]]'', [[Mishkat al-Masabih]], and other texts for one year. Afterward, he returned to [[Delhi]] and completed the remainder of his education there. He graduated in Shaban 1384 AH (December 1964) after completing the year of [[Hadith]] (Daura-e-Hadith). During this time, he studied ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' with [[Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi]], ''Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar'' with [[Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalawi|Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalwi]], and other hadith books of the final year with Izharul Hasan Kandhlawi, Obaidullah Balyawi, and Yaqub Saharanpuri.{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|pp=18–21}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|p=7}}

He pledged allegiance to [[Abdul Qadir Raipuri]] on his father's orders. Then, after the death of Raipuri in 1962, he gave himself to the spiritual training of his father, Zakariyya Kandhlawi. In 1393 AH, his father allowed him to pledge allegiance in the presence of [[Mahmood Hasan Gangohi|Mahmud Hasan Gangohi]] and Munawwar Hussain Bihari.{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|pp=29–30, 37}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|pp=15–18}}

==Personal life==
In 1961, Kandhlawi was married to Najma Khatun, daughter of [[Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi]], with whom he had no children and died on 18 June 2018 at Anand Hospital, [[Meerut]].{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|pp=22, 24}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|pp=16–17}}

==Career==
On 10 August 1982, Kandhlawi was elected as a member of the advisory committee (majlis-e-shura) of [[Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur]].{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|p=70}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|p=25}}

On 5 March 1985, the advisory committee of Mazahir Uloom elected him as the Secretary of [[Mazahir Uloom Jadeed]], from which position he formally resigned on 12 May 1993.{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|pp=114, 116}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|p=25}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Saharanpuri |first1=Muhammad Shahid |url=https://archive.org/details/Ulamaa-e-Mazahir-ul-Uloom-Saharanpur-107379 |title=Ulama e Mazahir Uloom aur unki Ilmi wa tasnīfi khidmāt |trans-title=Islamic scholars of Mazahir Uloom and their academic and literary services|volume=1 |publisher=Maktaba Yādgār-e-Shaykh |location=Saharanpur |year=2005 |edition=2nd|page=379|language=ur}}</ref>

On 28 June 1999, the Advisory Committee of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed elected him as the patron of the committee, which he patronized until his death.{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|p=125}}

From 2007 till his death in 2019, he was also a member of the Advisory Committee of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]].{{Sfn|Saharanpuri|2020|pp=130–131}}{{Sfn|Maroofi|Deolawi|2021|p=26}}<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|pages=672, 758|location=India |language=ur|oclc=1345466013}}</ref><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|pages=386–387|language=ar}}</ref>

He played an important role in the movement for the establishment of Islamic schools ([[kuttab|kuttāb]]) to teach the fundamentals of religion to Muslim children from village to village, city to city.{{Sfn|Mubarakpuri|2021|p=387}}

== Death ==
Kandhlawi died on 12 August 2019 (10 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] 1440 AH) in Anand Hospital, [[Meerut]].<ref name="Mustafa">{{Cite journal |last=Mustafa |first=Muhammad Ejaz |date=September 2019 |editor1-last=Iskander |editor1-first=Abdur Razzaq |title=Aah! Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi bhi Daagh-e-Mufāraqt de gaye|trans-title=Oh! Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi was also passed away|url=https://www.banuri.edu.pk/bayyinat-detail/%D8%A2%DB%81-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%AD%DB%81-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DA%BE%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%BA-%D9%85%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%AA-%D8%AF%DB%92-%DA%AF%D8%A6%DB%92 |journal=[[Bayyināt]] |language=ur |location=Banuri Town, Karachi |publisher=[[Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia]] |volume=83 |issue=1 |page=59 |editor1-link=Abdur Razzaq Iskander}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-12 |title=معروف عالم دین مولانا طلحہ کاندھلوی کا انتقال |trans-title=Renowned religious scholar Maulana Talha Kandhlawi passed away |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/urdu/national/bharat/bharat-news/asias-great-personality-and-islamic-scholar-maulana-talha-kandhalwi-died/na20190812191732588 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813202648/https://www.etvbharat.com/urdu/national/bharat/bharat-news/asias-great-personality-and-islamic-scholar-maulana-talha-kandhalwi-died/na20190812191732588 |archive-date=13 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=[[ETV Bharat News]] |language=ur}}</ref><ref name=:"Ba'th">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Azmi|editor1-first=Saeed-ur-Rahman|editor2-last=Nadwi|editor2-first=Muhammad Farman|editor1-link=Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi|title=فضيلة الشيخ محمد طلحة الكاندهلوي في ذمة الله تعالى|trans-title=Sheikh Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi has passed away|url=https://archive.org/details/Al-Baas_Al-Islami_sept-2019 |journal=[[Al-Baas El-Islami]]|date=September 2019| volume=65 |issue=6 |publisher=[[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]]|location=Lucknow|pages=100–101|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Siddiqui |first=Zafar |date=2019-08-12 |title=پیرطریقت حضرت مولانا محمد طلحہ کاندھلوی کی رحلت ایک عہد کا خاتمہ |trans-title=The death of Pir-e-Tarīqat Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi is the end of an era |url=https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/43642 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003141607/https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/43642 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Millat Times}}</ref> His funeral prayer was offered by [[Arshad Madani]] in [[Saharanpur]], where he was buried in his ancestral Haji Shah Cemetery.{{Sfn|Mustafa|2019|p=61}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siddiqui |first=Zafar |date=2019-08-14 |title=شیخ مولانا محمد طلحہ کا انتقال عظیم خسارہ ! مہتمم دارالعلوم دیوبند ، صدر جمعیۃ علما ہند سمیت دیگر علماء کی جانب سے اظہار تعزیت |trans-title=The death of Sheikh Maulana Muhammad Talha is a great loss! Condolence expressed by the Acting VC of Darul Uloom Deoband, President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, and other scholars |url=https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/43684 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813204421/https%3A%2F%2Furdu.millattimes.com%2Farchives%2F43684 |archive-date=13 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Millat Times}}</ref>
[[File:The Inscription on the grave of Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi.jpg|thumb|An inscription on the grave of Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi]]
== See also ==
* [[List of Deobandis]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal |editor1-last=Nadwi |editor1-first=Wasi Sulaiman |title=Maulana Muhammad Talha Kandhlawi Number |url=https://archive.org/details/monthly-armaghan-september-2019 |date=September 2019 |publisher=Jamiat Shah Waliullah |journal=Monthly Armaghan-e-Waliullah |volume=27 |issue=9 |edition=1st |location=Phulat, [[Muzaffarnagar district]] |language=ur}}
* {{Cite journal |editor1-last=Bijnori |editor1-first=Muhammad Salman |title=Woh Jo Bechte The Dawa-e-Dil", "Maulana Muhammad Talha Sahab – Hayāt-e-Khidmāt" |url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/urdumagazine/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/09-2019.pdf |last=Bijnori |first=Muhammad Salman |last2=Qasmi |first2=Rafiuddin Hanif |date=September 2019 |publisher=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |journal=[[Monthly Darul Uloom]] |volume=103 |issue=9 |edition=1st |location=Deoband |language=ur}}

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[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:People from Saharanpur]]
[[Category:Zakariyya Kandhlawi]]
[[Category:Members of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband]]

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