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Maulana

Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi
Personal
Born1866
Died1923 (aged 58)
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementDeobandi
Main interest(s)Hadith
Alma materKhanqah Gangoh
OccupationIslamic scholar, Muhaddith

Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi or Abdul Ghaffar Mauwi (1866–1923) was an Indian Deobandi scholar.[1] He served as a local Islamic teacher in Mau and Ballia districts, Uttar Pradesh.[2][3][4] He obtained certificates, in particular, in the field of hadith from the illustrious Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in 1889.[5] His famous students, among others, were Allama Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi and Maulana Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami.[6] Maulana Abd al-Ghaffar Mauvi wrote approximately forty books including a few of them published.[4][7]

References

  1. ↑ Ulama e Deoband"Other Great Ulama of Deoband". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Mufti Atiqur Rahman Azmi. Biography_Akabir:ShaykhAl-hadithFazlurRahmanAzmi. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "The World's First Critical Edition of Sahih al-Bukhari". retrieved 15 March 2025
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Epitome of Humility: Shaykh Muhammad Ayyub A'zimi (Part…". Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Rizwi, Syed Mehboob. The History Of Dar al Ulum Deoband 1981 Part 2 of 2. Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz hussain F Qureshi. Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam. p. 88.
  6. ↑ Irfan Ullah; Sajid Mehmood (2014). "Maulana Habib ur Rahman A l- Aazmi: Life and works (Biography)" (PDF). Burjis. 1 (1).
  7. ↑ Mawlana Abd al-Ghaffar Iraqi"Books Catalogue November 2016". 2016. p. 6,9.retrieved 21 Feb 2024