Zakariyya Kandhlawi
Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi | |
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| Title | Shaykh al-Hadith Qutb al-Aqtab Barakat al-`Asr |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Muhammad Zakariya 2 February 1898 |
| Died | 24 May 1982 (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Jannat-ul-Baqi |
| Nationality | British Indian (1898-1947) Indian (1947-1982) Saudi Arabian (1976-1982) |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith studies, Sufism |
| Notable work(s) | Awjaz al-Masalik Al-Abwab wa at-Tarajim Faza'il series Khasa'il-i Nabawi |
| Alma mater | Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, Sufi shaykh, Author, Teacher |
| Relatives | Salman Mazahiri (son-in-law) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Muslim |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi) |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri (Granted khilafah) |
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| Deobandi movement |
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Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī Sahāranpūrī Muhājir Madanī (Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá aṣ-Ṣiddīqī al-Kāndahlawī as-Sahāranfūrī al-Madanī; 2 February 1898 – 24 May 1982) was a Sunni Hanafi Hadith scholar of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought in India, popularly known as a "Hazrat Shaykh al-Hadith" and an influential ideologue of Tablighi Jamaat, the missionary and reform movement founded by his uncle Maulana Muhammad Ilyas. His notable works are Awjaz al-Masalik, an Arabic commentary in six volumes on Imam Malik's Muwatta, and Khasa'il-i Nabawi, an Urdu translation and commentary on Imam at-Tirmidhi's Shama'il.