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Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri
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Born
| 1878
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1878
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Died
| August 13, 1962
(1962-08-13)
(aged 83?84)
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Resting place
| Sargodha
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Punjab, Pakistan
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Religion
| Islam
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Shah Abdul Qadir
Raipuri
(1878 ? 1962) was a scholar and reformer in the
Deobandi
tradition of Islam in British India and then Pakistan.
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Life
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He was born in Toha Moharram Khan of
Potohar
of
Chakwal District
in
British India
. His father belonged to a religious
Muslim Rajput
family He lived with his aunt in Dhodiyal,
Sargodha
. She bequeathed him her lands. Her brothers were Mulana Muhammad Ahsan, Mulana Kaleemullah and Mulana Muhammad Yaseen.
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He became a
hafiz
of the
Quran
under the supervision of his uncle, Maulana Kaleemullah.
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He learned
Arabic
grammar from Maulana Muhammad Rafiq, who was a student of
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
. Thereafter, he left home to pursue Islamic studies. He studied in
Saharanpur
,
Panipat
and
Delhi
.
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He translated the Quran into Urdu in his later years.
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citation needed
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In Delhi, he studied the books of
hadith
in Madrasa Abdur Rabb under Maulana Abd al-A’li in Delhi, who was a student of Hujjatul Islam Maulana
Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi
, as well as
Sahih al-Tirmidhi
from
Anwar Shah Kashmiri
. He spent 14 years with Shah Abdul Rahim Raipuri.
He traveled to Bareilly in
Uttar Pradesh
and conducted classes on the Qur'an and hadith. He taught his disciples the methods of the purification of the soul and Tasawuff. Many Muslim scholars studied under him. He authorized some students to teach and propagate Islam across India.
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