Abdur Rab Jaunpuri | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1875 (1875) Mullatola,Jaunpur,North-Western Provinces |
| Died | June 1935(1935-06-00) (aged 59–60) Mollatala,Jaunpur,United Provinces |
| Parent |
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| Occupation | Theologian, author |
| Relatives | Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (grandfather) Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri (uncle) Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri (uncle) Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (cousin) Rashid Ahmad Jaunpuri (cousin) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Taiyuni |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri |
| Predecessor | Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri |
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Influenced by | |
ʿAbd ar-Rabb Jaunpūrī (Urdu:عبد الرب جونپوری,Bengali:আব্দুর রব জৌনপুরী; 1875 – June 1935) was anIndian Muslim scholar, author and teacher.[1] He was associated withTaiyuni reformist movement, founded by his grandfatherKaramat Ali Jaunpuri, and succeeded his uncleHafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri as the leader of the movement in 1899.[2]
Abdul Rab Jaunpuri was born in 1875 to a scholarlyIndian Muslim family in Mullatola,Jaunpur, located in theNorth-Western Provinces of theBritish Raj. His father, Hafiz Mahmud Jaunpuri, traced his ancestry to theArab tribe ofQuraysh, with Jaunpuri being a 37th-generation direct descendant ofAbu Bakr, the firstRashidun caliph. Jaunpuri's grandfatherKaramat Ali Jaunpuri was the founder of theTaiyuni reformist movement and propagated Islam in north India andBengal.[3] His great grandfather, Abu Ibrahim Shaykh Muhammad Imam Bakhsh ibn Shaykh Jarullah was a student ofShah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi. Many of his family members were also Islamic scholars, for example, his unclesHafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri andAbdul Awwal Jaunpuri, and his cousinRashid Ahmed Jaunpuri.[2]
Jaunpuri's father died when he was five years old, so he was brought up and educated by his uncleHafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri. He memorised theQur'an in his childhood, and studied theArabic andPersian languages. He was said to have mastered the knowledge ofma'rifa.[4]
Jaunpuri worked alongside his uncle in establishing numerous religious institutions inDaulatkhan in the Bengali island ofBhola. He established alangar khana which provided meals to needy people in the area. Jaunpuri toured many different parts of Bengal, giving public lectures, where he gained a large following.[5] Notable locations includeSandwip andBarisal.[6][7] He also wrote books inUrdu such asNafeul Khalaiq.[8] Many of the next generation of Islamic scholars were hismurids such asMuhammad Ishaq andAbul Hasanat Muhammad Abdul Hayy.[9][10]
Jaunpuri died in June 1935 in his home neighbourhood of Mullatola in Jaunpur, then located under theUnited Provinces of British India.[11]
His spiritual genealogy is as follows:[9]