Allamah, Maulana Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi | |
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| 6th Principal,Darul Uloom Deoband | |
| In office 1957–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Hussain Ahmad Madani |
| Succeeded by | Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1887 Qazipura,Ballia district,British India |
| Died | 27 December 1967(1967-12-27) (aged 79–80) Deoband,Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Resting place | Qasmi cemetery, Deoband |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi |
Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1967), also spelt asMuhammad Ibrahim Balliavi, was anIndian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the 6th Principal ofDarul Uloom Deoband. He spent almost 50 years instructingHadith,Mantiq,Islamic philosophy, and other subjects at Darul Uloom Deoband.[1][2][3]
Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi was born in 1304AH (1887AD) at Qazipura,Ballia. His family came toJaunpur from theJhang district ofPunjab province, then settled in Ballia. His father, Abdur Rahim, was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Jaunpur.[4][5][6]
He received his elementary education in Persian and Arabic from Jamiluddin Naginavi in Jaunpur, read books onlogic from Farooq Ahmad Chirayakoti and Hidayatullah Khan Rampuri, and studied theology fromAbdul Ghaffar Mauwi.[4][5]
He enrolled atDarul Uloom Deoband in 1325 AH (1907 AD) and graduated from there in 1327 AH (1909 AD). At the Deoband seminary, his teachers includedMahmood Hasan Deobandi andAzizur Rahman Usmani.[4]
After graduation, Balyawi was first appointed as a teacher at Madrasa Alia Fatehpuri, Delhi. Then he spent some time as a teacher at Umri Kalan, Moradabad.[4][5] In 1331 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband and remained there until 1339 AH.[4]
Between 1340 AH and 1343 AH, he held the position of principal inDarul Uloom Mau and Madrasa Imdadia Darbhanga. He returned to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1343 AH as a teacher and resigned from there in 1362 AH. After that, he served as principal atJamia Islamia Talimuddin, Madrasa Alia Fathpuri, Delhi, andHathazari Madrasa, respectively.[7][8]
In 1366 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom for the third time atQari Muhammad Tayyib's recommendation and with the approval of the Majlis-e-Shura (the advisory committee of Darul Uloom).[8] In 1377 AH (1957 AD), after the demise ofHussain Ahmad Madani, he was promoted to principal and held this position until his death, i.e., in 1387 AH (1967 AD).[9]
He took the oath ofBay'ah at the hand of his student, Wasiullah Fatehpuri in Sufism, and became his authorised disciple.[5]
Balyawi's books include:[10][11][12]
Balyawi died on Wednesday, 24Ramadan 1387 AH (27 December 1967) inDeoband and was buried inQasmi cemetery.[13][14][15][16]
