Naeem-ud-Deen-Muradabadi | |
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| Title | Sadr ul-Afazil |
| Personal life | |
| Born | (1887-01-01)1 January 1887 (21 Safar 1300Hijri) |
| Died | 13 October 1948(1948-10-13) (aged 61) (18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1367 Hijri) |
| Resting place | Jamia Naeemia Moradabad (Moradabad, India) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Region | South Asia |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh,Tafseer |
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| Occupation | Mufti |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Founder of | Jamia Naeemia Moradabad |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Qadri |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Barelvi |
| Muslim leader | |
Syed Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (1887–1948), also known asSadr ul-Afazil, was an Indianjurist, scholar,mufti, Quranic exegete, and educator. He was a scholar of philosophy,geometry,logic andhadith and leader ofAll India Sunni Conference. He was also a poet ofna`at.[1]
He was born on 1 January 1887 (21Safar 1300AH) inMoradabad, India to Mu'in al-Din. His family originally came fromMash'had, Iran. Sometime during the rule ofKing Aurangzeb, they travelled from Iran to India, where they received a land grant from the ruling monarchy. They eventually reached Lahore and settled near Abul-Hasanat'.
Muradabadi memorised theQur'an by the age of 8. He studiedUrdu and Persian literature with his father and studiedDars-i Nizami with Shah Fadl Ahmad. He subsequently earned a degree in religious law from Shah Muhammad Gul and pledged allegiance to him.
Naeemudin wrote in defense of Prophet Muhammad’s knowledge of the unseen, in addition to works attackingWahhabism, and thereby quickly gained acceptance among Sunni Barelvi scholars. He also developed a reputation as a skilled debater, taking onDeobandis and others as his opponents.[2]
One of his first moves was to find theJamia Naeemia Moradabad long-lasting legacy which became a regional center of Sunni Barelvi activities.
He organised conferences, debates and door to door programmes under theJama’at-e-Raza-e-Mustafa, to control and reverse, the wave of re-conversions which was threatening the Muslim community in the wake of theShuddhi movement. He through JRM successfully prevented around four hundred thousand re-conversions to Hinduism specially in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh and in Rajasthan.[3]
He was elected asNazim-e-AIa (General Secretary) ofAll India Sunni Conference AISC in 1925 atJamia Naeemia Moradabad. AISC under him arose as a response to theDeobandi-dominated Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind. An important resolution passed against the Nehru Committee Report which was described as dangerous for the interests of the Muslims and also targetedJamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind leadership as “working like puppets in the hands of the Hindus.[4]
Allama Naeem Uddin took part in Islamic movements and was also a part of theKhilafat Committee, an organization aimed at strengthening theSultanate in Turkey, which had existed since the beginning of theOttoman era. He taught students and gave lectures.
He visitedAgra,Jaipur,Kishan Garh,Gobind Garh, Hawali ofAjmer, Mithar andBharatpur to protest the 'Shuddhi Movement' which was viewed as a threat to Islam in the region. In 1924 (1343 Hijri), he issued the Monthly 'As-Sawad-al-Azam' and supported theTwo nation theory atAll India Sunni Conference.[3]
After the separation ofPakistan fromBritish India on 18 September 1948, Muradabadi delivered a speech at the opening of theAll India Sunni Conference. He contributed to the passing of the resolution for a separate Muslim state at Minto-Park (Lahore Resolution). He was the Chief Organizer at the Banaras Conference held in 1942.[5][6]
Muradabadi fell ill while preparing a book and died on 18Dhu al-Hijjah 1367 AH (13 October 1948). His last words werelā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu -llāhi). His shrine is located near the university ofJamia Naeemia inMuradabad.
He wrote fourteen books and numerous treatises, includingKhaza'in-al-Irfan, which is theTafsir (Exegesis) of Kanz al-Iman based on a translation of the Qur'an byAhmed Raza Khan Barelvi in Urdu.[7] He also left a collection of poems calledRiyaz-e-Naeem (Garden of Comfort).[8]
Muradabadi's works include:
He was a successor ofAhmad Raza Khan and Sayyad Muhammad Ali Hussain Shah al-Kicchochawi.[citation needed]