Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1878 (1878) |
| Died | August 13, 1962(1962-08-13) (aged 83–84) |
| Resting place | Sargodha,Punjab, Pakistan |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
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Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878 – 1962) was a scholar and reformer in theDeobandi tradition of Islam in British India and then Pakistan.[1][2]
He was born in Toha Moharram Khan ofPotohar ofChakwal District inBritish India. His father belonged to a religiousMuslim 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.[3]
He became ahafiz of theQuran under the supervision of his uncle, Maulana Kaleemullah.[4] He learnedArabic grammar from Maulana Muhammad Rafiq, who was a student ofRashid Ahmad Gangohi. Thereafter, he left home to pursue Islamic studies. He studied inSaharanpur,Panipat andDelhi.[4] He translated the Quran into Urdu in his later years.[citation needed]
In Delhi, he studied the books ofhadith in Madrasa Abdur Rabb under Maulana Abd al-A’li in Delhi, who was a student of Hujjatul Islam MaulanaMuhammad Qasim Nanotvi, as well asSahih al-Tirmidhi fromAnwar Shah Kashmiri. He spent 14 years with Shah Abdur Raheem Raipuri.
He traveled to Bareilly inUttar Pradesh and conducted classes on the Qur'an and hadith. He taught his disciples the methods of the purification of the soul and Tasawuf. Many Muslim scholars studied under him. He authorized some students to teach and propagate Islam across India.