Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi
Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi عبد الجبار غزنوی | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1852 |
| Died | 28 August 1913 Amritsar, British India |
| Children | Dawood Ghaznavi |
| Parent |
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| Main interest(s) | Ilm al-Hadith, Aqeeda |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Creed | Athari |
| Movement | Ahl-i Hadith (Salafism) |
Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi (c. 1852 – 28 August 1913) was an Afghan Islamic scholar. A leading figure of the Ahl-i Hadith movement,[1] he was the son of Abdullah Ghaznavi and the father of Dawood Ghaznavi.[2]
Biography
Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi was born in c. 1852 (1268 AH) in Ghazni, Afghanistan.[3] He received Islamic education from his father Abdullah Ghaznavi and brothers Muhammad Ghaznavi and Ahmad Ghaznavi. [3] Abdul Jabbar was reportedly the eldest out of all his brothers.[4]
Abdul Jabbar later enrolled in hadith studies under renowned Salafi scholar Sayyid Nadhir Husayn Dihlawi.[3] Abdul Jabbar taught at his father's seminary, Madrasa Ghaznaviyya, in Amritsar.[3] After his father's death, his brother Abdullah bin Abdullah Ghaznavi briefly succeeded his father as caliph, and upon his death, Abdul Jabbar succeeded him.[5] Abdul Jabbar was a staunch critic of the Ahmadi Qadiyanis and their leader Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
In 1902 (1319 AH), Abdul Jabbar founded Darul Uloom Taqwiyatul Islam in Amritsar.[5] The seminary became highly influential in Ahl-i Hadith circles in Punjab.[5] Abdul Jabbar died in Amritsar, British India, in 28 August 1913 (25 Ramadan 1331 AH).[5] After the partition of India in 1947, the seminary shifted to Lahore.[6]
Legacy and works
Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi remains honored in Muslim circles.[5] The Islamic scholar Abdul Hai Hasani of the Deobandi movement mentioned him as a "great scholar of hadith" and who was "very intelligent".[7] Another prominent Deobandi, Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, regarded Abdul Jabbar as one of the "righteous and faithful followers of the Sunnah".[8]
Abdul Jabbar Ghaznavi's works include:[9][10]
- Sawanih Umri
- Sabil al-Najat Fi Mubayanat al-Rabb An al-Makhluqat
- Al-Arba'in Fi Anna Thana Allah Laysa Ala Madhab al-Muhaddithin
- Fatawa al-Ghaznawiyya
References
Citations
- ^ Ahmad, Faid; Khān, Muhammad Fāḍil (1998). Mihr-e-munīr: Biography of Ḥaḍrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh ( in English). Sajjādah Nashinān of Golra Sharif.
- ^ Saʻīd, Aḥmad (1997). Muslim India, 1857-1947: A Biographical Dictionary. Institute of Pakistan Historical Research.
- ^ a b c d Iraqi 2003, p. 76.
- ^ Khan, Adil Hussain (2015). From Sufism to Ahmadiyya: a Muslim minority movement in South Asia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-253-01523-5.
- ^ a b c d e Iraqi 2003, p. 77.
- ^ Heath, Deana; Mathur, Chandana (22 December 2010). Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and Its Diaspora. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-86787-3.
- ^ Iraqi 2003, p. 78.
- ^ Iraqi 2003, p. 79.
- ^ "ص373 - أرشيف ملتقى أهل الحديث - ترجمة الإمام عبدالجبار الغزنوي ت قال فيه العظيم آبادي ابن مديني الوقت - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة". al-maktaba.org. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "The Ghaznawi family | Umm-Ul-Qura Publications". Retrieved 1 May 2025.
Works cited
- Iraqi, Abdul Rasheed (2003). Ghaznavi Khandan [The Ghaznavi family] (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Karachi: Imam Shamsul Haque Dianwi Publishers. pp. 98–147. Retrieved 18 January 2025.