Shah Muhammad Ishaq

Shah Muhammad Ishaq Dehlawi
شاہ محمد اسحاق
Personal life
Born(1783-11-04)4 November 1783
Died20 July 1846(1846-07-20) (aged 62)
Resting placeJannat al-Mu'alla
ChildrenMaulvi Nasiruddin
Parents
  • Shah Abdulghani al-Dehlawi (father)
  • Amtul Aziz (mother)
Occupation
RelativesShah Waliullah (paternal grandfather)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
CreedHanafi
Muslim leader

Shah Muhammad Ishaq Dehlawi[a] (4 November 1783 – 20 July 1846), was an Indian Islamic scholar with his major focus having been fiqh and hadith studies.

Biography

Ishaq was born on 14 November 1782 in Delhi. He was the son of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi through his son Abdulghani. He studied hadith under his father Abdulghani and his grandfather Shah Waliullah.[1][2] He taught at the Madrasah Rahimiyya,[3] and died on 20 July 1846 in Mecca, after which he was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla next to Khadija bint Khuwaylid.

His most prominent students include Ahmad Rida Khan, Syed Nazeer Husain and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri.[4]

His only child was his son, Maulvi Nasiruddin.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Urdu: شاہ محمد اسحاق, romanizedSḥāh Muḥammad Isḥāq

References

  1. ^ "The Great Muhaddith: Shah Ishaq al-Dihlawi". 6 March 2013.
  2. ^ Abdul Haleem Chishti. Tazkira Shah Muhmmad Ishaq Dehlvi (in Urdu).
  3. ^ Dr. Muhmmad Farooq Noman (January 2009). Shah Ishaq Muhaddith Dehlawi aur unkay Mashoor Talamiza.
  4. ^ Syed Mehboob Rizwi. Deobandi, Nawaz (ed.). Sawaneh Ulama-e-Deoband. Vol. 1. p. 244.
  5. ^ Uddin, Mohammad. "SHAH WALIULLAH'S CONTRIBUTION TO HADITH LITERATURE - A CRITICAL STUDY" (PDF). Archive. Mohammad Mosleh Uddin. Retrieved 8 April 2025.

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