Abdul Qadir Raipuri

Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri شاہ عبد القادر رائے پوری (born 1878 / 1295AH) was a spiritual reformer and well known guide of Islam.^[1]

Life[]

His father Hafiz Ahmed was born in Toha Moharram Khan of Photohar of Chakwa District in India. He lived with his aunt in Dhodiyal, Sargoda. She bequeathed him her lands. Her brothers were Mulana Muhammad Ahsan, Mulana Kaleemullah and Mulana Muhammad Yaseen.^[2] His father belonged to a religious Muslim RAJPUT family.

He became a hafiz of the Quran under the supervision of his uncle, Maulana Kaleemullah.^[3] He learned Arabic grammar from Maulana Muhammad Rafiq, who was a student of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. Thereafter, he left home to pursue Islamic studies. He studied in Saharanpur, Panipat and Delhi.^[3] He translated the Quran into Urdu in his later years^{[citation needed]}.

In Delhi, he studied the books of Hadith in Madrasa Abdur Rabb under Maulana Abd al-A’li^{[citation needed]}, who was a student of Hujjatul Islam Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi.^{[citation needed]} He learned Persian. He traveled to Delhi, where he studied hadith in Madrasa Abdur Rabb from as well as Jami' at-Tirmidhi from Anwar Shah Kashmiri. he spent 14 years with .

Works[]

• He was the teacher of Mustafa Raza Khan
• He traveled to Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh and conducted classes on the Qur'an and hadith.
• He taught his disciples the methods of the purification of the soul and Tasawuff. Many Muslim scholars studied under him. He authorized some students to teach and propagate Islam across India.

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