Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri

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Shaykh al-Hadīth, Mufti

Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri
10th Principal, Darul Uloom Deoband
In office
2008 – 19 May 2020
Preceded byNaseer Ahmad Khan
Succeeded byArshad Madani
Personal
Born1942
Kaleda village, Vadgam, Banaskantha district, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died19 May 2020(2020-05-19) (aged 77–78)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
Alma materMazahir Uloom, Saharanpur, Darul Uloom Deoband
Muslim leader
AwardsPresidential Certificate of Honour[1]

Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (also written as Saʻīd Aḥmad Pālanpūrī) (1942 – 19 May 2020) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. A number of his books are required readings in Darul Uloom Deoband.[2][3][4]

Biography[]

Palanpuri was born in 1942 in Kaleda village, Vadgam, Banaskantha district.[5] He studied at Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur and then Darul Uloom Deoband, where he graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami studies.[6][7]

Palanpuri joined Jamia Ashrafiya in Rander as a teacher in 1965 and taught there for about ten years. He was appointed as a teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1975 at the recommendation of Manzur Nu'mani.[6] In 2008, he succeeded Naseer Ahmad Khan as Shaykh al-Hadith and also served as Principal.[7][8][9] His teaching career in Darul Uloom Deoband lasted for over 50 years.[10][11]

Pratibha Patil awarded Palanpuri the President's Certificate of Honour on the 64th Independence Day of India.[12]

Reaction towards Madrasa Board scheme[]

Palanpuri maintained the view that the Indian Government’s Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM) will end in fiasco.[13][14]

Literary works[]

Palanpuri's works include:[4]

  • Mabadiyat-e-Fiqh
  • Aap Fatwa Kaise Dein?
  • Hurmat-e-Musahirat
  • Dadhi awr Anbiya ki Sunnat
  • Tehshiya Imdad al-Fatawa (Marginalia to Ashraf Ali Thanwi's 6 volume Imdad al-Fatawa).
  • Tasheel Adilla-e-Kamilah (Commentary to Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's Adilla-e-Kamilah).
  • Mashaheer Muhaddiseen, Fuqaha Kiram awr Tadhkirah Rawiyan-e-Kutb-e-Hadith
  • Tafseer Hidayat al-Quran
  • Rahmatullahil Wasiah (5 volume commentary to Shah Waliullah Dehlawi's Hujjatullahil Balighah)

Death[]

Palanpuri suffered diabetes and was admitted to a Mumbai hospital, where he died on 19 May 2020 (25 Ramadan1441 AH).[15][7][16] He was buried in a graveyard located in Jogeshwari, Mumbai and only 15 people were allowed to attend his last rites.[10][17] Islamic scholars Abul Qasim Nomani, Arshad Madani, Mehmood Madani and Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi expressed grief at his death. [18][10]

References[]

  1. ^ List of awardees of Presidential Certificate of Honour (PDF), Ministry of Human Resource Development, retrieved 19 May 2020
  2. ^ Butt, John (16 March 2020). A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman. ISBN 9789353058029.
  3. ^ India, Press Trust of (30 March 2019). "Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna "illegal" as per Sharia: Islamic jurists". Business Standard India.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Aftab Ghazi Qasmi; Abdul Haseeb Qasmi. Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat [Fiqhi Services of the Graduates of Deoband] (in Urdu) (February 2011 ed.). Deoband: Kutub Khana Naimia. pp. 374–377.
  5. ^ "سوانح حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری" [Biography of Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]. 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Introduction of Mufti Saeed Ahmed Palanpuri". jamianoorululoom.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری شیخ الحدیث دار العلوم دیوبند انتقال کر گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri passed away]. The Siasat Daily. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Shaykh (Mufti) Saeed Ahmed Palunpuri (RA)". central-mosque.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ "علم و دین کے بےمثال خادم تھے مفتی محمد سعید پالنپوری : مفتی عثمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the great servant of Islam and Knowledge: Mufti Uthmani].
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے: مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the main pillars of Darul Uloom Deoband: Abul Qasim Nomani]. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  11. ^ "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے : مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی".
  12. ^ "President of India conferred certificate of honour to Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian Scholars for the year 2010".
  13. ^ "School Education | Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". mhrd.gov.in.
  14. ^ "Muslim India". 2007.
  15. ^ "مفتی سعید احمد پالنپوری ؒکا انتقال ایک عظیم سانحہ:مولانا ارشدمدنی". 19 May 2020.
  16. ^ "مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالنپوری شیخ الحدیث و صدر المدرسین دارالعلوم دیوبند داعیٔ أجل کو لبیک کہہ گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal Darul Uloom Deoband no more]. AsreHazir.com. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  17. ^ "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے : مفتی ابو القاسم نعمان��" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the main pillars of Darul Uloom Deoband: Abul Qasim Nomani]. Millat Times.
  18. ^ "Daily Usaf".
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