Sanaullah Amritsari

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Sanaullah Amritsari
TitleShaykh, Maulana, Sher-e-Punjab[1]
Personal
Born12 June 1868
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Died15 March 1948(1948-03-15) (aged 79)
Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
RegionAmritsar, Punjab, British India
DenominationAhl-i Hadith

Abul Wafa Sanaullah Amritsari (12 June 1868 – 15 March 1948) was a British Indian, later Pakistani, Muslim scholar and a leading figure within the Ahl-e-Hadith movement who was active in the Punjab city of Amritsar. He was also a major antagonist of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the early Ahmadiya movement. Sanaullah Amritsari served as the general secretary of Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Hind from 1906 to 1947[2] and was the editor of the Ahl-e-Hadees magazine. Born into a family of Kashmiri descent of sapru clan, he moved to Pakistan at the Partition, losing his son in the process, and himself dying in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan, in 1948, after suffering from a stroke.[3]

Biography[]

Amritsari was born in Amritsar, Punjab, on 12 June 1868. He studied primary classes under Ahmadullah Amritsari and Hadith from Abdul Mannan Wazirabadi. He joined Darul Uloom Deoband in 1890 where he studied logic, philosophy and Fiqh.[1]

His teachers include Mahmud Hasan Deobandi[4][1][3] and Ahmad Hasan Kanpuri. He established Ahl-e-Hadith Press in 1903 and published a weekly journal Ahl-e-Hadith which continued for about 44 years.[1] Amritsari also studied Hadith under the Ahl-e-Hadith scholar Sayyid Nazir Husain Dehlvi.[5]

Amritsari wrote pamphlets and books mostly in the refutation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.[6] Syed Mehboob Rizwi has mentioned Tafsir al-Quran be-Kalam al-Rahman, Tafsir-e-Sanai and Taqabul-e-Salasa as his important works.[1] Amritsari was also among the founding figures of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and had a rank of major general in Junud-e-Rabbania.[1] He was President of Anjuman Ahl-e-Hadith Punab.[4]

Amritsari migrated to Gujranwala, Pakistan after Partition of India in 1947 and died on 15 March 1948 in Sargodha.[1] He was also a great debater usually debating with Shi'ites and Christians.

When the blasphemous Rangila Rasul was written on Prophet Muhammad, Sanaullah Amritsari wrote Muqaddas Rasool as a reply to that book.[7] He was also active in debating with Hindus.

Legacy[]

  • Faz̤lurraḥmān bin Muḥammad wrote Hazrat Maulana Sanaullah Amritsari.[8]
  • Abdul Majid Sohdri wrote Seerat Sanai.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Syed Mehboob Rizwi. "Maulana Sana Allah Amritsari". Tārikh Dārul Uloom Deoband [History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. 2. Translated by Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi (1981 ed.). Idara-e-Ehtemam, Dar al-Ulum Deoband. pp. 45–46.
  2. ^ "Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadees Hind". Archived from the original on 12 October 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Biography of Shaykh Al-Islam Thanaullah Amritsari | Umm-Ul-Qura Publications". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Deobandi, Syed Muhammad Miyan. "Sanaullah Molvi". Silk Letters Movement (PDF). Translated by Muhammadullah Qasmi. Darul Uloom Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. p. 208. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ Adil Hussain Khan (2015). From Sufism to Ahmadiyya: A Muslim Minority Movement in South Asia. Indiana University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0253015297.
  6. ^ Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi (2007). Challenges to Religions and Islam: A Study of Muslim Movements, Personalities, Issues and Trends. Sarup & Sons. p. 987. ISBN 978-81-7625-732-9.
  7. ^ "Muqaddas Rasool SanaUllah Amritsari Urdu Book". dokumen.tips (in Uzbek). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ Faz̤lurraḥmān bin Muḥammad. (11 February 1988). "Hazrat Maulana Sanaullah Amritsari". Archived from the original on 11 February 2018 – via Hathi Trust.

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