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Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī Muhājir Madanī (Urdu: محمد زکریا بن محمد يحيى صدیقی کاندھلوی مہاجر مدنی; 2 February 1898 – 24 May 1982), often referred to as Shaykh al-Hadith (Urdu: شیخ الحدیث, Shaik͟hul-Ḥadīs̱), was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar and Sufi, particularly known as a scholar of hadith and an influential ideologue of the Tablighi Jamaat, the missionary and reform movement founded by his uncle Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi. Several of his treatises constitute the group's basic reading material in the form of the book Fazail-e-Amaal.[1][2] A prolific writer, his Urdu and Arabic works number over one hundred, many remaining unpublished. His magnum opus is Awjaz al-Masalik, a multivolume Arabic commentary on the Muwatta of Imam Malik.
Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi محمد زکریا کاندھلوی | |
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Title | Shaykh al-Hadith |
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Born | (1898-02-02)2 February 1898 |
Died | 24 May 1982(1982-05-24) (aged 84) |
Resting place | Jannat al-Baqi` Medina, Saudi Arabia |
Nationality | Indian |
Denomination | Sunni Islam |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Movement | Deobandi |
Main interest(s) | Hadith studies, Sufism |
Notable work(s) | Awjaz al-Masalik Faza'il series |
Alma mater | Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur |
Tariqa | Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi) |
Occupation | Islamic scholar, Sufi shaykh, Author, Teacher |
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Disciple of | Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri |
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Zakariya was born at Kandhla in 1898. His father Muhammad Yahya was a prominent student of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. Zakariya spent ten years in Gangoh, where he memorized the Qur'an with his father and received his early education from Muhammad Ilyas. In 1910, he moved to Saharanpur to study at Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, a madrasah closely affiliated with Darul Uloom Deoband, the birthplace of the Deobandi Islamic revivalist movement. He studied the books of hadith first with his father and then a second time with Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri. After graduating in 1915, he secured a position as a teacher at the school.
Zakariya was also a prominent Sufi shaykh of the Sabiri-Imdadi branch of the Chishti order. He was a khalifah (spiritual successor) of Saharanpuri, who initiated him in the Sufi path in 1915 and gave him permission to initiate others in the four major tariqas (Chishtiyah, Naqshbandiyah, Suhrawardiyah, and Qadiriyah) in 1925.
He taught at Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur from 1916 to 1969, becoming well known by the title "Shaykh al-Hadith", a title given to him by Saharanpuri for his extensive knowledge in the field of hadith. After he stopped teaching due to developing cataracts, he focused on the spiritual training of his numerous disciples. In 1973, he permanently migrated to Medina, Saudi Arabia, where he died in 1982.