Shah Muhammad Ishaq

For other uses, see Muhammad Ishaq.

Shah Muhammad Ishaq^[a] (4 November 1783 – 20 July 1846), was an Indian Muslim scholar with his major focus on hadith studies.

Shah Muhammad Ishaq
شاہ محمد اسحاق
Personal life
Born	(1783-11-04)4 November 1783 Shahjahanabad, Mughal Empire
Died	20 July 1846(1846-07-20) (aged 62) Mecca, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire
Resting place	Jannat al-Mu'alla
Children	Maulvi Nasiruddin Maulvi
Parent	(father) Amtul Aziz (mother)
Occupation	Islamic scholar Muhaddith
Relatives	Shah Abdul Aziz (maternal-grandfather)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Creed	Athari Ahl-al-hadith[1][failed verification]
Muslim leader
Influenced by Shah Abdul Aziz
Influenced Syed Nazeer Husain, Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri

Biography

Ishaq was born on 14 November 1782 in Delhi. He was the son of Amtul Aziz (b. 1765)^[2], which was the daughter of Shah Abdul Aziz. He studied hadith from his grandfather Shah Abdul Aziz.^[3][4] He taught at the Madrasah Rahimiyya.^[5] He died on 20 July 1846 in Mecca and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla next to Khadija bint Khuwaylid.^{[citation needed]}

His students include Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri.^[6]

His only child was his son, Maulvi Nasiruddin Amtul (b. circa 1820). ^[7]

Notes

1. Urdu: شاہ محمد اسحاق, romanized: Sḥāh Muḥammad Isḥāq