Indian Islamic scholar and sufi saint of Hindustan
Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri خلیل احمد سہارنپوری
Personal
Born
Khalil Ahmad
December 1852[1]
Ambehta, British India
Died
13 October 1927 (aged 74)[1]
Medina, Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
Resting place
Jannat al-Baqi` Medina, Saudi Arabia
Religion
Islam
Denomination
Sunni Islam
Jurisprudence
Hanafi
Movement
Deobandi
Main interest(s)
Hadith studies
Notable work(s)
Badhl Al-Majhud Fi Hall Abi Dawud Al-Muhannad 'ala al-Mufannad
Alma mater
Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur
Tariqa
Chishti (Sabiri-Imdadi)
Relatives
Mamluk Ali Nanautawi (maternal grandfather), Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi (maternal uncle)
Muslim leader
Disciple of
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (Rh)
Students
Badre Alam Merathi
Influenced by
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Muhammad Mazhar Nanautawi, Ahmad Zayni Dahlan,[2] Imdadullah Muhajir Makki
Influenced
Muhammad Zakariya Kandhalawi, Muhammad Ilyas Kandhalawi, Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi, Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
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Deobandi movement
Ideology and influences
Dars-i Nizami
Maturidi theology
Hanafi fiqh
Founders and key figures
Mamluk Ali Nanautawi
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki
Rahmatullah Kairanawi
Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi
Sayyid Muhammad Abid
Mahmud Deobandi
Muhammad Ali Mungeri
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Ubaidullah Sindhi
Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Kifayatullah Dehlawi
Hussain Ahmed Madani
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi
Notable institutions
Darul ulooms and madrasas
Deoband
Mazahir Uloom
Nadwatul Ulama
Aminia
Shahi
Dabhel
Hathazari
Ashrafia
Karachi
Banuri Town
Bury
In'aamiyyah
List of Deobandi universities
Centres (markaz) of Tablighi Jamaat
Bhopal
Dewsbury
Dhaka
Nerul
Nizamuddin
Raiwind
Associated organizations
All India Muslim Personal Law Board
Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Commission
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
Islamic Fiqh Academy, India
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
Tablighi Jamaat
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Abū Ibrāhīm K͟halīl Aḥmad ibn Majīd ‘Alī Anbahṭawī Sahāranpūrī Muhājir Madanī (Urdu: ابو ابراہیم خلیل احمد بن مجید علی انبہٹوی سہارنپوری مہاجر مدنی; December 1852 – 13 October 1927) was a Deobandi Hanafi Islamic scholar from India who authored Badhl Al-Majhud Fi Hall Abi Dawud, an 18-volume commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abi Dawud. He was also a Sufi shaykh of the Chishti order, being a disciple and successor of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.[1][3]
^ abcProfile of Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri on jamiat.org website, Retrieved 12 May 2017
^Khalil Ahmad al-Saharanpuri (January 2017). Badhl al-Majhud fi Hall Abi Dawud (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. ISBN 9782745155818.
^Özşenel, Mehmet (1988–2016). "SEHÂRENPÛRÎ, Halîl Ahmed". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (44+2 vols.) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies.
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