Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Hakim al-Ummat, Mujaddidul Millat Ashraf Ali Thanwi | |
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اشْرَفُ عَلَى تِهَانَوَى | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abd al-Ghani 19 August 1863[1] Thana Bhawan, Muzaffarnagar, British India |
| Died | 20 July 1943 (aged 79) Thana Bhawan, Muzaffarnagar, British India |
| Spouse(s) | 2 |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
Ashraf Ali Thanvi was a scholar of the Deobandi movement who was one of the central figures of religious life in South Asia and continues to be highly influential.[2] He wrote many works such as Amal e-Qurani, a famous book that features Qur'an-based spells such as one to cause separation and dislike for two people.[3]
He was a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband, where he studied the Hanafi madhab and Sufism. That ended in him becoming one of the top scholars of the Deobandi movement.[4] After his studies at at the seminary, he moved to Kanpur and then to Thana Bhawan, where he died.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Maulana Muhammad Ashraf Ali Thanwi".
- ↑ Naeem, Fuad (2009), "Thānvī, Mawlānā Ashraf ʿAlī", The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-530513-5
- ↑ Thanvi, Ashraf. Amal e-Quran [Remedies from The Holy Qur'an]. pp. 58–59.
- ↑ Belhaj, Abdessamad (2014), "Thānvī, Ashraf ʿAlī", The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science and Technology in Islam, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-981257-8