Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (born October 3, 1969) is an Indian Islamic scholar, da'i, Hadith lecturer and author who has served as the Chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama since 2023. He also serves as the General Secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat and a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband.
Nadwi lost his father at ten, and was raised by his elder brother Abdullah Hasani Nadwi.[13][14][15] He received his primary education in his native land, under the supervision of Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi. After that, he enrolled in Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama for higher education and completed the Aalimiyyah course in 1988 and the Fazīlah course in 1990 there.[2][3]
In 1991, Nadwi began his career as a teacher of hadith at Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom in Raebareli.[16][2][13] He subsequently joined Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama where he lectures on Islamic thought.[2] He succeeded his brother as the general secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat in 2013.[2][9]
On May 11, 2021, Nadwi became the elected vice principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama,[2] and succeeded Rabey Hasani Nadwi as the chancellor of Nadwatul Ulama on April 14, 2023,[17] and as a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband on August 29, 2023.[18][19][20] He was also the deputy moderator of Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom Raebareli, editor-in-chief of Payām-e-Arafāt, director of Imam Abi al-Hasan An-Nadwi in Raebareli,[16][13][21] and a member of the executive council of Nadwatul Ulama.[13] In June 2023, he was appointed to the board of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) as a secretary.[22]
In September 2023, when the AIMPLB decided to launch an India-wide campaign for helping Muslim women secure inheritance rights according to the Shariah; Nadwi was made responsible for its Tafheem-e-Shariat Committee, a group formed to support people with interpretation of the Islamic law.[23]
Literary works
Nadwi edited several books by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani. His works in Urdu include:[24][16][25][26]
Mabādi'u Wa Usool Fi 'Ilm al-Hadith (in Arabic)
Sawāneh-e-Mufakkir-e-Islam
Islāmi Aqā'id
Tauheed Kiya Hoga?
Aasān Ma'āni-e-Quran (Hindu: Pavitra Quran Ka Saral Anuvad)
Sihāh-e-Sitta Aur Unke Musannifeen: Imtiyāzāt o Khusoosiyyāt
Sahāba Ka Maqām o Martaba (Arabic: Makānat-us-Sahābah Fi Zau' al-Quran Was-Sunnah)
Hadith Ki Roshni
Quran Aur Sahib-e-Quran
Ghazawāt-e-Rasool Insaniyat Ke Liye Ek Namūna
Ilm, Insaniyat Ki Zaroorat
Tahreek-e-Payām-e-Insaniyat
Rahmatul-lil-'Aālameen Ki Sarapa Rahmat Ta'leemāt
Mufakkir-e-Islam Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: Manhaj-e-Fikr-o-Da'wat (Arabic: Manhaj-ush-Shaykh Abi-l-Hasan Ali Nadwi Fi-l-Fikr Wal-Da'wah)
Qādiyaniyyat: Manzar Aur Pas-Manzar
References
^Nadwi, Mahmood Hasan Hasani (1999). Salāsil-e-Araba'a(PDF) (in Urdu). Takia Kalan, Raebareli: Syed Ahmed Shahid Academy. pp. 23–24.
^Khan, Shams Tabrez (1984). Tarīkh e Nadwatul Ulama [History of Nadwatul Ulama] (in Urdu). Vol. 2 (1st ed.). Lucknow: Daftar e Nizāmat Nadwatul Ulama. p. 402.
^ abcdHasani, Mahmood Hasan (December 2013). Sawānih Maulana Syed Muhammad al-Hasani (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Takia Kalān, Raibareli: Syed Ahmad Shahid Academy, Dār-e-Arafāt. pp. 17, 166. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024.
^Hasani, Bilal Abdul Hai, ed. (March–May 2013). "Maulana Abdullah Hasani Number". Monthly Payām-e-Arafāt (in Urdu). 5 (3–5). Takia Kalān, Raibareli: Markaz al-Imām Abi al-Hasan al-Nadwi, Dār Arafāt: 14, 78–79.
^Choudhary, Sameer (2023-08-31). "دارالعلوم دیوبند کے بجٹ میں ڈھائی کروڑ کا اضافہ، مولانا بلال حسنی شوری کے رکن منتخب" [An increase of two and a half crores in the budget of Darul Uloom Deoband and Maulana Bilal Hasani was elected as a member of Darul Uloom's executive council]. Roznama Khabrein (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.