He was born in Gangoh (India) in July 1907 and studied in Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur and Darul Uloom Deoband. Later he taught in Saharanpur and in Deoband along with the service of issuing Fatwas (Islamic Verdicts).[5] His Fatwa collection entitled 'Fataawa Mahmoodiyah' comprises 32 volumes and is copious reference book on Hanafi Fiqh Verdicts.
Gangohi remained Principal of Jami ul Uloom in Kanpur for about 14 years, and served as Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband during the last phase of his life.[5]
Literary works
The Urdu translation Seerat-e-Sayyidu-l-Bashar of Al-Tabari
Faharisi-l-Haawee li-Haashiyatu-t-Tahtawee
Manaazilu-l-'Ilm (The Stages of Acquiring Knowledge)
Malfoozaat-e-Faqeehu-l-Ummah (2 volumes) (The Statements & Anecdotes of the Jurist of the Ummah)
Khutabaat/Mawaa'iz-e-Faqeehu-l-Ummah (5 volumes) (The Discourses of the Jurist of the Ummah) (only 2 out of the 5 volumes has been translated as of 2018)
He died in South Africa where he was touring on 2 September 1996, at the invitation of Maulana Ibrahim Pandor and was buried in Elsburg about 4 km away from Hazeldene.[7]
^Boundaries of Differences. Idara Impex, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. p. 184. ISBN81-7101--683-9.
^Qasmi, Muhammadullah Khalili. Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jami' o Mukhtasar Tārīkh [A comprehensive and brief history of Darul Uloom Deoband] (in Urdu) (October 2020 ed.). Deoband: Sheikh Ul Hind Academy, Darul Uloom Deoband. p. 654.