Muḥammad Manz̤oor Nomānī (c. 15 December 1905 – 4 May 1997) was an Indian Islamic scholar. Prominent among his written works are Maariful Hadith, Islam Kya Hai?, and Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution.
After completing his studies he taught for three years at Madrasa Chilla, Amroha. Thereafter for four years he held the post of Shaykh al-Hadith at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow.[1][2]
In 1934 (1353 AH) he established a monthly journal, al-Furqan, from Bareilly. The journal began with a focus towards polemics, but in 1942 (1361 AH) it became more of an academic and religious journal.[1]
Nomani was a founding member of Jamaat-e-Islami. At its Founding Session in August 1941 he led the seven-member committee that proposed Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi as Amir. He himself was selected as Na'ib Amir (Deputy Amir). Six months later, in 1942, Nomani arrived at the Jamaat's Darul Islam community in Pathankot with the intention of permanently settling there. He was appointed the first Muhtasib of Darul Islam. However, due to differences with Maududi he left Jamaat-i Islami in August/September 1942 (Sha'ban 1361 AH) and returned home to Sambhal.[citation needed] Detailing his time with Maududi and the reasons for his departure from Jamaat-i Islami he wrote Maulana Maududi ke sath meri rifaqat ki sarguzasht aur ab mera mauqif (1980).[citation needed]
After leaving Jamaat-e-Islami, he and Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi became affiliated with the Tablighi Jamaat movement. Nomani's compilation of the malfuzat (sayings) of Muhammad Ilyas comes from the period of 1943 to 1944, mostly during Ilyas's final illness.[5]
In 1943 (1362 AH) he was appointed a member of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband. He regularly attended its meetings and those of the Majlis-e-Amilah (Executive Council).[1][2]
In 1984 he published an influential work criticising Ruhollah Khomeini and Shi'ism: Īrānī inqilāb, Imām K͟humainī, aur Shīʻiyat or "Khomeini, Iranian Revolution and Shi'ite faith".
He died in Lucknow on 4 May 1997 and is buried in Aishbagh.[6][3][7]
^ abcdefSyed Mehboob Rizwi (1981). "Maulana Muhammad Manzoor Naumani". History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband. Vol. 2. Translated by Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi. Dar al-Ulum Deoband, India: Idara-e Ihtemam. pp. 113–114.
^ abcde"صاحب کتاب کا مختصر تعارف / Ṣāḥib-i kitāb kā muk͟htaṣar ta‘ārif". In Muḥammad Manzoor Nomānī (2006). Futūḥāt-i Nomānīyah فتوحات نعمانیہ (in Urdu). Lahore: Anjumān Irshādul Muslimīn. pp. 876–880.
^Kajee, Imraan; Kajee, Moosa (2018). The legacy of the Ulama of Deoband. South Africa: Spiritual Light. p. 55. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.