Indian Mufti (1940 – 2020)
Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (also written as Saʻīd Aḥmad Pālanpūrī ) (1940 – 19 May 2020), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband . A number of his books are required readings in Darul Uloom Deoband.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Biography
Palanpuri was born in 1940 in Kaleda village, Vadgam then in the Palanpur State .[ 6] He studied at the Mazahir Uloom and then attended the Darul Uloom Deoband , where he graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami studies.[ 7] [ 8] His teachers included Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi , Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad , Ibrahim Balyawi , Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri , and Naseer Ahmad Khan .[ 9]
Palanpuri joined Jamia Ashrafiya in Rander as a teacher in 1965 and taught there for about ten years. He was appointed as a teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1973 at the recommendation of Manzur Nu'mani .[ 7] [ 10] In 2008, he succeeded Naseer Ahmad Khan as Shaykh al-Hadith and also served as Principal.[ 8] [ 11] [ 12] His teaching career in Darul Uloom Deoband lasted for over 50 years.[ 13] [ 14]
Pratibha Patil awarded Palanpuri the President's Certificate of Honour on the 64th Independence Day of India.[ 15]
Reaction towards Madrasa Board scheme
Palanpuri maintained the view that the Indian Government's Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM) will end in fiasco.[ 16] [ 17]
Literary works
Palanpuri's works include:[ 5]
Tuhfatul Qari[ 18]
Tafseer Hidayat al-Quran [ 19]
Mabadiyat-e-Fiqh
Aap Fatwa Kaise Dein?
Hurmat-e-Musahirat
Dadhi awr Anbiya ki Sunnat
Tehshiya Imdad al-Fatawa (Marginalia to Ashraf Ali Thanwi 's 6 volume Imdad al-Fatawa ).
Tasheel Adilla-e-Kamilah (Commentary to Mahmud Hasan Deobandi 's Adilla-e-Kamilah ).
Mashaheer Muhaddiseen, Fuqaha Kiram awr Tadhkirah Rawiyan-e-Kutb-e-Hadith
Rahmatullahil Wasiah (5 volume commentary to Shah Waliullah Dehlawi 's Hujjatullahil Balighah )
Mahfuzat [ 20]
Death
Palanpuri had diabetes and was admitted to a Mumbai hospital, where he died on 19 May 2020 (25 Ramadan 1441 AH ).[ 21] [ 8] [ 22] He was buried in a graveyard located in Oshiwara , Mumbai and very few people were allowed to attend his last rites due to the Covid-19 lockdown.[ 13] [ 23]
Islamic scholars Abul Qasim Nomani , Arshad Madani , Mehmood Madani and Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi expressed grief at his death.[ 24] [ 13]
References
^ List of awardees of Presidential Certificate of Honour (PDF) , Ministry of Human Resource Development , retrieved 19 May 2020
^ Butt, John (16 March 2020). A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman . Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789353058029 .
^ "Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna "illegal" as per Sharia: Islamic jurists" . Business Standard India . Press Trust of India. 30 March 2019.
^ a b Aftab Ghazi Qasmi; Abdul Haseeb Qasmi. Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat [Fiqhi Services of the Graduates of Deoband ] (in Urdu) (February 2011 ed.). Deoband : Kutub Khana Naimia. pp. 374–377.
^ "سوانح حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری" [Biography of Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]. 19 May 2020.
^ a b "Introduction of Mufti Saeed Ahmed Palanpuri" . jamianoorululoom.com . Retrieved 19 May 2020 .
^ a b c "حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری شیخ الحدیث دار العلوم دیوبند انتقال کر گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri passed away]. The Siasat Daily . 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020 .
^ Bijnori, Muhammad Salman, ed. (July 2020). "Maulana Mufti Saeed Ahmed Palan Puri by Noor Alam Khalil Amini" . Monthly Darul Uloom (in Urdu). 104 (6–7): 45–46.
^ Pālanpuri, Mustafa Ameen (July 2020). Hayāt -e- Sa'eed Ek Nazar Mein [ 'Hayat-e-Saeed' at a glance ] (in Urdu) (1 ed.). Deoband: Dār-ul- irfān. p. 12.
^ "Shaykh (Mufti) Saeed Ahmed Palunpuri (RA)" . central-mosque.com . Retrieved 19 May 2020 .
^ "علم و دین کے بےمثال خادم تھے مفتی محمد سعید پالنپوری : مفتی عثمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the great servant of Islam and Knowledge: Mufti Uthmani].
^ a b c "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے: مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the main pillars of Darul Uloom Deoband: Abul Qasim Nomani]. Retrieved 19 May 2020 .
^ "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے : مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی" .
^ "President of India conferred certificate of honour to Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian Scholars for the year 2010" .
^ "School Education | Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development" . mhrd.gov.in .
^ "Muslim India" . 2007.
^ Khatoon, Aaisha (2017). Aazadi ke Baad Hindustan ki Khidmaat e Hadith (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University . p. 206. hdl :10603/364027 . Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023 .
^ Shahabuddin (2006). Beeswin Sadi Main Ulama e Jamia Azhar Misr or Ulama e Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Tafseeri Khidmaat Ka Taqabuli Mutalah (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University . p. 133. hdl :10603/250326 .
^ Kaleem, Mohd (2017). Contribution of Old boys of Darul uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University . pp. 288–289. hdl :10603/364028 . Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023 .
^ "مفتی سعید احمد پالنپوری ؒکا انتقال ایک عظیم سانحہ:مولانا ارشدمدنی" . 19 May 2020.
^ "مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالنپوری شیخ الحدیث و صدر المدرسین دارالعلوم دیوبند داعیٔ أجل کو لبیک کہہ گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal Darul Uloom Deoband no more]. AsreHazir.com. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020 .
^ "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے : مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the main pillars of Darul Uloom Deoband: Abul Qasim Nomani]. Millat Times .
^ "Daily Usaf" .
Bibliography
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Kaleem, Mohd (2017). Contribution of Old boys of Darul uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University . pp. 151–153. hdl :10603/364028 . Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023 .
Pālanpuri, Muhammad Ameen (2020). Hayāt -e- Sa'eed [Life of Sa'eed ] (in Urdu) (1 ed.). Maktaba al Hijāz, Deoband .
Pālanpuri, Mustafa Ameen (July 2020). Hayāt -e- Sa'eed Ek Nazar Mein [ 'Hayat-e-Saeed' at a glance ] (in Urdu) (1 ed.). Deoband: Dār-ul- irfān.
Bijnori, Muhammad Salmān, ed. (June–July 2020). "Zikr-e-Sa'eed". Dārul Uloom Monthly (in Urdu). 104 (6–7). Maktaba Darul Uloom Deoband.
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Qāsmi, Muḥammadullah (October 2020). Darul Uloom Deoband ki Jami' wa Mukhtasar Tārīkh [A Brief and Summarized History of Darul Uloom Deoband ] (in Urdu) (2 ed.). Deoband: Shaykhul Hind Academy. pp. 659–660. OCLC 1345466013 .