Abul Wafa al-Afghani explained

Honorific Prefix:	Maulana
Abul Wafa al-Afghani
Birth Name:	Mahmud Shah
Birth Date:	25 June 1893
Birth Place:	Qandahar
Death Place:	Hyderabad
Resting Place:	Anwar-e-Naqshbandi Chaman, Misriganj, in Hyderabad
Alma Mater:	Madrasa Nizamia
Teachers:	Anwarullah Farooqui
Occupation:	Islamic research scholar, Hadith scholar, faqih
Denomination:	Sunni
Jurisprudence:	Hanafi

Abul Wafa Syed Mahmūd Shah al-Qadri al-Hanafi al-Afghani (1893–1975), also known as Abu Wafa Al Afghani, was a Hyderabad-based Afghani Islamic scholar, Hanafi faqih, and researcher.

Early life and education

Abul Wafa Al-Afghani was born in Qandahar on 10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1310 AH (25 June 1893 AD). His father, Syed Mubarak Shah Qadri, was an Islamic scholar.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He came to India from Qandhar for study and studied with scholars in Rampur and Gujarat in his teenage years. He subsequently traveled to Hyderabad, Deccan, in 1330 AH (1912) and enrolled in Madrasa Nizamia, where he graduated. His teachers included Anwarullah Farooqui, the founder of Jamia Nizamiya and Dairat al-Maarif al-Usmania, as well as Sheikh Abdus Samad, Sheikh Abdul Karim, Sheikh Ruknuddin, and Qari Muhammad Ayyub.^[1]

Career

Following graduation, Afghani was appointed as a teacher at Madrasa Nizamia, where he spent several years teaching literary Arabic, jurisprudence, and hadith.

In 1948, under his supervision and with the support of his friends, he established a committee for the revival of Nu'mani sciences, Lajnat-u-Ihya al-Ma'ārif an-Nu'maniyyah, under which he published many valuable books of the Imams of the second and third centuries of Hijri. He volunteered his time, wealth, and knowledge to the extent possible.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda, who visited him, states that "there was nothing in his house except books, manuscripts, and writings. These books would be spread all around him. Abul Wafa would have only a few morsels at night, and his nights would be spent supplicating Allah."

Books worked on

Afghani worked on the following books:^{[7] [8] [9]}

• At-Tahawi's Mukhtasar in Fiqh (in a volume)^{[10] [11]}
• Research work on the third volume of Al-Bukhari's At-Tārīkh al-Kabīr
• Al-Khassaf's Kitāb an-Nafaqāt
• Al-Sarakhsi's Usool al-Sarakhsi^{[12] [13]}
• Al-Sarakhsi's Sharh az-Ziyadāt – in 2 volumes
• Al-Dhahabi's Manaqib-u-Abi Hanifa Wa Sahibaihi Yousuf Wa Muhammad with al‑Kawthari
• Muhammad al-Shaybani's Kitab al-Hujjah Alā Ahl al-Madīnah (This book was researched by Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri and published in 4 volumes under the supervision of Afghani.^[14])
• Al-Shaybani's Kitāb al-Āthār^[15]
• Al-Shaybani's Kitab al-Asl (known as al-Mabsūt)^[16]
• Abu Abdullah As-Saimari (d. 1045 AD)'s Akhbār-u-Abi Hanīfa Wa Ashābihi
• Muhammad bin Yousuf As-Sālihi ash-Shāmi (d. 942 AH)'s Uqūd al-Jumān Fi Manāqib Al-Imam Al-Aẓam Abi Ḥanifah Al-Numan
• Abu Yusuf's Kitāb al-Āthār^[17]
• Abu Yusuf's Kitāb ar-Radd 'Alā Siyar al-Awza'i^{[18] [19]}
• Abu Yusuf's Ikhtilāf-u-Abi Hanifah Wa Ibn Abi Layla
• Muhammad al-Shaybani's Kitāb al-Asl
• Al-Shaybani's Al Jami' al-Kabīr
• Al-Shaybani's Sharh Kitāb al-Āthār
• Al-Sharakhsi's An-Nukat on Al-Shaybani's Ziyādāt az-Ziyadāt^[20]

Death

Afghani died on 13 Rajab 1395 AH (23 July 1975) in Hyderabad and was buried in Anwar-e-Naqshbandi Chaman, Misriganj, in Hyderabad.^{[3] [21]}

See also

• Anwarullah Farooqui
• Jamia Nizamia
• Muhammad Hamidullah

Bibliography

• Book: Nizami, Muhammad Fasihuddin . Hazrat Allama Abul Wafa al-Afghani Ahl-e-Nazar Ki Nazar Mein . October 2000 . . 1st . Hyderabad . ur . Hazrat Allama Abu al-Wafa al-Afghani In the eyes of the perspicacious.

Notes and References

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2. Book: Abu Ghudda, Abd al-Fattah. Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda. Al Ulama al-'Uzzāb Alladhīna Aatharu al-'Ilma 'Ala az-Ziwāj. Single scholars who chose knowledge over marriage. Maktab al-Matboo'āt al-Islamiyya. Aleppo. 1st. 1982. 123. ur.
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4. Ibn Zughaibah . Izzuddīn . 1 September 2018 . مجلس إحياء المعارف النعمانية -حيدر آباد - الهند الانتهاء برحيل المؤسسين . Majlis Ihya al-Ma'ārif an-Nu'maniyyah - Hyderabad - India Ending with the departure of the founders . Āfāq at-Thaqāfah Wat Turāth . . Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture and Heritage . 26 . 103 . 4–5 . alsharekh.org.
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8. Web site: Hadhrat Abul Wafa Al Afghani . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240705011811/https://www.ziaislamic.com/burning_topics_detail.php?ids=327 . 2024-07-05 . 2024-07-05 . ziaislamic.com.
9. Web site: المطبوعات: (لجنة إحياء المعارف النعمانية) . Publications: (Committee for the Revival of Nu'mani Knowledge) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240704072615/https://almoqtabas.com/ar/publications?publisher=%25D9%2584%25D8%25AC%25D9%2586%25D8%25A9+%25D8%25A5%25D8%25AD%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7%25D8%25A1+%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25B9%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1%25D . 4 July 2024 . 2024-07-04 . almoqtabas.com.
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21. Web site: Muniri . Abdul Matin . 2024-07-02 . مولانا ابو الوفا افغانی اور آپ کا ادارہ لجنۃ المعارف النعمانیہ . Maulana Abul Wafa Afghani and his organization Lajnat al-Ma'arif al-Numaniyah . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240704112227/https://deobandonline.com/ur/archives/4153 . 2024-07-04 . 2024-07-04 . Deoband Online . ur.