Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi Explained

Honorific Prefix:Mawlānā
Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi
Office1:1st General Secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
Term Start1:1920
Term End1:13 July 1940
Predecessor1:"office established"
Successor1:Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad
Office2:5th President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
Term Start2:1957
Term End2:4 December 1959
Predecessor2:Hussain Ahmad Madani
Successor2:Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad
Office3:3rd Rector of Madrasa Aminia
Term Start3:1953
Term End3:September 1955
Predecessor3:Kifayatullah Dehlawi
Successor3:Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi
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Religion:Islam
Birth Place:Daryaganj, British India
Death Place:Delhi, India
Denomination:Sunni
Jurisprudence:Hanafi
Movement:Deobandi
Alma Mater:Madrasa Aminia
Notable Works:Fear of Hell, Key to the Garden of Bliss

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (also known as Sahbān al-Hind; 1888 – 4 December 1959) was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first general secretary and the fifth president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He also served as the third rector of Madrasa Aminia and authored books such as Fear of Hell and Key to the Garden of Bliss.

Biography

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi in 1888 in Daryaganj, Delhi. He received his primary education from Abdul Majeed Mustafabadi and Muhammad Yasin Sikandarabadi, and memorized the Quran at Madrasa Hussainia in Delhi. He entered Madrasa Aminia in 1328 AH and graduated in 1336 AH.[1] His teachers included Kifayatullah Dehlawi.

Saeed participated in the Indian freedom struggle and was imprisoned eight times. He was arrested in 1921 and jailed in the Central Jail Mianwali for one year. He was arrested for the last time in 1942 and imprisoned in the jails of Delhi, Lahore, Ferozpur and Multan. He was among the founders of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (JUH) and was appointed the interim secretary in the meeting of inception in November 1919.[2]

Saeed was appointed the first general secretary of the JUH in November 1920, a position he served for twenty years.[2] He served as the vice-president of the JUH for seventeen years from 1940 to 1957. He taught at the Madrasa Aminia and was appointed its rector in 1953 following the death of Kifayatullah Dehlawi.[3] He served as the president of the JUH for two years from 1957 until his death on 4 December 1959 in Delhi.[4]

Saeed was seen as an influential speaker.[4] He was known as Sahbān al-Hind.[1]

Legacy

In September 2019, JUH organized a two-days seminar on the life and works of Saeed. It was attended by scholars and poets including Akhtarul Wasey, Gulzar Dehlvi and Usman Mansoorpuri.[5]

Literary works

Saeed wrote Kashf-ur-Rahman, an exegesis of the Quran, in Urdu, in two volumes.[4] His other works include:[6]

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Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta. Asir Adrawi. 20.
  2. Book: Wasif Dehlavi . Hafizur Rahman . Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi . Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah . 74. ur. 16907808.
  3. Book: Muḥammad Qāsim Dehlavi . Mawlānā Ḥafīẓurraḥmān Wāsif Dehlavī . 24 . 2011 . . New Delhi . 978-81-7121-176-0.
  4. Book: Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta. Asir Adrawi. 21.
  5. News: جمعیۃ علماء ہند کے زیر اہتمام مولانا عبدالباری فرنگی محلی اور مولانا احمد سعید دہلوی پر دوروزہ سیمینار . Two days seminar on Abdul Bari Farangi Mahali and Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi. 11 July 2021 . The Daily Siasat . 23 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Books by Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi . . 11 July 2021.