Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi Explained

Religion:Islam
Honorific Prefix:Mawlāna
Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi
Birth Date:9 June 1942
Birth Place:Sant Pur, Nautan Block, West Champaran district, Bihar, India
Death Place:Lucknow, India
Alma Mater:Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
Main Interests:Arabic literature, Urdu literature, Fiqh
Notable Works:Al-Fiqh Al-Muyassar
Resting Place:Daliganj graveyard, Lucknow

Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi (1942–2002), also written as Shafiq-ur-Rahman Nadwi, was an Indian Islamic scholar and a writer of Arabic and Urdu. He was an alumni and professor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and the author of the famous book of Fiqh in Arabic, Al-Fiqh Al-Muyassar. He also served as the office-in-charge of the madrasas affiliated with Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, which numbered 150 at the time.

Early life and education

Shafiqur Rehman Nadwi was born on June 9, 1942, to Manzoor Hasan Siddiqui in Sant Pur, Nautan Block, West Champaran District, in the Indian state of Bihar.[1]

He received his early education in madrasas near his homeland, including Madrasa Islamia of Bettiah, from where he enrolled in Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, on June 10, 1956, and graduated from there in February 1962.

His teachers included Muḥammad Ishaq Sandelwi, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Manzoor Nomani, Abdul Hafiz Balyawi, Rabey Hasani Nadwi, and Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi.

During his student days,[2] in 1959, under the supervision of Rabey Hasani Nadwi,[3] [4] [5] [6] an Arabic fortnightly magazine, Al-Raid, was published by the students' Arabic club, An Nadi al Arabi of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama,[7] which was edited by him. But in October 1960, with issue 8/7 in its second year, his name appeared on the front page for the first time as editor-in-chief.

Career

Shafiqur Rahman started his teaching career in April 1962 at Madrasa Islah al-Muslimeen Pathar Ki Masjid, Patna, after graduating from Nadwa. After two years, on the suggestion of Abul Irfan Khan Nadwi, the working principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in February 1964. He returned to his homeland after serving one year as a teacher and spent seven to eight years as a trader and journalist. In 1972, he became rector of Rifahul Muslimeen in Rampur Kesaria, East Champaran, Bihar. In 1974, on the advice of his teacher Rabey Hasani Nadwi, he was returned to Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and served there as a teacher until his death.[8]

He also served as the office-in-charge of 150 affiliated madrasas of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama;[9] all activities in this regard were carried out based on his report and recommendations, and he also visited these affiliated madrasas.

On Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi's order,[10] he wrote the book Al-Fiqh Al-Muyassar,[11] [12] which is a curriculum featured in universities throughout the country and overseas,[13] including Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama[14] [15] [16] and all of its branches. Apart from that, his articles have been published both in India and overseas.[17]

His son Tariq Shafiq Nadwi, President of Urdu Department, Islamia College, Gorakhpur, has written an analytical commentary on his five-year activities in the monthly Zikr o Fikr, New Delhi, titled Matā'-e-Zikr-o-Fikr.[18] [19]

He was also among those scholars who considered it right to establish a TV station with the sole purpose of defending Islam and Islamic teachings and propagating the message of Islam.[20]

Death

Shafiqur Rahman died on June 24, 2002 (Rabi' al-Thani 12, 1423 AH)[21] at dawn due to cardiac arrest. The funeral prayer was led by Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi in the premises of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow and he was buried in the Daliganj graveyard. His wife and five children survived him, along with two sons, Tariq Shafiq Nadwi and Khalid Shafiq Nadwi.[22]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nadwi, Tariq Shafiq. Matā' e Zikr o Fikr. Mashhood Enterprises. Lucknow. 2021. 1st. 353. ur.
  2. Book: Nadwi, Muhammad Naeem Siddiqui. Bazm e Dānishwarān. Dar al-Fahīm Publications. Maunath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh. 2021. 1st. 222. ur.
  3. Ahmed. Farid Uddin. 2019. Arabic Journalism in India: its growth and development. The Echo. 8. 1. 311. 2278-5264. 21 January 2024. 27 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227044358/https://www.thecho.in/files/34.-Dr.-Farid-Uddin-Ahmed-15-07-19.pdf. live.
  4. Alangadan . Anees . Relocating Arabic Language And Literature With Reference To Arabic Journalism In India 1950 To 2000 . . 2014 . India . 180 . ar . 10603/30548 . PhD . 21 January 2024 . 29 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231129050821/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/30548 . live .
  5. Nadwi . Sarwar Alam . Development Of Arabic Journalism In India After Independence . . PhD . 2000 . India . 204–205 . ar . 10603/57825 . 21 January 2024 . 26 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231126024641/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/57825 . live .
  6. P . Jubailiya . Darul Uloom Nadwathul Ulama its Contributions to the Development of Arabic Language and Literature: an analytical study . . 2020 . India . 193 . ar . PhD . 21 January 2024 . 26 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231126025358/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/306944 . live .
  7. Book: Nadwi, Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi. Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi. Islami Saqafat Aur Nadwatul Ulama. Islamic culture and Nadwatul Ulama. Jamiyat-ul-Hilal Al-Ahmad. Muzaffarpur, Bihar. 2010. 1st. 106. ur.
  8. Book: Nadwi, Sayed Ahmad Zakariya Ghori. Muqaddamāt al-Imām Abi al-Hasan al-Nadwi. The Forewords of Imam Abul Hasan Nadwi. 1. Dar Ibn Kathīr. Damascus. 2010. 1st. 389. ar.
  9. Book: Ramadan Yousuf. Muhammad Khair. Tatimmat al-A'lām: Wafiyyāt 1396–1435 Hijri, 1976–2013 Īsawi. Continuation of "Al-A'lām": Deaths 1396–1435 AH, 1976–2013 AD. 2016. 4th. Dar al-Wifaq. Aden, Yemen. 4. 144. Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi. ar.
  10. Book: Nadwi, Salman Husaini. Salman Nadwi. Hamara Nisab-e-Ta'līm Kiya Ho?. Jamia Syed Ahmad Shaheed. Katoli, Malihabad, Lucknow. 2004. 1st. 185. ur.
  11. Book: Khan, Shams Tabrez. Tarīkh e Nadwatul Ulama. History of Nadwatul Ulama . 2. Daftar e Nizāmat Nadwatul Ulama. Lucknow. 1984. 1st. 452. ur.
  12. Book: Nadwi, Abul Hasan Hasani. Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi. Kārwān-e-Zindagi. Maktaba-e-Islam. Gwynne Road, Lucknow. August 1983. 1st. 225. ur.
  13. Book: Bedar, Abid Raza. Hindustan Ke Deeni Madāris (Kul Hind Survey). Islamic Saminaries of India (All India Survey). Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library. 2. 1995 . Patna. 119. ur.
  14. Book: Yaadon Ke Chirāgh. 1. Nadwi. Muhammad Rabey Hasani. Maktaba as-Shabāb al-'Ilmiyyah. 2012. 1st. Lucknow. 297–301. Rabey Hasani Nadwi. Nadwi. Mahmood Hasan Hasani. Nadwi. Muhammad Mustaqeem Muhtasham Bhatkali. ur.
  15. Book: India, Islamic Fiqh Academy. Islamic Fiqh Academy (India). نحوَ تفعيلِ الإفتاءِ والقضاءِ في العصر الحاضر. Towards activating fatwa and judiciary in the present era. Dar al-Kotob Al-ʿilmīyah. Beirut, Lebanon. 2017. 1st. 104. 978-2-7451-7302-7. ar.
  16. Book: Qamruddin, Dr.. Hindustan Ke Deeni Madāris (Kul Hind Survey). Islamic Saminaries of India (All India Survey). Humdard Education Society . 1st. June 1996 . New Delhi. 111. ur.
  17. 1 January 2005. ar-Rahman . Rizwan. Abu Muhammad. اللغة العربية وآدابها في ولاية بيهار: محمد حبيب الرحمن. Arabic language and literature in Bihar: Muhammad Habibur Rahman. Quarterly Thaqāfat-ul-Hind. ar . . . 56 . 1 . 172 . 21 January 2024 . 21 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240121045050/https://archive.alsharekh.org/Articles/336/22036/500180 . live .
  18. Web site: Nadwi. Muhammad Sadre Alam. Matā' e Zikr o Fikr Ek Mutāla'a. Matā' e Zikr o Fikr: A Study. Baseerat Online. 30 June 2021. 21 January 2024. ur.
  19. Web site: Nadwi. Muhammad Intekhab. Matā' e Zikr o Fikr (An Overview). Baseerat Online. 23 March 2021. 21 January 2024. ur.
  20. Book: Academy (India), Islamic Fiqh . Use of Internet and other modern communication systems for religious purposes . Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah . 2009 . 978-2-7451-6261-8 . Beirut, Lebanon . 40 . en.
  21. Nadvi. Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi. Nadwi. Wazeh Rashid Hasani. Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi. Wazeh Rashid Hasani Nadwi. فضيلة الأستاذ شفيق الرحمن الندوي في ذمة الله تعالى. Sheikh Shafiqur Rahman Nadwi has passed away. Al-Baas Al-Islami. September–October 2002. 47 . 10 . Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. Lucknow. 93–95. ar.
  22. Nadwi. Shamsul Haque. The demise of Maulana Shafiqur Rehman Nadwi, a professor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. Tameer-e Hayat. 10 July 2002. 39 . 17 . Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. Lucknow. 5–6, 28. ur.

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