Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi
Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi (1833–1884) (Urdu: مولانا محمد یعقوب نانوتوی) - alternately, Nanotvi - was an Indian Islamic scholar, and one of the earliest teachers of Islamic Madrassa in Deoband, famously called Darul Uloom Deoband in India.[1]
Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 1833 |
| Died | 1884 (aged 50–51)[1] Nanauta, Saharanpur, British India |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar |
Early life and education
Muhammad Yaqub was born in 1833 in British India, in the town of Nanauta, part of the Saharanpur District of the modern province of Uttar Pradesh, India. His father, Mamluk Ali, was one of the senior Muslim scholars of India at the time, and the head of Oriental Studies at Madrassa Gaziuddin Khan. Muhammad Yaqub studied most of the Islamic sciences under his father. His teachers in Hadith were Shah Abd al-Ghani Mujaddidi and Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri.
Career
Muhammad Yaqub began his career working for the British government in the Department of Education. Later when Dar al-Ulum Deoband was founded, the founder Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi asked him to join as one of the first faculty members. Muhammad Yaqub was the first sadr mudarris (head teacher) at Dar al-Ulum Deoband and held that position until his death. His students include most of the second-generation Islamic scholars such as Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan, Mufti Aziz al-Rahman Uthmani, and Ashraf Ali Thanwi.
Tasawwuf
Muhammad Yaqub was trained in tasawwuf under Haji Imdadullah and received khilafah (authorization) from him in the Chishti, Naqshbandi, Qadiri, and Suhrawardi orders.[2]
Demise
Muhammad Yaqub Nanautavi died of cholera at age 51 in 1884 and was buried in his hometown, Nanauta.[1]
References
- "Profile of Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi". Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- Aamir Bashir. Shari'at and Tariqat: A Study of the Deobandi Understanding and Practice of Tasawwuf (PDF). ilmresources.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.