Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi

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Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi
9th Chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
Assumed office
14 April 2023
Preceded byRabey Hasani Nadwi
General Secretary of Payam-e-Insaniyat
Assumed office
30 January 2013
Preceded byAbdullah Hasani Nadwi
Member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband
Assumed office
29 August 2023
Preceded byRabey Hasani Nadwi
Personal
Born (1969-10-03) October 3, 1969 (age 54)
Takia Kalan, Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India
ReligionIslam
Parent
  • Syed Muhammad al-Hasani (father)
DenominationSunni Islam
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Alma materDarul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
TariqaChishtiyya-Qadiriyya-Suhrawardiyya-Naqshbandiyya-Muhammadiyya Ahmadiyya[1]
OccupationIslamic scholar, Da'i, murshid
Relatives
  • Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (his grandfather's brother)
  • Rabey Hasani Nadwi (his father's cousin)
  • Wazeh Rashid Hasani Nadwi (his father's cousin)
  • Abdullah Hasani Nadwi (elder brother)
Senior posting
Disciple ofMuhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi and Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini

Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (born October 3, 1969) is an Indian Islamic scholar, da'i, Hadith lecturer and author who had served as the Chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama since 2023. He also serves as the General Secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat and a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband.

Early life and education[edit]

Nadwi was born on October 3, 1969, in Takia Kalan, Raebareli, India.[2][3][4] His father Muhammad al-Hasani was an Islamic scholar, founder, and editor-in-chief of the Arabic magazine Al Baas Al Islami.[5][6] His grandfather, Syed Abdul Ali Hasani, was the elder brother of Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi and the 6th chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama.[7][8] His great-grandfather, Syed Abdul Hayy Hasani was a writer who wrote the biographical book, Nuzhat al-Khawātir.[9][10] Nadwi is a descendant of Hasan ibn Hasan and Hasan ibn Ali[11] through Syed Ahmad Barelvi.[12][13]

Nadwi lost his father at ten, and was raised by his elder brother Abdullah Hasani Nadwi.[14][15][16] He received his primary education in his native land, under the supervision of Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi. After that, he enrolled in Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama for higher education and completed the Aalimiyyah course in 1988 and the Fazīlah course in 1990 there.[2][3][4]

He received permission (Ijazah) in Hadith from Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abdur Rashīd Nomani, Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda, Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz al-Aqīl, Yunus Jaunpuri, Ahmad Hasan Tonki, and Shaikh Ahmad Shafi.[2] He is an authorised disciple of Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi and Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini in Tariqah.[2]

Career[edit]

After graduating from school, Nadwi was appointed as a Hadith teacher in [[Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom.[17][2][14][18] He also teach Islamic studies in Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama.[2]

Following the death of his brother, Nadwi joined politics. In 2013 he was elected as the General Secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat.[2][10][19]

On May 11, 2021, Nadwi became the elected vice principal of Uloom Nadwatul Ulama,[2] and succeeded Rabey Hasani Nadwi as the chancellor of Nadwatul Ulama on April 14, 2023,[20][21] and as a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband on August 29, 2023.[22][23][24] Nadwi was also the deputy moderator of Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom Raebareli, editor-in-chief of Payām-e-Arafāt, director of Imam Abi al-Hasan An-Nadwi in Raebareli,[17][14][4][25] and a member of the executive council of Nadwatul Ulama.[14] Nadwi was one of the secretaries of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.[26][27][28]

Nadwi has been tasked by the AIMPLB to lead the Tafheem-e-Shariat Committee, which is responsible for the interpretation of Islamic laws for both the general public and others to ensure Muslim women get their inheritance rights.[29][30][31]

Literary works[edit]

Nadwi edited several books by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani.[18] His works include:[18][32][17][33][34]

  • Mabādi’u Wa Usool Fi 'Ilm al-Hadith (in Arabic)
  • Sawāneh-e-Mufakkir-e-Islam (a biography of Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi in Urdu)
  • Islāmi Aqā’id (Islamic beliefs in Urdu)
  • Tauheed Kiya Hoga? (What is monotheism? in Urdu)
  • Aasān Ma'āni-e-Quran (simple meanings of the verses of the Quran in Urdu.) This book was also translated into Hindi as Pavitra Quran Ka Saral Anuvad.
  • Sihāh-e-Sitta Aur Unke Musannifeen: Imtiyāzāt o Khusoosiyyāt (Sihah Sitta and their authors: Distinctions and Features in Urdu.)
  • Sahāba Ka Maqām o Martaba (The rank and status of the Companions in Urdu.) This book was also translated into Arabic as Makānat-us-Sahābah Fi Zau’ al-Quran Was-Sunnah.
  • Hadith Ki Roshni (in Urdu and Hindi) This book was also translated into English as The Enlightenment of Hadith.
  • Quran Aur Sahib-e-Quran (in Urdu) This book was also translated into English as the Quran and Prophet Muhammad.
  • Ghazawāt-e-Rasool Insaniyat Ke Liye Ek Namūna (Ghazawāt-e-Rasool is a model for humanity)
  • Ilm, Insaniyat Ki Zaroorat (Knowledge, a necessity for humanity in Urdu)
  • Tahreek-e-Payām-e-Insaniyat (The Massage of Humanity Movement in Urdu)
  • Rahmatul-lil-'Aālameen Ki Sarapa Rahmat Ta'leemāt (Merciful Teachings of the Mercy to the Worlds)
  • Mufakkir-e-Islam Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: Manhaj-e-Fikr-o-Da'wat (Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: Method of Thought and Da’wah in Urdu) This book is also translated into Arabic as Manhaj-ush-Shaykh Abi-l-Hasan Ali Nadwi Fi-l-Fikr Wal-Da'wah.
  • Qādiyaniyyat: Manzar Aur Pas-Manzar (Qadianism: Scene and Background in Urdu)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nadwi, Mahmood Hasan Hasani (1999). Salāsil-e-Araba'a (PDF) (in Urdu). Takia Kalan, Raebareli: Syed Ahmed Shahid Academy. pp. 23–24.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "ناظم ندوۃ العلماء- لکھنؤ" [The chancellor of Nadwatul Ulama]. nadwa.in. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "مولانا بلال عبدالحئی حسنی ندوی ندوۃ العلماء لکھنو کے ناظم اعلیٰ منتخب" [Maulana Bilal Abdul Hai Hosni Nadvi was elected as the chancellor of Nadwatul Ulama Lucknow]. iumsonline.org. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  4. ^ a b c msf (2023-04-17). "انتخاب الشيخ بلال عبد الحي الحسني الندوي "53 عاماً" رئيسا عاما لندوة العلماء بلكناؤ الهند" [Sheikh Bilal Abdul Hay Al-Hasani Al-Nadawi, 53 years old, was elected as Chancellor of Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow, India.]. Muntada al-Ulama (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ Amini, Noor Alam Khalil (March 2021). "Maulana Syed Abdullah Muhammad al-Hasani Nadwi". Rafatagan e Nā-Rafta (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Deoband: Idāra Ilm o Adab. p. 294. ISBN 978-93-5457-133-6.
  6. ^ Nadwi, Wazeh Rashid Hasani; Nadwi, Ja'far Mas'ood Hasani; Nadwi, Muhammad Waseeq, eds. (16 February 2013). "Maulana Abdullah Hasani Number". Al-Raid (in Arabic). 54 (16–17). Lucknow: Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama: 22.
  7. ^ Amini 2021, pp. 293, 295.
  8. ^ Khan, Shams Tabrez (1984). Tarīkh e Nadwatul Ulama [History of Nadwatul Ulama] (in Urdu). Vol. 2 (1st ed.). Lucknow: Daftar e Nizāmat Nadwatul Ulama. p. 402.
  9. ^ Amini 2021, pp. 293–294.
  10. ^ a b "مولانا بلال عبد الحئی حسنی ندوی ندوۃ العلماء کے ناظم منتخب" [Maulana Bilal Abdul Hai Hosni Nadwi was elected as the chancellor of Nadwatul Ulama]. Al Hilal Media (in Urdu). 2023-04-16. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. ^ Hasani 2014, pp. 46–47, 70–72.
  12. ^ Hasani 2014, p. 72.
  13. ^ Amini 2021, p. 293.
  14. ^ a b c d Hasani, Mahmood Hasan (December 2013). Sawānih Maulana Syed Muhammad al-Hasani (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Takia Kalān, Raibareli: Syed Ahmad Shahid Academy, Dār-e-Arafāt. pp. 17, 166. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024.
  15. ^ Hasani, Bilal Abdul Hai, ed. (March–May 2013). "Maulana Abdullah Hasani Number". Monthly Payām-e-Arafāt (in Urdu). 5 (3–5). Takia Kalān, Raibareli: Markaz al-Imām Abi al-Hasan al-Nadwi, Dār Arafāt: 14, 78–79.
  16. ^ Abbasi, Ibn al-Hasan (October 2020). Yādgār-e-Zamāna Shakhsiyyāt Ka Ahwāl-e-Mutāla'a [Study life of memorable personalities] (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Karachi: Majlis Turāth al-Islam. p. 483.
  17. ^ a b c Abbasi 2020, p. 483.
  18. ^ a b c Nadwi, Sayed Ahmad Zakariya Ghori (2010). Muqaddamāt al-Imām Abi al-Hasan al-Nadwi [The Forewords of Imam Abul Hasan Nadwi] (PDF) (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Damascus: Dar Ibn Kathīr. p. 379.
  19. ^ ""Tread cautiously" over Zakir Naik issue: Muslim academics tell government". The Economic Times. 2016-07-12. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  20. ^ CT, News Desk (2023-04-15). "Nadwatul Ulama appoints Maulana Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani as new nazim". The Chenab Times. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  21. ^ Bharat, E. T. V. (2023-04-15). "New Nazim of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama". ETV Bharat News (in Urdu). Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  22. ^ Staff, Millat Times (2023-08-30). "دارالعلوم دیوبند کی مجلس شوریٰ کا سہ روزہ اجلاس اختتام پذیر، مولانا بلال حسنی ندوی رکن شوری منتخب" [The three-day meeting of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband concluded, Maulana Bilal Hasani Nadwi was elected as a member of the Shura.]. Millat Times. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  23. ^ Choudhary, Sameer (2023-08-31). "دارالعلوم دیوبند کے بجٹ میں ڈھائی کروڑ کا اضافہ، مولانا بلال حسنی شوری کے رکن منتخب" [An increase of two and a half crores in the budget of Darul Uloom Deoband and Maulana Bilal Hasani was elected as a member of Darul Uloom's exicutive council]. Roznama Khabrein (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  24. ^ "देवबंद: दारुल उलूम का वार्षिक बजट हुआ 46 करोड़ रुपये, मौलाना बिलाल को बनाया गया मजलिस-ए-शूरा का सदस्य" [Deoband: Darul Uloom's annual budget is Rs 46 crore, Maulana Bilal selected member of Majlis-e-Shura]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  25. ^ "رسائل النور في العالم: المغرب والهند". النور للدراسات الحضارية والفكرية - AL-NUR Academic Studies on Thought and Civilization (in Arabic). 6 (6). 2012-12-01. ISSN 1309-4424.
  26. ^ "Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani elected fifth president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board". ANI. 4 June 2023.
  27. ^ "مولانا خالد سیف اللہ رحمانی مسلم پرسنل لا بورڈ کے صدر منتخب" [Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani elected President of Muslim Personal Law Board]. urdu.awazthevoice.in (in Urdu). Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  28. ^ Voice, Islamic (2023-07-05). "Khalid Saifullah Rahmani elected 5th President of Muslim Personal Law Board -". Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  29. ^ "Mumbai: All India Muslim Personal Law Board To Launch Campaign To Ensure Women Get Their Share In Inheritance". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  30. ^ indiatomorrow, admin (2023-09-18). "AIMPLB to launch a nationwide campaign to ensure Muslim women get their inheritance rights". IndiaTomorrow. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  31. ^ "All India Muslim Personnel Board to campaign for women rights in inheritance". The Indian Awaaz. 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  32. ^ "Works of Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani". Best Urdu Books. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  33. ^ "Books by Sayyid Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani". abulhasanalinadwi.org. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  34. ^ "Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi". sphbooks.org. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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