Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri

Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
خلیل احمد سہارنپوری
Personal life
Born
Khalil Ahmad

December 1852
Died13 October 1927 (aged 74)
Resting placeJannat al-Baqi`
Medina, Saudi Arabia
Main interest(s)Hadith studies
Notable work(s)Badhl Al-Majhud Fi Hall Abi Dawud
Al-Muhannad 'ala al-Mufannad
Alma materMazahir Uloom Saharanpur
RelativesMamluk Ali Nanautawi (maternal grandfather), Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi (maternal uncle)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TariqaChishti (Sabiri-Imdadi)
MovementDeobandi
Muslim leader
Disciple ofImdadullah Muhajir Makki

Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri (Urdu: خلیل احمد سہارنپوری, romanized: Khalīl Aḥmad Sahāranpūrī; December 1852  13 October 1927) was an Indian Islamic scholar of the Deobandi movement. He authored Badhl Al-Majhud Fi Hall Abi Dawud, an 18-volume commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abi Dawud. He was a Sunni of the Hanafi school. He was also a Sufi shaykh of the Chishti order, being a disciple and successor of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.