Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi | |
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Grave of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in 1928 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Rashid Ahmad 12 June 1826 |
| Died | 11 August 1905 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh |
| Notable idea(s) | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Haji Imdadullah |
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| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1857 |
| Battles/wars | Indian War of Independence |
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| Deobandi movement |
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| Notable institutions |
| Centres (markaz) of Tablighi Jamaat |
| Associated organizations |
| Deobandi jihadism |
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Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (12 June 1826 – 11 August 1905) was aDeobandi Islamic scholar from Indian subcontinent, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith, author of Fatawa-e-Rashidiya. His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.
Along with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi he was a pupil of Mamluk Ali Nanautawi. Both studied the books of hadith under Shah Abdul Ghani Mujaddidi and later became Sufi disciples of Haji Imdadullah. His lectures on Sahih al-Bukhari and Jami` at-Tirmidhi were recorded by his student Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi, later edited, arranged, and commented on by Zakariyya Kandhlawi, and published as Lami al-Darari ala Jami al-Bukhari and Al-Kawakib al-Durri sharh Jami al-Tirmidhi.