Rashid Ahmad Gangohi

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Grave of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in 1928
Personal life
Born
Rashid Ahmad

12 June 1826
Gangoh, Ceded and Conquered Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died11 August 1905 (aged 79)
Gangoh, United Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
NationalityIndian
Main interest(s)Aqidah, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh
Notable idea(s)Darul Uloom Deoband
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementDeobandi
Muslim leader
Disciple ofHaji Imdadullah
Disciples
Military service
Years of service1857
Battles/warsIndian War of Independence

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.