Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri

Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (also written as Saʻīd Aḥmad Pālanpūrī) (1942 – 19 May 2020) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. A number of his books are required readings in Darul Uloom Deoband.[2][3][4]

Shaykh al-Hadīth, Mufti

Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri
10th Principal, Darul Uloom Deoband
In office
2008 – 19 May 2020
Preceded byNaseer Ahmad Khan
Succeeded byArshad Madani
Personal
Born1942
Kaleda village, Vadgam, Banaskantha district, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died19 May 2020(2020-05-19) (aged 77–78)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
Alma materMazahir Uloom, Saharanpur, Darul Uloom Deoband
Muslim leader
AwardsPresidential Certificate of Honour[1]

Biography

Palanpuri was born in 1942 in Kaleda village, Vadgam, Banaskantha district.[5] He studied at Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur and then Darul Uloom Deoband, where he graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami studies.[6][7]

Palanpuri joined Jamia Ashrafiya in Rander as a teacher in 1965 and taught there for about ten years. He was appointed as a teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1975 at the recommendation of Manzur Nu'mani.[6] In 2008, he succeeded Naseer Ahmad Khan as Shaykh al-Hadith and also served as Principal.[7][8][9] His teaching career in Darul Uloom Deoband lasted for over 50 years.[10][11]

Pratibha Patil awarded Palanpuri the President's Certificate of Honour on the 64th Independence Day of India.[12]

Reaction towards Madrasa Board scheme

Palanpuri maintained the view that the Indian Government’s Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM) will end in fiasco.[13][14]

Literary works

Palanpuri's works include:[4]

  • Mabadiyat-e-Fiqh
  • Aap Fatwa Kaise Dein?
  • Hurmat-e-Musahirat
  • Dadhi awr Anbiya ki Sunnat
  • Tehshiya Imdad al-Fatawa (Marginalia to Ashraf Ali Thanwi's 6 volume Imdad al-Fatawa).
  • Tasheel Adilla-e-Kamilah (Commentary to Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's Adilla-e-Kamilah).
  • Mashaheer Muhaddiseen, Fuqaha Kiram awr Tadhkirah Rawiyan-e-Kutb-e-Hadith
  • Tafseer Hidayat al-Quran
  • Rahmatullahil Wasiah (5 volume commentary to Shah Waliullah Dehlawi's Hujjatullahil Balighah)

Death

Palanpuri suffered diabetes and was admitted to a Mumbai hospital, where he died on 19 May 2020 (25 Ramadan1441 AH).[15][7][16] He was buried in a graveyard located in Jogeshwari, Mumbai and only 15 people were allowed to attend his last rites.[10][17] Islamic scholars Abul Qasim Nomani, Arshad Madani, Mehmood Madani and Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi expressed grief at his death. [18][10]

References
  1. List of awardees of Presidential Certificate of Honour (PDF), Ministry of Human Resource Development, retrieved 19 May 2020
  2. Butt, John (16 March 2020). A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman. ISBN 9789353058029.
  3. India, Press Trust of (30 March 2019). "Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna "illegal" as per Sharia: Islamic jurists". Business Standard India.
  4. Aftab Ghazi Qasmi; Abdul Haseeb Qasmi. Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat [Fiqhi Services of the Graduates of Deoband] (in Urdu) (February 2011 ed.). Deoband: Kutub Khana Naimia. pp. 374–377.
  5. "سوانح حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری" [Biography of Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]. 19 May 2020.
  6. "Introduction of Mufti Saeed Ahmed Palanpuri". jamianoorululoom.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. "حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری شیخ الحدیث دار العلوم دیوبند انتقال کر گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri passed away]. The Siasat Daily. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. "Shaykh (Mufti) Saeed Ahmed Palunpuri (RA)". central-mosque.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. "علم و دین کے بےمثال خادم تھے مفتی محمد سعید پالنپوری : مفتی عثمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the great servant of Islam and Knowledge: Mufti Uthmani].
  10. "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے: مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the main pillars of Darul Uloom Deoband: Abul Qasim Nomani]. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  11. "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے : مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی".
  12. "President of India conferred certificate of honour to Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian Scholars for the year 2010".
  13. "School Education | Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". mhrd.gov.in.
  14. "Muslim India". 2007.
  15. "مفتی سعید احمد پالنپوری ؒکا انتقال ایک عظیم سانحہ:مولانا ارشدمدنی". 19 May 2020.
  16. "مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالنپوری شیخ الحدیث و صدر المدرسین دارالعلوم دیوبند داعیٔ أجل کو لبیک کہہ گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal Darul Uloom Deoband no more]. AsreHazir.com. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  17. "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے : مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the main pillars of Darul Uloom Deoband: Abul Qasim Nomani]. Millat Times.
  18. "Daily Usaf".
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