Ashraf Ali Thanwi
| Ashraf Ali Thanvi اشرف علی تھانوی |
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| Born | 19 August 1863 |
| Died | 4 July 1943 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Thana Bhawan |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Indian |
| Era | Modern era |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Sunni islam |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Main interest(s) | fiqh, sunni islam |
| Notable idea(s) | islamic fiqah |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Disciple of | Haji Imdadullah |
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| Website | www |
Ashraf 'Ali Thanwi (August 19, 1863 – July 4, 1943) (Urdu: اشرف علی تھانوی) was an Indian scholar of the Deobandi school. Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi was a strong supporter of the Muslim League.
Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884.
After his graduation, Thanwi taught religious sciences in Kanpur for fourteen years. Over a short period of time, he acquired a reputable position as a religious scholar of Sufism among other subjects. His teaching attracted numerous students, and his research and publications became well known in Islamic institutions. During these years, he traveled to various cities and villages, delivering lectures in the hope of reforming people. Printed versions of his lectures and discourses would usually become available shortly after these tours. Until then, few Islamic scholars had had their lectures printed and widely circulated in their own lifetimes. The desire to reform the masses intensified in him during his stay at Kanpur.
Eventually, Thanwi retired from teaching and devoted himself to reestablishing the spiritual centre (khānqāh) of his shaikh in Thāna Bhāwan.
In 1906 Ahmad Raza Khan issued a fatwa against Thanwi and other Deobandi leaders entitled Husam ul-Haramain (Urdu: Sword of Mecca and Medina), decrying them as unbelievers and Satanists. The fatwa was also signed by other scholars including from Hijaz.
The scholars of Deoband wrote The Sword on the Disproved (Al-Muhannad ‘ala al-Mufannad) in reply, seeking to refute Reza Khan's allegations.
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