Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
| Established | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Rector | Rabey Hasani Nadvi |
| Principal | Saeedur Rahman Aazami Nadwi |
| Students | 4500+ |
| Location | Lucknow, India |
| Website | https://nadwa.in/ |
Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (Hindi: दारुल उलूम नदवतुल उलेमा, Urdu: داراُلعلوم ندوۃ العلماء) is an Islamic institution at Lucknow,India, which draws large number of Muslim students from all over the world. Nadwatul Ulama fosters a diverse range of both scholars and students including Hanafis (the predominant group), Shafi'is and Ahl al-Hadith. Additionally it is one of very few institutes in the region to teach the Islamic Sciences completely in Arabic. Nadwa's objective was reaching a middle path between classical Islam and modernity. It was founded at Kanpur in 1894 in the first annual convention of Nadwatul Ulema ("Organisation of Scholars") by Muhammad Ali Mungeri, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Mahmud-ul-Hasan with an idea to counter the challenge of western education. The institution was intended to be a modified version of Darul Uloom Deoband. The foundation stone was laid by John Briscott Hewitt, Lieutenant Governor of India on November 28, 1906.
"nadwa" means assembly and group, it was named nadwa because it was a group of brilliant islamic scholars. Nadwa was eventually shifted to Lucknow in 1898 (from Kanpur) and updated the Islamic curricula with modern sciences, vocational training etc.
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