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Shah Waliullah Dehlawi

Shaykh al-Islām Imam-ul-hind mujaddid
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Title shadow of wisdom
Born 21 February 1703
Moza Phalat, Delhi, India
Died 20 August 1762 (aged 59)
Delhi, India
Cause of death Natural
Resting place Munhadiyan
Nationality British India
Ethnicity Indian
Era 18th century
Region India continent
Occupation Muhaddtih Faqih Historiographer bibliographer Theologian Philosopher Academic
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni Hanafi
Main interest(s) Hadith studies Tafsir
Notable work(s) Translation of Quran, The conclusive argument from God = ,The sacred knowledge of the higher functions of the mind ,Ḥujjat Allāh al-bālighah ,Shāh Walī Allāh's Treatises on Islamic Law

Syed Quṭb ad-Dīn Aḥmad Walī Allāh ibn ‘Abd ar-Raḥīm al-‘Umarī ad-Dihlawī (Arabic: قطب الدين أحمد ولي الله بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي‎‎‎; 1703–1762), commonly known as Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, was an Islamic scholar, muhaddith reformer.Historiographer bibliographer Theologian and philosopher

Shah Waliullah was born in 1703 to Shah Abdur Rahim, during the reign of Emperor Aurengzeb. He was known as Shah walliullah because of his piety. A prominent Sufi and scholar of Delhi. He memorized the Qur'an by seven. Soon thereafter, he mastered Arabic and Persian letters. He was married at fourteen. By sixteen he had completed the standard curriculum of Hanafi law, theology, geometry, arithmetic and logic. He lived during the time when Fatawa-e-Alamgiri was being compiled and he was asked to join the team of scholars that was working on it, however, credible sources reveal that he joined the team but for a very brief period of time and then he dissociated himself from the task. His father, Shah Abdur Rahim was the founder of the Madrasah-i Rahimiyah. Shah Abdur Rahim was on the committee appointed by Aurangzeb for compilation of the code of law, Fatwa-e-Alamgiri. His grandfather, Sheikh Wajihuddin, was an important officer in the army of Shah Jahan.

He had a son who was also a famous religious scholar, Shah Abdul Aziz.

======rana noman shahid He died on Friday 29 Muharram 1176 AH/ 20 August 1762 at Zuhr prayer in Old Delhi, aged 59.


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