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**MichaelfromSpace** · 01-16-2012, 05:18 PM

assalam alaikum

scholars of deoband are the students of classical hanafi scholars. their chain of knowledge with regards to hadith, fiqh and all islamic sciences reaches imam bukhari and imam abu hanifa and from there to Sayyiduna Abu Hurarira r.a and Abdullah ibn Masud r.a.

in theory their is no difference between a second century hanafi, third century hanafi, fourth century hanafi..............twelfth centruy hanafi and 13th, 14th and 15th century Deobandi. therefore Deobandi is a label for an indian muslim who is hanafi in madhab and ahlus-sunnah wal jamah in sect and similar to his brother in arab lands who is hanafi in madhab and ahlus-sunnah wal jamah in sect.

if we compile a list of top hanafi scholars from the times of imam abu hanifa to present day e.g for 2nd century it is Imam Abu Hanifa r.a and for third century it is Imam Tahawi r.a (i think) then the most probable name for fourteenth century top hanafi scholar is Imam Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi r.a (who is grand teacher of all scholars of Deoband). purpose of this discussion is to illustrate that imam rasheed ahmad, imam muhammad qasim and all the scholars of deoband are spiritual sons of imam abu hanifa just like shah walliullah, imam shami, mulla ali qari and imam ibn humam (mercy of Allah be upon them all) are, and all they are all on the same track.

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MichaelfromSpace Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 409 Senior Member	assalam alaikum scholars of deoband are the students of classical hanafi scholars. their chain of knowledge with regards to hadith, fiqh and all islamic sciences reaches imam bukhari and imam abu hanifa and from there to Sayyiduna Abu Hurarira r.a and Abdullah ibn Masud r.a. in theory their is no difference between a second century hanafi, third century hanafi, fourth century hanafi..............twelfth centruy hanafi and 13th, 14th and 15th century Deobandi. therefore Deobandi is a label for an indian muslim who is hanafi in madhab and ahlus-sunnah wal jamah in sect and similar to his brother in arab lands who is hanafi in madhab and ahlus-sunnah wal jamah in sect. if we compile a list of top hanafi scholars from the times of imam abu hanifa to present day e.g for 2nd century it is Imam Abu Hanifa r.a and for third century it is Imam Tahawi r.a (i think) then the most probable name for fourteenth century top hanafi scholar is Imam Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi r.a (who is grand teacher of all scholars of Deoband). purpose of this discussion is to illustrate that imam rasheed ahmad, imam muhammad qasim and all the scholars of deoband are spiritual sons of imam abu hanifa just like shah walliullah, imam shami, mulla ali qari and imam ibn humam (mercy of Allah be upon them all) are, and all they are all on the same track.
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