Assalamu-'alaykum I was stumbled upon by a question, a clear answer to which i could not find and that was: Does nadwatul-ulama, in lakhnaw (lucknow, india), follow the maslak of the ulama of deoband? Well, the reply seems to be positive according to the wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deobandi , under the "history" section). So, initially, i stuck to this opinion but then, later, i found conflicting statements, otherwise; i even saw a nadwi labeled as "ameer ahl-e-hadis" by some ghayr muqallidin. Then, i came up with the idea that Nadwa is a bit "moderate" kind of institution with some nadwis being deobandis, like maulana abul-hasan ali nadwi (also known as maulana ali mian) and maulana sulayman nadwi (who gave bay'ah to maulana hakimul-ummat, later in his life), but respectable brother Muadh khan seemed to oppose this view point as can be seen from his discussion on the following thread: http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...highlight=abul So, i turned to brother khanbaba, so he said Then i turned to askimam, which replied as follows: So, can any body add any information to answer my question? Wasslaam