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**Klissineopar** · 12-24-2010, 06:05 PM

Akabireen deoband has very strong association with silsilsa naqshbandia.
Firstly as mentioned earlier on this thread,the grand shaikh of deoband Haji Imdad ullah ra was a khalifa of shah muhammad Afaq,who was a nashbandi shaikh.Secondly Hazrat Noor Muhammad ra,who was shaikh of Haji Imdad ullah ra was also a khalifa of Syed Ahmad Shaheed,who was a great shaikh of Naqshbandia .Thirdly Akabireen e deoband like rasheed ahmad gangoohi ra and molana qasim Nanotvi ra were students of Shah abdul ghani naqshbandi ra in hadeeth,fourthly akabirren deoband were followers of shah wali ullah in maslak,who was naqshbandi.

Couldn't agree with you more. The teachings of the Naqshbandi silsila - especially those of Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alf Thani (ra) - have had a profound impact on the Deobandi maslak. I think the connection is very strong but many people don't know. Like you've mentioned that the founders of Dar al-Ulum Deoband were students of the Nashbandi sufi master and muhaddith, Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Dahlawi al-Mujadiddi al-Madani. And they weren't "just students" rather both Hujjat al-Islam Mawlana Qasim al-Nanotwi and Imam Rabbani Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi were the closest students of Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani. In fact, Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi lived and studied at the Khanqah (yes the Naqshbandi khanqah) of Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani in Dehli.

Aside from Mawlana Nanotwi and Gangohi, another founder of Dar al-Ulum Deoband, the Naqshbandi sufi master Shah Rafi al-Din al-Deobandi (ra) was a prominent khalifah of Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani (ra). And the first Mufti of Dar al-Ulum Deoband and the teacher of the likes of Mufti Muhammad Shafi' (the father of Mufti Rafi Usmani and Mufti Taqi Usmani), Mufti Aziz al-Rahman (ra), was a khalifah of Shah Rafi al-Din hence a Naqshbandi shaykh in his own right.

12-24-2010, 06:05 PM	#14
Klissineopar Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 421 Senior Member	Akabireen deoband has very strong association with silsilsa naqshbandia. Firstly as mentioned earlier on this thread,the grand shaikh of deoband Haji Imdad ullah ra was a khalifa of shah muhammad Afaq,who was a nashbandi shaikh.Secondly Hazrat Noor Muhammad ra,who was shaikh of Haji Imdad ullah ra was also a khalifa of Syed Ahmad Shaheed,who was a great shaikh of Naqshbandia .Thirdly Akabireen e deoband like rasheed ahmad gangoohi ra and molana qasim Nanotvi ra were students of Shah abdul ghani naqshbandi ra in hadeeth,fourthly akabirren deoband were followers of shah wali ullah in maslak,who was naqshbandi. Couldn't agree with you more. The teachings of the Naqshbandi silsila - especially those of Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alf Thani (ra) - have had a profound impact on the Deobandi maslak. I think the connection is very strong but many people don't know. Like you've mentioned that the founders of Dar al-Ulum Deoband were students of the Nashbandi sufi master and muhaddith, Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Dahlawi al-Mujadiddi al-Madani. And they weren't "just students" rather both Hujjat al-Islam Mawlana Qasim al-Nanotwi and Imam Rabbani Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi were the closest students of Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani. In fact, Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi lived and studied at the Khanqah (yes the Naqshbandi khanqah) of Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani in Dehli. Aside from Mawlana Nanotwi and Gangohi, another founder of Dar al-Ulum Deoband, the Naqshbandi sufi master Shah Rafi al-Din al-Deobandi (ra) was a prominent khalifah of Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani (ra). And the first Mufti of Dar al-Ulum Deoband and the teacher of the likes of Mufti Muhammad Shafi' (the father of Mufti Rafi Usmani and Mufti Taqi Usmani), Mufti Aziz al-Rahman (ra), was a khalifah of Shah Rafi al-Din hence a Naqshbandi shaykh in his own right.
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