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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

i think muad khan was wrong
mawlana mite have some views contrary to our ulama but over all he wass deobandi Then i turned to askimam, which replied as follows:



Question



Assalamu-'alaykum



Mufti sahib, can u plz tel that

1) What r the differences between deoband and nadwa?

2) And were some nadwis like maulana abulhasan ali nadwi associated with the deobandi maslik?


Wasslaam



Answer



In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful


Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh



Darul Uloom Deoband was founded in the year 1283A.H. This was during the rule of the English who’s mission was to eradicate Islam from India. Hadrat Mawlana Qasim Nanothwi رحمه الله تعالى started Darul Uloom Deoband with the sole mission of keeping the teachings of the Noble Quran and Sunnah alive in accordance with the belief of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah. This is the maslak of the Ulama of Deoband. Anybody who follows this path could be called a “Deobandi” even though he might not have studied in Deoband.



Students studying in various institutes link themselves to that institute. For example student of Deoband call themselves Qasmi’s, Mazahurul Uloom call themselves Mazahiri, students of Jalalabad call themselves Jalalabadi’s etc. but they are all Deobandi’s in that they all follow the school of thought of Deoband. In the same way students of Nadwatul Ulama call themselves Nadwi’s but they are also Deobandi’s.

And Allah knows best

Wassalam u Alaikum

Ml. Ishaq E. Moosa,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah
So, can any body add any information to answer my question?

Wasslaam