Maulana rashid ahmad gangohi biography template
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Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Rashid Ahmad was born on Monday, 6 Dhu al-Qi'dah AH ( AD) in Gangoh, Saharanpur District, British India (in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India).[2][8][9][11][12] He was born in the mahallah of Sarai, close to the tomb of Abdul Quddus Gangohi.[8] Both his father Maulana Hidayat Ahmad and his mother Karimun Nisa belonged to Ansari Ayyubi families, claiming descent from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.[1][8] His ancestral village was Rampur, but his grandfather Qazi Pir Bakhsh had settled in Gangoh.[8]
Hidayat Ahmad was an Islamic scholar connected to the Waliullahi tradition,[8] and in tasawwuf (Sufism) an authorized khalifah (successor) of Shah Ghulam Ali Mujaddidi Dihlawi.[8][12] He died in AH () at the age of 35, when Rashid was seven.[8] A few years later Rashid's younger brother Sa'id Ahmad also died, at the age of nine.
After the death of Hidayat Ahmad the responsibility for Rashid's upbringing fell to his grandfather Qazi Pir Bakhsh.[8][11] He also had four maternal uncles: Muhammad Naqi, Muhammad Taqi, Abdul Ghani, and Muhammad Shafi.[8] He was especially close to Abdul Ghani, who took on a fatherly role for him. He also had a close friendship with his younger cousin, Abun Nasr, son of Abdul Ghani's.
Rashid Ahmad received his elementary education fro
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Tazkiratur Rasheed - Biography of Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi r.a.
From amongst these great luminaries of Deoband, in the frontline was Hadhrat Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi Shb رحمه اللہ . Hadhrat Maulana’s birthplace is Gangoh. Gangoh is an old village situated approximately 16 miles from Saharanpur, which has been the birthplace of many a devout Saint (Awliyāh Allah). Maulana Rasheed Ahmad shb رحمه اللہ was born on the sixth of Dhul Qa’dah A.H.( 10 May ) Hadhrat Maulana is of the lineage of Hadhrat Ayyūb Ansari رضي الله عنه .
He obtained his initial education in Gangoh, after which he travelled to Delhi to quench his thirst of knowledge. Together with Hadhrat Ml Qāsim Nānotwi رحمه اللہ he presented himself at the service of Hadhrat Ml Mamlūk Ali shb رحمه اللہ . From thereon, these two illustrious pinnacles of virtue and knowledge remained companions until death (Hadhrat Ml Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi P and Ml Qasim Nanotwi رحمه اللہ were the original visionaries of Darul Uloom Deoband). Ml Rasheed Ahmad shb was so diligent and engrossed in the acquisition of knowledge, that if someone took the food that was placed next to him away, he would not even realize it. Many a times, it so happened that whilst perusing through his books at night, he fell asleep and only in the mor