Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Indian Muslim scholar (1703–1762) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Qutb ud-Din Ahmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Rahim al-ʿUmari ad-Dehlawi (Arabic: قطب الدين أحمد بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي, romanized: Quṭb ad-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Raḥīm al-ʿUmarī ad-Dehlawī; 1703–1762), commonly known as Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (also Shah Wali Allah), was an Islamic Sunni scholar and Sufi of the Naqshbandi order,[17] who is seen by his followers as a renewer.[18][19] He emphasized the importance of following Sharia and believed in the unification of Hanafi and Shafi'i schools of law, aiming to reduce legal differences.
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قطب الدين أحمد ولي الله بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي | |
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Born | (1703-02-21)21 February 1703 Phulat, Muzaffarnagar, Mughal Empire |
Died | 20 August 1762(1762-08-20) (aged 59) |
Resting place | Munhadiyan[1] |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Mughal |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi[2][3] |
Creed | Ash'ari[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
(Hanbali influenced)[11][12][13] |
Movement | Sufi Reformism[14] Islamic revival in the Indian subcontinent |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, Tafsir, History, Bibliography, Fiqh |
Notable work(s) | Translation of the Quran into Persian Hujjatullah-il-Baligha Al-Fauzul Kabeer Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa Al-Akidatul Hasanah Majmua Rasail Imam Shah Wali Ullah |
Occupation | Mufassir, Muhaddtih, Historiographer, Bibliographer, Theologian, Philosopher, Academic, Linguist |
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Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad أحمد |
Epithet (Laqab) | Quṭb ad-Dīn قطب الدين Shāh Walīullāh شاه ولي الله |
Toponymic (Nisba) | al-ʿUmarī العمري ad-Dihlawī الدهلوي |
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