Ziauddin Madani
An Islamic scholar and disciple of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zia'uddin Madani (Urdu: قطب مدینہ مولانا ضیاء الدین مدنی) was a Islamic scholar and Sufi Shaykh also known as Qutb-e-Madina. He lived most of his life in Medina. He was born in 1877 in Sialkot and died on 2 October 1981. He was buried in Al-Baqi.
Qutb e Medina Maulana Ziauddin Madani | |
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قطب مدینہ مولانا ضیاء الدین مدنی | |
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| Title | Qutb-e-Medina |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1877 |
| Died | 2 October 1981 (aged 103–104) |
| Resting place | Al-Baqi, Medina present-day Saudi Arabia |
| Children | Sayyid Ridwan al-Madani |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanafi |
| Lineage | Siddiqui |
| Movement | Barelvi movement |
| Muslim leader | |
| Post | Sufi and mystic |
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He was an Islamic scholar and disciple of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan.[1] He was the spiritual teacher of Ilyas Qadri.[2][3]
Early life and education
He was born in 1877 AD (1294 AH) in Sialkot, Pakistan, to Sheikh Abdul Aziz. His family descent from Abu Bakr Siddique, a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of Islam.[4]
He got his early education in Sialkot and Lahore. He studied for four years in Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh, India) and got his Islamic education under the supervision of Wasee Ahmad Muhaddis Soorti.[3][5] He went to Karachi. After some time, travelled to Baghdad, Iraq to take blessings from Ghaus e Azam.[6] He lived for 4 years and then went to Medina in 1900. He stayed in Medina for almost 77 years. He died on 2 October 1981.[3] He is buried in the cemetery of Medina Jannat ul Baqi.[7]
Bay’at and Khilafat
He took the oath of spiritual allegiance from Imam Ahmad Raza Khan of Bareilly at the age of 18, who was the reviver of the 14th century, of the Qadriya movement of Abdul Qadir Jilani.[8][9]
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