:Madrasatul Islah
{{Short description|Town In Saraimir, Azamgarh, Uttarpradesh, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
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Madrasatul Islah is a traditional Islamic institution of learning and a renowned center of oriental and Islamic studies at Sarai Mir{{cite web |date=7 December 2010 |title=Mufti Mohammad Shoeb Islahi |url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/215-mufti-mohammad-shoeb-islahi-indianmuslims |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=Milli Gazette}} in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh.{{cite book |last1=Azmi |first1=Mohd. Arshad |title=Role of Madrasatul Islah Azamgarh in the development of arabic studies |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University-Shodhganga |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/57227 |access-date=23 March 2020}} It was started by Mawlana Muhammad Shafi in 1908 along with participation of prominent scholars and religious seminaries of the area.{{cite book |author1=Dr. Syed Jameel Hussain |title=Tazkirah Hazrat Miyan Saheb |publisher=Madrasa Islamia Asgharia, Deoband|language=Urdu}} The madrassa was established with a different syllabus and ideology than that of Darul Uloom Deoband and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama.{{cite web |author1=Ash'had Rafeeq Nadwi |title=دینی مدارس میں تدریس حدیث |url=http://www.zindgienau.com/Issues/2010/june2010/unicode_article6.asp |website=zindgienau.com |access-date=26 March 2020}}
Shibli Nomani and Hamiduddin Farahi are regarded as chief architects of this madrasa.{{cite web |last1=Chishti |first1=Seema |title=In Azamgarh madrasa, talk revolves around TV, WhatsApp, higher studies |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-azamgarh-madrasa-talk-revolves-around-tv-whatsapp-higher-studies/ |website=Indian Express |access-date=26 March 2020}}
Inception
The foundation stone of the madrassa was laid by Asghar Hussain Deobandi in 1908.{{cite web |title=Islamic Education in Modern India |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/52389/11/11_chapter%202.pdf |access-date=25 March 2020 |page=76}}Hamiduddin Farahi was its first chief administrator.{{cite web |title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARABIC STUDIES IN INDIA |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/92992/7/07_chapter%201.pdf |access-date=25 March 2020 |page=46}}Amin Ahsan Islahi remained teaching in the madrassa until 1943.{{Sfnp|Abdul|2009|pp=186–187}}
Style
The Madrasa adopted a teaching style of reading the Qur'an text directly with less reliance on commentaries.{{Sfnp|Singh|Rana|2002|p=22}} A newspaper article in 2009 indicated the madrasa has, in common with many others, introduced "modern, progressive syllabi".{{Cite web|url=https://indianewengland.com/2017/09/indian-madrassas-go-modern-challenge-stereotype/|title=Indian madrassas go modern, challenge stereotype|date=27 September 2017|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104020804/https://indianewengland.com/2017/09/indian-madrassas-go-modern-challenge-stereotype/|url-status=dead}}
Notable alumni
The madrassa has produced a number of notable Islamic scholars:
- Mohammad Najatuallah Siddiqi{{cite web |title=Islamic Banking and Finance Scholars |url=http://www.wdibf.com/scholars.html |website=wdibf.com |access-date=25 March 2020}}
- Abdul Azim Islahi
- Amin Ahsan Islahi {{Sfnp|Abdul|2009|pp=186–187}}{{cite book |last1=Irfan Ahmad |title=Religion as Critique: Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace |date=20 November 2017 |page=166 |isbn=9781469635101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EIg_DwAAQBAJ&q=Madrasatul%20Islah&pg=PA166 |access-date=23 March 2020}}
- Wahiduddin Khan{{Cite web|title=Maulana Wahiduddin Khan |url=https://www.cpsglobal.org/mwk|access-date=21 April 2021|website=CPS International}}
- Ishtiyaq Ahmad Zilli
- Sadruddin Islahi{{cite web |last1=Mehdi |first1=Dr, Taabish |title=مولانا صدرالدین اصلاحی ؒ |url=http://zindgienau.com/Issues/2010/june2010/unicode_article7.asp |website=Zindagi e Nau |access-date=6 January 2022}}
- Akhtar Muslimi
- Muhammad Yusuf Islahi
Legacy
- 2003, Role of Madrasatul Islah Azamgarh in the development of Arabic studies, PhD thesis by Arshad Azmi, Aligarh Muslim University.{{cite web |title=Role of Madrasatul Islah Azamgarh in the development of Arabic studies |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/57227 |website=ShodhGanga |access-date=26 March 2020}}
See also
- Darul Uloom Deoband, Islamiya seminar
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite journal |last=Abdul|first=Rauf|title=Life and Works of Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904-1997)
|journal=Pakistan Journal of History and Culture |date=2009 |volume=XXX |issue=1|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325232544/http://www.nihcr.edu.pk/Latest_English_Journal/LIFE_WORKS_MAWLANA_AMIN_AHSAN_ISLAHI.pdf|archive-date=25 March 2020
|url=http://www.nihcr.edu.pk/Latest_English_Journal/LIFE_WORKS_MAWLANA_AMIN_AHSAN_ISLAHI.pdf |access-date=29 March 2020 |language=English}}
- {{Cite book|last1=Singh|first1=R. P.|last2=Rana|first2=Rana|date=2002|title=Teacher Education in Turmoil : quest for a solution
|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd|isbn=8120724313|oclc=605384073|ol=OL19164308W}}
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