Biographies of Scholars

A2 sized colour poster that plots the years in which major Deobandi personalities passed away.

Full Name: Nu‘mān ibn Thābit Born: 80AH - Kūfā Demise: 150AH - Baghdad His Appearance Imām Abū Ḥanīfah رحمه الله was of average height,...

Full Name: Mālik ibn Anas Birth: 93AH Demise: 179AH His Teachers Include: The great Muḥaddith, Ibn Shihāb Az-Zuhrī رحمه الله, Nāfi‘ the...

Full Name: Muḥammad ibn Idrīs Ash-Shāfi‘ī Born: Gaza, 150AH Demise: 204AH Appellation: Abū ‘Abdillāh Teachers Include: Imām Mālik,...

Full Name: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal Born: 164AH Demise: 241AH Appearance ‘Abdul-Malik ibn ‘Abdil-Ḥamīd رحمه الله says that I do not...

Imām Ibn Al-Jawzī رحمه الله writes in his Ṣifat-Aṣ-Ṣafwah: Abū ‘Amr ibn Maṭar رحمه الله narrates: I attended the gathering of Abū ‘Uthmān...

‘Allāmah Ibn Al-Jawzī رحمه الله writes in Ṣifat-aṣ-Ṣafwah: It has been narrated from ‘Ikrimah رحمه الله regarding Muḥammad ibn...

Many people – those with an educational background stemming from the subcontinent and others alike – are unaware of what exactly is meant...

A question that lingers in the minds of many is, ‘Why the repeated phrases of ‘Our ‘Ulamā’, ‘the ‘Ulamā of Deoband’, and ‘our akābir...

Ibn Taymiyah رحمه الله narrates: I was once afflicted with an illness, upon which the doctor said to me, “Your studying and indulgence in...

From the sayings of ‘Abdullāh ibn Al-Mubārak رحمه الله: ‘We acquired ‘ilm (religious knowledge) for the world, but it led us to leave the...

Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥātim Al-Warrāq رحمه الله mentioned: “I heard him [Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl Al-Bukhārī رحمه الله] say, ‘I did not go into...