Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (also known as Sahbān al-Hind; 1888 – 4 December 1959) was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first general secretary and the fifth president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He also served as the third rector of Madrasa Aminia and authored books such as Fear of Hell and Key to the Garden of Bliss.

Biography Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi in 1888 in Daryaganj, Delhi. He received his primary education from Abdul Majeed Mustafabadi and Muhammad Yasin Sikandarabadi, and memorized the Quran at Madrasa Hussainia in Delhi. His teachers included Kifayatullah Dehlawi.

Saeed was appointed the first general secretary of the JUH in November 1920, a position he served for twenty years. He taught at the Madrasa Aminia and was appointed its rector in 1953 following the death of Kifayatullah Dehlawi. He served as the president of the JUH for two years from 1957 until his death on 4 December 1959 in Delhi.

Literary works Saeed wrote Kashf-ur-Rahman, an exegesis of the Quran, in Urdu, in two volumes. Dozakh ka khatka (Fear of Hell) Jannat ki Kunji (Key to the Garden of Bliss) Jannat ki Zamānat Khuda ki baatein Rasūlullāh ke tīn sau mo'jizāt (Three Hundred Miracles of Muhammad) Shaukat Āra Begum