Ijteba Nadwi

Muḥammad Ijteba Nadwi (29 September 1933 – 20 June 2008) was an Indian Islamic scholar, who formerly headed the Arabic departments of Jamia Millia Islamia, Kashmir University and the Allahabad University.

Nadwi was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Damascus University and the Aligarh Muslim University. He was an author of Arabic and Urdu and authored books such as Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: al-Daaiya al-Hakeem wa al-murabbi al-Jaleel and Islam aur Huquq-e-Insani.

Early life and education Ijteba Nadwi's grandfather Sayyid Jafar Ali was a disciple of Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed. He had participated in the Battle of Balakot in 1831 and later relocated to Basti, Uttar Pradesh.

Nadwi was born on 29 September 1933 in Majhawwa Meer, a village located in the Basti district. He began studying at the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and graduated in the traditional "dars-e-nizami" in 1955.He received a B.A degree in Arabic literature from the Damascus University in 1960,

Career Nadwi was appointed as a teacher of Arabic language, literature and Islamic jurisprudence at the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in 1960. "The Department of Islamic Studies" and "The Department of Persian" in 1988. of Jamia Millia Islamia as a faculty member and later became an associate professor and then the head professor. Qasim Adil wrote Dr. Ijteba Nadwi: A Great Scholar of 20th Century in India.