Manzoor Nomani

Muḥammad Manz̤oor Nomānī ( 15 December 1905 – 4 May 1997) was an Indian Islamic scholar. Prominent among his written works are Maariful Hadith, Islam Kya Hai?, and Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution.

He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1927, where he studied hadith under Anwar Shah Kashmiri. He held the post of Shaykh al-Hadith at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama for four years, and was a close associate of Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi. A founding member of Jamaat-e-Islami in 1941, he was elected the group's Deputy Amir, second to Abul A'la Maududi. However, in 1942, following disagreements with Maududi he led a group in resigning from the organization. Afterwards he became affiliated with the Tablighi Jamaat of Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi. He served on the Majlis-e-Shura and Majlis-e-Amilah (Executive Council) of Darul Uloom Deoband and was a member of the Muslim World League.

Biography Manzoor Nomani was born on 15 December 1905 (18 Shawwal 1323 AH) in Sambhal, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India. His father, Sufi Muhammad Husain, was a moderately wealthy businessman and landlord. Nomani received his primary education in his hometown, graduating from Madrasa Sirajul Uloom Hilali Sarai Sambhal. Later he studied at Darul Uloom Mau.

In 1943 (1362 AH) he was appointed a member of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband. He regularly attended its meetings and those of the Majlis-e-Amilah (Executive Council).

Literary works

Islām kyā hai (1952) Dīn o sharī‘at (1958) Qur’ān āp se kyā kihtā hai Ma‘āriful-Ḥadīs̱ Kalimah-yi ṭayyibah kī ḥaqīqat Namāz kī ḥaqīqat Āp Ḥajj kaise karaiṉ Barakāt-i Ramaẓān Taḥqīq mas’alah-yi īṣāl-i s̱awāb Tasawwuf kyā hai Taẕkirah-yi Imām-i Rabbānī (1959) Malfūz̤āt-i Maulānā Muḥammad Ilyās (1950) Bawāriqul-ghaib Haẓrat Shāh Ismā‘īl Shahīd par mu‘ānidīn ke ilzāmāt (1957) K͟hāksār taḥrīk Qur’ān ‘ilm kī roshnī meṉ Islām aur kufr ke ḥudūd Qādiyānī kyūṉ Musalmān nahīṉ Saif-i Yamānī Maulānā Maudūdī ke sāth merī rifāqat kī sarguzasht aur ab merā mauqif Shaik͟h Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhāb ke k͟hilāf propaiganḍah aur Hindūstān ke ‘ulama’-i ḥaqq par us ke as̱arāt Īrānī inqilāb, Imām K͟humainī, aur Shīʻiyat(1984) or Khomeini, Iranian Revolution and Shi'ite faith. Alfiatul Hadith