Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi

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Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi
9th Chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
Assumed office
14 April 2023
Denomination Sunni Islam
Jurisprudence Hanafi
Creed Maturidi
Alma mater Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama
Tariqa Chishtiyya-Qadiriyya-Suhrawardiyya-Naqshbandiyya-Muhammadiyya Ahmadiyya [1]
OccupationIslamic scholar, Da'i, murshid
Relatives
  • Abdul Hai Hasani (his great-grandfather)
  • Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (his grandfather's brother)
  • Rabey Hasani Nadwi (his father's cousin)
  • Wazeh Rashid Hasani Nadwi (his father's cousin)
  • Abdullah Hasani Nadwi (elder brother)
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Disciple ofMuhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi and Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini

Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (born October 3, 1969) is an Indian Islamic scholar, da'i, Hadith lecturer and author who has served as the Chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama since 2023. He also serves as the General Secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat and a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband.

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Early life and education

Nadwi was born on October 3, 1969, in Takia Kalan, Raebareli, India. [2] [3] His father Muhammad al-Hasani was an Islamic scholar, founder, and editor-in-chief of the Arabic magazine Al Baas Al Islami. [4] [5] His grandfather, Syed Abdul Ali Hasani, was the elder brother of Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi and the 6th chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. [6] [7] His great-grandfather, Abdul Hai Hasani was a writer who wrote the biographical book, Nuzhat al-Khawātir. [8] [9] Nadwi is a descendant of Hasan ibn Hasan and Hasan ibn Ali [10] through Syed Ahmad Barelvi. [11] [12]

Nadwi lost his father at ten, and was raised by his elder brother Abdullah Hasani Nadwi. [13] [14] [15] He received his primary education in his native land, under the supervision of Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi. After that, he enrolled in Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama for higher education and completed the Aalimiyyah course in 1988 and the Fazīlah course in 1990 there. [2] [3]

He received an Ijazah in Hadith from Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abdur Rashīd Nomani, Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda, Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz al-Aqīl, Yunus Jaunpuri, Ahmad Hasan Tonki, and Shaikh Ahmad Shafi. He is an authorised disciple of Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi and Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini in Tariqah. [2]

Career

In 1991, Nadwi began his career as a teacher of hadith at Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom in Raebareli. [16] [2] [13] He subsequently joined Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama where he lectures on Islamic thought. [2] He succeeded his brother as the general secretary of the Payam-e-Insaniyat in 2013. [2] [9]

On May 11, 2021, Nadwi became the elected vice principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, [2] and succeeded Rabey Hasani Nadwi as the chancellor of Nadwatul Ulama on April 14, 2023, [17] and as a member of the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband on August 29, 2023. [18] [19] [20] He was also the deputy moderator of Madrasa Ziyaul Uloom Raebareli, editor-in-chief of Payām-e-Arafāt, director of Imam Abi al-Hasan An-Nadwi in Raebareli, [16] [13] [21] and a member of the executive council of Nadwatul Ulama. [13] In June 2023, he was appointed to the board of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) as a secretary. [22]

In September 2023, when the AIMPLB decided to launch an India-wide campaign for helping Muslim women secure inheritance rights according to the Shariah; Nadwi was made responsible for its Tafheem-e-Shariat Committee, a group formed to support people with interpretation of the Islamic law. [23]

Literary works

Nadwi edited several books by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani. His works in Urdu include: [24] [16] [25] [26]

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