Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi. Photo: Twitter/@AIMPLB_Official
Renowned Islamic scholar and president, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi, handed away in Lucknow after a chronic sickness. He was 94.
Known for his capacity to take all people alongside, Mr. Hasani was additionally the Vice-President of Riyadh’s Aalami Rabita Adab-e-Islami, a founding member of the Muslim World League. Considered amongst 500 most influential Muslims on the earth, Mr. Hasani continually suggested the neighborhood to chorus from anger and violence, and observe the trail of endurance and perseverance, significantly when it got here to controversial points such because the Babri Masjid controversy and the newer circumstances of triple talaq and mob lynching of the harmless.
Belonging to an outdated Sufi students’ household in Rae Bareilly, his ancestors included Sayyid Ahmed Shaheed, a well-respected freedom fighter. Mr. Hasani additionally taught Arabic at Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow from 1952.
Mr. Hasani, a nephew of Maulana Ali Hasan Nadwi, was a prolific creator of books on Islam, amongst them being a dictionary of Arabic revealed in 1970. After his uncle’s demise in 1999, he needed to take up neighborhood duties in addition to the rector of Nadwatul Ulama the place he had earlier been the pinnacle of the division of Arabic since 1955. He was first elected President, All India Muslim Personal Law Board in 2002.
“An irreparable loss”
Mr. Hasani’s demise has shaken the Islamic world with students of reputation terming his demise “an irreparable loss for the Muslim community”. “He was a consensus builder. He never took extreme positions. He was equally respected by all sections of Muslim society. He leaves behind a vacuum,” stated Zafarul Islam Khan, former chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission, and a former scholar of Mr. Hasani.
He was among the many lucky ones to be groomed beneath Maulana Mian, a famend scholar. In some ways, he was an image of Maulana Ali Mian, “a true heir”, as Mr. Khan put it.
“He was an umbrella for the Muslim world,” stated Arshad Madani, president, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, including, “With him around one knew there was a solution available for everything.” Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s vice-president Salim Engineer known as him, “the guiding light of the Personal Law Board.”
“On the issue of triple talaq, he was of the opinion that this was matter of reform and awareness within the community and not a matter of law,” Mr. Engineer remembered.
Expressing condolences, Firoz Ahmed, president, All India Muslim Majlis Mushawarat, stated, “Mr. Hasani’s selfless services for humanity shall be remembered for long.”
