Shah Waliullah Dehlawi

Shaykh al-Islām, Imam of Hind, Mujaddid
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Shaykh al-Islām, Imam of Hind, Mujaddid Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
قطب الدين أحمد ولي الله بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي
Personal life
Born	21 February 1703; Phulat, Muzaffarnagar, Mughal Empire
Died	20 August 1762 (aged 59); Delhi, Mughal Empire
Resting place	Mehdiyan
Nationality	Mughal
Main interest(s)	Hadith, Tafsir, History, Bibliography, Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Translation of the Quran into Persian; Hujjatullah-il-Baligha; Al-Fauzul Kabeer; Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa; Al-Akidatul Hasanah; Majmua Rasail Imam Shah Wali Ullah
Occupation	Mufassir, Muhaddtih, Historiographer, Bibliographer, Theologian, Philosopher, Academic, Linguist
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Ash'ari
Movement	Naqshbandi
Muslim leader
	Students Murtada al-Zabidi, Majduddin;
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa, Al-Shafi‘i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Baha' al-Din Naqshband;
	Influenced Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi;

Qutb ud-Din Ahmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Rahim al-ʿUmari ad-Dehlawi (Arabic: قطب الدين أحمد بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي, romanized: Quṭb ad-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Raḥīm al-ʿUmarī ad-Dehlawī‎; 1703–1762), commonly known as Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (also Shah Wali Allah), was an Islamic Sunni scholar and Sufi reformer,^[13] who contributed to Islamic revival in the Indian subcontinent and is therefore seen by his followers as a renewer.^[14]^[15]

^ "Shah Waliullah Dehlavi". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Encyclopedia.com.
^ Siddiqa, Ayesha. "Peace in Afghanistan." (2019): 703–710. "The first significant name is Shah Waliullah (1703–62), a Hanafi scholar,"
^ Shahid, Amir Khan. "DISPLACEMENT OF SHAH WALIULLAH’S Shah MOVEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON NORTHERN INDIAN MUSLIM REVIVALIST THOUGHTS. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan 51.2 (2014). "It would not be out of context to cite a reference of Shah Abdul Aziz (1746–1824) which is provided by Manazar Ahsan Gilanithat someone enquired from Shah Waliullah whether the Shias were Kafir. He maintained the different viewpoints among the Hanafi School of thought on the subject.."
^ Mohammad Afzal (2003). "Shah Wali Allah's Philosophy of Education". No. 108 of N.I.H.C.R. publication. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University. p. 12. ISBN 9789694150628. Shah Wali Allah agrees with Shaykh Abu'l Hassan Ashari on most of the points held in dispute. In the beginning of the tenth khizanab he mentions fourteen main points. Shah Wali Allah is of the view that the Ashari school of thought generally represents the school of the companions. It is stated that Shah Wali Allah himself was Ashari in taste. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ Mohammad Sharif Khan (Professor of Education, Aligarh Muslim University); Mohammad Anwar Saleem (Department of Philosophy, Aligarh Muslim University) (1994). Muslim Philosophy and Philosophers. New Delhi: Ashish Publishing Houseg. p. 25. ISBN 9788170246237.
^ Edward Craig, ed. (1998). Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Questions to sociobiology. Vol. 8. Routledge. p. 734. ISBN 9780415187138. In the tenth khizana, Shah Wali Allah explains his theological view which, according to him, is in full accord with Ash'arite theology.
^ Oliver Leaman, ed. (2015). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 558. ISBN 9781472569462. Another important work dealing with metaphysics is al-Khayr al-Kathir (The Abundant Good), which is divided into ten chapters or, by his description of it, khizana (treasures). The book seeks to reconstruct new cohesive modes pertaining to the reality of wujud (being), the knowledge of God and human knowledge, the relationship between the Creator and the cosmos, and the reality of prophecy and the prophethood of Muhammad. Then, he discusses the principles of sainthood and Sufism. In the eighth and ninth chapters, practical and theoretical religious matters, such as the Shari'a (Islamic law) and the eschatological theories of Islam, are evaluated. In the last chapter, his theological views, generally in line with the Ash'arite theological school, are discussed.
^ Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (2008). Ahmad Farid al-Mazidi (ed.). الخير الكثير أو خزائن الحكمة [The Abundant Good or Repositories of Wisdom] (in Arabic). Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya. p. 6. ISBN 9782745158123 – via Google Books. وقال في الختام: وكتبه بيده الفقير إلى رحمة الله الكريم الودود ولي الله أحمد بن عبد الرحيم بن وجيه الدين بن معظم الدين بن منصور بن أحمد بن محمود عفا الله عنه وعنهم، وألحقه وإياهم بأسلافهم الصالحين؛ العمري نسباً، الدهلوي وطناً، الأشعري عقيدة، الصوفي طريقة، الحنفي عملاً، والحنفي والشافعي تدريساً [He (i. e., Shah Waliullah Dehlawi) then finally said: "And he wrote it with his hand, the one needy of the mercy of Allah the Generous and Most Loving, Waliullah Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Rahim b. Wajih al-Din b. Mu'azzam al-Din b. Mansur b. Ahmad b. Mahmud, Allah forgive him and them, and join him and them with their righteous ancestors. Al-'Umari by way of lineage, al-Dehlawi by way of homeplace, al-Ash'ari in 'Aqida, al-Sufi in Tariqah, al-Hanafi by way of practice, al-Hanafi and al-Shafi'i in terms of teaching."]
^ "Shah Waliullah Ijazah:Hanafi, Ashari, Sufi". daralhadith.org.uk. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023.
^ "Shah Waliullah – transmitter of an Ashari Musalsal chain". daralhadith.org.uk. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023.
^ ^a ^b Peter N. Stearns, ed. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 9780195176322.
^ Robinson, Francis (2001). The 'Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia. C. Hurst. p. 225. ISBN 9781850654759.
^ Muhammad Mosleh-uddin (2003). Shah Waliullah's Contribution to Hadith Literature: A Critical Study. Aligarh, India: Department of Islamic Studies: Aligarh Muslim University. p. 2. As for Tasawuf Shah Waliullah was a reformist Sufi..
^ Kunju, Saifudheen (2012). "Shah Waliullah al-Dehlawi: Thoughts and Contributions": 1. Retrieved 5 April 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[encyclopedia.com-1] "Shah Waliullah Dehlavi". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Encyclopedia.com.

[2] Siddiqa, Ayesha. "Peace in Afghanistan." (2019): 703–710. "The first significant name is Shah Waliullah (1703–62), a Hanafi scholar,"

[3] Shahid, Amir Khan. "DISPLACEMENT OF SHAH WALIULLAH’S Shah MOVEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON NORTHERN INDIAN MUSLIM REVIVALIST THOUGHTS. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan 51.2 (2014). "It would not be out of context to cite a reference of Shah Abdul Aziz (1746–1824) which is provided by Manazar Ahsan Gilanithat someone enquired from Shah Waliullah whether the Shias were Kafir. He maintained the different viewpoints among the Hanafi School of thought on the subject.."

[4] Mohammad Afzal (2003). "Shah Wali Allah's Philosophy of Education". No. 108 of N.I.H.C.R. publication. National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University. p. 12. ISBN 9789694150628. Shah Wali Allah agrees with Shaykh Abu'l Hassan Ashari on most of the points held in dispute. In the beginning of the tenth khizanab he mentions fourteen main points. Shah Wali Allah is of the view that the Ashari school of thought generally represents the school of the companions. It is stated that Shah Wali Allah himself was Ashari in taste. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[5] Mohammad Sharif Khan (Professor of Education, Aligarh Muslim University); Mohammad Anwar Saleem (Department of Philosophy, Aligarh Muslim University) (1994). Muslim Philosophy and Philosophers. New Delhi: Ashish Publishing Houseg. p. 25. ISBN 9788170246237.

[6] Edward Craig, ed. (1998). Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Questions to sociobiology. Vol. 8. Routledge. p. 734. ISBN 9780415187138. In the tenth khizana, Shah Wali Allah explains his theological view which, according to him, is in full accord with Ash'arite theology.

[7] Oliver Leaman, ed. (2015). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 558. ISBN 9781472569462. Another important work dealing with metaphysics is al-Khayr al-Kathir (The Abundant Good), which is divided into ten chapters or, by his description of it, khizana (treasures). The book seeks to reconstruct new cohesive modes pertaining to the reality of wujud (being), the knowledge of God and human knowledge, the relationship between the Creator and the cosmos, and the reality of prophecy and the prophethood of Muhammad. Then, he discusses the principles of sainthood and Sufism. In the eighth and ninth chapters, practical and theoretical religious matters, such as the Shari'a (Islamic law) and the eschatological theories of Islam, are evaluated. In the last chapter, his theological views, generally in line with the Ash'arite theological school, are discussed.

[8] Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (2008). Ahmad Farid al-Mazidi (ed.). الخير الكثير أو خزائن الحكمة [The Abundant Good or Repositories of Wisdom] (in Arabic). Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya. p. 6. ISBN 9782745158123 – via Google Books. وقال في الختام: وكتبه بيده الفقير إلى رحمة الله الكريم الودود ولي الله أحمد بن عبد الرحيم بن وجيه الدين بن معظم الدين بن منصور بن أحمد بن محمود عفا الله عنه وعنهم، وألحقه وإياهم بأسلافهم الصالحين؛ العمري نسباً، الدهلوي وطناً، الأشعري عقيدة، الصوفي طريقة، الحنفي عملاً، والحنفي والشافعي تدريساً [He (i. e., Shah Waliullah Dehlawi) then finally said: "And he wrote it with his hand, the one needy of the mercy of Allah the Generous and Most Loving, Waliullah Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Rahim b. Wajih al-Din b. Mu'azzam al-Din b. Mansur b. Ahmad b. Mahmud, Allah forgive him and them, and join him and them with their righteous ancestors. Al-'Umari by way of lineage, al-Dehlawi by way of homeplace, al-Ash'ari in 'Aqida, al-Sufi in Tariqah, al-Hanafi by way of practice, al-Hanafi and al-Shafi'i in terms of teaching."]

[9] "Shah Waliullah Ijazah:Hanafi, Ashari, Sufi". daralhadith.org.uk. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023.

[10] "Shah Waliullah – transmitter of an Ashari Musalsal chain". daralhadith.org.uk. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023.

[Oxford_Encyclopedia-11] Peter N. Stearns, ed. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 9780195176322.

[12] Robinson, Francis (2001). The 'Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia. C. Hurst. p. 225. ISBN 9781850654759.

[:2-13] Muhammad Mosleh-uddin (2003). Shah Waliullah's Contribution to Hadith Literature: A Critical Study. Aligarh, India: Department of Islamic Studies: Aligarh Muslim University. p. 2. As for Tasawuf Shah Waliullah was a reformist Sufi..

[:6-14] Kunju, Saifudheen (2012). "Shah Waliullah al-Dehlawi: Thoughts and Contributions": 1. Retrieved 5 April 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[:1-15] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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