Ahmad Hasan Amrohi

Ahmad Hasan was born in 1850 in Amroha, which at that time was part of the Moradabad district.[3] He received his primary education from Sayyid Rafat Ali, Karim Bakhsh Bakhshi, Muhammad Hussain Jafri, and studied medicine with Amjad Ali Khan.[4] He went to Meerut for higher education, where he studied with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi.[5] Nanautawi taught him all the academic sciences and then sent him to Darul Uloom Deoband, from where he graduated in 1290 AH, alongside Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and Fakhrul Hasan Gangohi.[3][5] Ahmad was an authorized disciple of Imdadullah Muhajir Makki in Sufism and was authorized to transmit hadith by Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri and Shah Abdul Ghani.[4]

After completing his studies, Hasan became the principal of Madrasa Qasmia, an Islamic school established by his teacher Nanautawi in Khurja.[6][7] He then served in the Islamic institutions in Delhi and Sambhal as a principal, the institutions being likely Madrasa Abdur-Rab, Delhi; and Madrasa Jama Masjid, Sambhal.[5][6] He became the principal of Madrasa Shahi in Moradabad upon its inception it 1879 (1296 AH), a post he served until 1885 (Dhu al-Qadah 1303 AH).[5] Later, he moved to Amroha, where he re-established an old madrasah in the Jama Masjid,[lower-alpha 1] and occupied himself with the teaching responsibilities, and served as the first rector, principal and senior hadith professor.[5][9][10] Few years later, the executive council of Darul Uloom Deoband, called him to teach at the seminary. He taught there for just two months and then moved back to Amroha.[11] His students included Ismail Sambhali.[12]

Hasan was a member of the executive council of the Darul Uloom Deoband from 1895 to 1912.[13] He was a founder members of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's Thamratut-Tarbiyyat.[5] He debated with Arya Samaj people and was among the prominent Muslim scholars who debated Ahmadis.[14] On 15 June 1909, he debated with Ahmadis in Rampur alongside Sanaullah Amritsari, and defeated them.[15] His literary works include Ifādāt-e-Aḥmadiyyah, Izālatul Waswās and Al-Ma'lūmāt al-Ilāhiyyah.[3] He was a jurist and his religious edicts are found in the libraries of Phalauda and Rampur.[3]

Hasan died of plague on 18 March 1912 in Amroha, Moradabad.[16] His funeral prayers were led by Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad.[17] Kifayatullah Dehlawi, Habibur Rahman Usmani and Mahmud Hasan Deobandi expressed grief over his death.[18]

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