Ziauddin Madani (scholar)
Ziauddin Madani (Urdu: قطب مدینہ مولانا ضیاء الدین مدنی) was a Sufi also known as Qutb-e-Madina. He lived most of his life in Medina. He was born in 1877 in Sialkot and died on 2 October 1981. He was buried in Al-Baqi.
Qutb e Medina Maulana Ziauddin Madani | |
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قطب مدینہ مولانا ضیاء الدین مدنی | |
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| Title | Qutb e Medina |
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| Born | 1877 |
| Died | 2 October 1981 (aged 103–104) |
| Resting place | Al-Baqi, Medina present-day Saudi Arabia |
| Religion | Islam |
| Children | Sayyid Ridwan al-Madani |
| Denomination | Sufi (Qadri) |
| School | Hanafi |
| Lineage | Siddiqui |
| Muslim leader | |
| Post | Sufi and mystic |
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He was an Islamic scholar and disciple of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan. He was the spiritual teacher of Ilyas Qadri.[1][2]
Brief Life
Ziauddin Madani was born in Sialkot, a city in Pakistan, in 1877 A.D. (1294 AH). He got his early education in Sialkot and Lahore. He studied for four years in Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh, India) and got his Islamic education under the supervision of Wasee Ahmad Muhaddis Soorti.[2] He went to Karachi. After some time, travelled to Baghdad, Iraq to take blessings from Ghaus e Azam. He lived for 4 years and then went to Medina in 1900. He stayed in Medina for almost 77 years. He died on 2 October 1981.[2] He is buried in the cemetery of Medina Jannat ul Baqee.
Bay’at and Khilafat
He took the oath of spiritual allegiance from Imam Ahmad Raza Khan of Bareily, who was the reviver of the 14th century, of the Qadriya movement of Abdul Qadir Jilani.[3]
References
- "The Truth behind Deobandi-Barailavi Differences: The Sahaba-e-Karam too differed but never engaged in Takfir | Nadeemul Wajidee, Tr. by Raihan Nezami, NewAgeIsla". www.newageislam.com.
- "Brief Introduction of Hazrat Allama Ziauddin Madani". www.ziaetaiba.com.
- "Biography of Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah". www.dawateislami.net.