Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi

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Died1923 (aged 58)
Main interest(s)Hadith
Maulana
Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi
Personal life
Born1866
Died1923 (aged 58)
Main interest(s)Hadith
Alma materKhanqah Gangoh
OccupationIslamic scholar, Muhaddith
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementDeobandi

Abd-al-Ghaffar Mauvi or Abdul Ghaffar Mauwi (1866–1923) was an Indian Deobandi scholar.[1] He served as a local Islamic teacher in Mau and Ballia districts, Uttar Pradesh.[2][3][4] He obtained certificates, in particular, in the field of hadith from the illustrious Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in 1889.[5] His famous students, among others, were Allama Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi and Maulana Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami.[6] Maulana Abd al-Ghaffar Mauvi wrote approximately forty books including a few of them published.[4][7]

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