Shah Abdul Wahhab

Shah Abdul Wahhab Sahib رحمه الله
Maqbara of Shah Abdul Wahhab
TitleA'la Hadrat
Personal
Born
Abdul Wahhab

1 Jumādā al-Ūlā 1247 Hijri (19 October 1831)[1]
Died22 Rabi al- Aakhir 1337 Hijri (25 January 1919(1919-01-25) (aged 87))[1]
Resting placeWaranda of Masjid Al-Baqiyat As-Salihat 12°55′11″N 79°08′09″E / 12.919711°N 79.135758°E / 12.919711; 79.135758
ReligionIslam
RegionTamil Nadu, India
DenominationSunni
Notable work(s)Islamic Social Reform during the later part of the 19th century, Fight against Bid'ah or Unislamic Innovations in Islam, Founder of Madrasa Al-Baqiyat As-Salihat,
TariqaQadiriyya, Chishtiya
OccupationMuhaddtih[broken anchor], Faqeeh, Historiographer
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Shah Abdul Wahhab (9 October 1831 – 1921) (Tamil:அஃலா ஹள்ரத் மவ்லானா ஷாஹ் அப்துல் வஹ்ஹாப்), (Arabic: اعلى حضرت مولانا شاه عبد الوهّاب) born Shah Abdul Wahhab, also known as (A'la Hadrat, A'la Hazrat, Ala Hadrat, Ala Hazrat) (Tamil:அஃலா ஹள்ரத்,அஃலா ஹஜ்ரத்), was a Sunni Islamic scholar and reformer of the late 19th and early 20th Century from the southern part of India. Like Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlvi he was worried about the state of Muslims of South India, especially those of Nagore and its nearby regions. He founded the Madrasa Al-Baqiyat As-Salihat in Vellore in the year 1857.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Thizkare Ganje Maa (Sawanihe A'la Hadrath, Madrasa Al-Baqiyat As-Salihat)
  2. ^ hazrath fidwee rah, அண்ணல் அஃலா ஹள்ரத்(ரஹ்)அழகிய சரிதை – Beautiful History of A'la Hadrath, Pages 31–48, Vellore – 632004, Darul Khatib,1992
  3. ^ J.B.P.More, Political Evolution of Muslims in Tamil Nadu and Madras 1930–1947, Page 54, Orient Blackswan, 1997, ISBN 978-81-250-1192-7