Knowra Deobandi movement Deobandi movement The Deobandi movement is a Sunni Islamic revivalist tradition founded in nineteenth-century India. It emphasizes adherence to Hanafi jurisprudence, religious scholarship, and reform of Muslim religious life.
Darul Uloom Deoband : An Islamic seminary established in Deoband, India, in 1866 and the institutional center of the Deobandi tradition. Its founding provided the movement’s model for religious education and scholarship.
Sunni Islam : The largest branch of Islam, whose adherents recognize the first four caliphs as legitimate successors to Muhammad. The movement is a revivalist tradition within this broad branch of Islam.
Islamic seminary : An institution devoted to advanced Islamic education, often teaching scripture, jurisprudence, theology, and Arabic. The seminary model carries Deobandi scholarship beyond its original institution.
Barelvi movement : A South Asian Sunni movement associated with devotion to saints and the veneration of the Prophet Muhammad. Its devotional practices became a prominent point of disagreement with Deobandi scholars.
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi : An Indian Islamic scholar who helped found Darul Uloom Deoband and shaped its educational vision. He was among the seminary’s founders and its leading early intellectual figures.
Islamic jurisprudence : The interpretation and development of Islamic legal rulings from scriptural and juristic sources. Deobandi scholarship treats legal learning as central to religious practice.
Dars-i Nizami : A South Asian curriculum for traditional Islamic education, combining religious sciences with logic, philosophy, and language study. Deobandi institutions adapt this curriculum to train scholars and religious teachers.
Ahl-i Hadith : A South Asian Sunni reform movement that emphasizes direct reliance on Quran and hadith and rejects binding adherence to one legal school. Its rejection of strict Hanafi adherence contrasts with Deobandi legal commitments.
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi : An Indian Hanafi scholar and Sufi who helped establish Deoband’s scholarly tradition. His legal scholarship and religious guidance helped define the school’s early authority.
Maturidi theology : A Sunni theological tradition associated with Abu Mansur al-Maturidi and widespread among Hanafi scholars. It is a major theological framework in Deobandi scholarship.
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