Ashraf Ali Thanwi

Maulana (Master) Ashraf Ali Thanwi ( born August 19, 1863 in Thana Bhawan, Uttar Pradesh; [ The way of the Muslim community or the teacher of teachers ] also known as Hakeem -ul- Ummat, † 1943) was a renowned scholar of Islam. He came from the Sunni orthodox Dar ul - Ulum Deoband.

He wrote approximately 1365 books on different areas of Islam. He was regarded as a specialist in the science of hadith and the Hanafi law.

Thanwi was known for his many criticisms of Praktikten the Sufis and Shia. He wrote a number of works to, for example, the Hifzul Iman ( " faith protection" ), in which he condemned the among the Muslims of South Asia widespread worship of graves and the solicitation of intercession with prophets, saints and other people. Furthermore, he rejected the opinion of the Barelwi - Sufis, Muhammad continues to exist in the form of " light ". This Praktikten and beliefs he referred further as kufr ( non-Islamic ), shirk ( polytheism ) and bid ʿ a ( heretical ). In response it was stated in a fatwa issued by the Barelvi - Sufi scholar Ahmed Raza Khan from 1900, along with other Deobandi Ulema to unbelievers because they including no "Love for the Prophet " empfänden, have insulted the Prophet and thereby committed kufr should. So its all people who do not declare the Deobandis to unbelievers ( takfir to speak ) and see this as also unbelievers. In the fatwa, he is compared to Muhammad ibn Abd al - Wahhab, Ibn Taymiyya and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.