Aslam Jairajpuri
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| Born | 27 January 1882 Jairajpur (Azamgarh-UP – India) British India |
| Died | 28 December 1955 Delhi, India |
| Known for | Scholar and writer on Qur'an, Hadith, Islamic History. |
Aslam Jairajpuri (Urdu:علامہ اسلم جیراجپوری) was a scholar of
Early life
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His father, Salamtullah Jairajpuri (1850–1904) was a member of Ahl-e-Hadith movement (not the Ahl-e-Hadith sect), hence Allama Aslam's house at his birth, was a city center for Ahl-e-Hadith ullema. After his birth his father was asked by Nawab Siddik Hasan Khan (نواب صدیق حسن خان) to take the chair of presidency of Madrisah Vakfiah in Bhopal, which he took whilst his son stayed behind in Jairajpur. For his infancy years he was mostly raised by his maternal parents, which made him closer to the two.
His father sent him to the maktab (school) at the age of five. This school was just next to Allama Aslam's house in Jairajpur. Next year his father took him and his mother to
was taught by his own father. Aslam also learned the martial arts of Bana, Bank, Banot and shooting.In his early years, with his friend Tauqeer al-Hasan (توقیر الحسن), after research and discussion regarding the reason of tradition (تقلید) for a long time, these two scholars came to the conclusion that according to principles of Fiqh, i.e. Muslim Jurisprudence, the laws can be changed and amended according to the time and necessity.
After finishing the education, in 1903 Aslam Jairajpuri joined Paisa Newspaper in Lahore, as a translator. Next year in June 1904 he received the letter regarding his father's illness and he hurried back to Bhopal. Next day his father died. It was 15 June 1904 / 30 Rabi-ul-Avval 1322.
In 1904 Aslam met with Maulvi Abdullah Chakralvi (مولوی عبداللہ چکڑالوی). When he heard that he did not believe in all hadith but after a discussion of three hours he was not able to convince Allama Aslam of his own ideas. Even after this, Aslam kept searching about the true place of hadith in Islam.
Professor at Aligarh Muslim University
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In 1906 Aslam came to Aligarh College and for six years taught Arabic and Persian at college level. In 1912 he was put in charge of the Eastern section of the Litton Library of the college where he catalogued the books. When the college turned into Aligarh Muslim University, he was made the professor of Arabic and Persian.
This was around 1912 when he was in Aligarh Muslim University, that which he wrote "Talemat-e-Koran."
Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia
See also Jamia Millia Islamia
At the insistence of
He was also a regular contributor of
His meeting with Ghulam Ahmed Pervez
See also
Qur'an and hadith
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The question of status of
However, this position regarding hadith is in contradiction with its historically accepted status among majority school of thoughts. Many scholars after him gave befitting answers to the objections raised by Maulana Jairajpuri. One example is Maulana Abdur Rahman Kilani, who wrote an extensive book named "Aina-e-Parveziat" which addressed many questions about the status of Hadith in Islam.
Works
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Quranic scholarship
1. Talimat-e-Koran – تعلیمات قرآن
This book is about the rules and regulations proving that Koran is enough to explain itself and Koran in itself is complete. Based on this, his friend Allama
2 . Tarikh-ul- Qur'an – تاریخ القرآن
This scholarly book is about the history of
Publications
3.Tarikh-ul-Ummat – تاریخ الامّت in Seven Volumes
This is one of the best written books on the history of Islamic Nation. This book only considers the authentic and rationale historical evidences in its inclusion.
4. Risala Mehjob-al-Arth – رسالہ محجوب الارث
Allama Aslam has proved in this by
5. Novadrat – نوادرات
This book contains Allama Aslam's articles.
6. Fateh Misr – فاتح مصر
This book is the biography of conqueror of Egypt, Umar bin al-As's history
7. Hayat-e-Hafiz – حیات حافظ
This book is Khwaja Hafiz Shirazi's biography.
8. Hayat-e-Jami – حیات جامی
9. Akaed-e-Islam – عقائد اسلام
10. Arkan-e-Islam – ارکان اسلام
11. Tarikh-e-Najad – تاریخ نجد
12. Al-Wrath fil-Islam – الوراثۃ فی الاسلام This book includes all the things with (dalail) which entered in Hanfi Fiqh and are against Koranic Teachings.
Notes
- ^ "Urdu Articles and Books". Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
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External links
Books by Allama Aslam Jairajpri: [1]
Tareekh-al-Ummat Volume 1 : [2]
Tareekh-al-Ummat Volume 2: [3]
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