Ashraf 'Ali Thanwi (August 19, 1863 – July 4, 1943) was a prominent Indian Sunni Muslim scholar of the Deobandi school.
Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884. After his graduation, Thanwi taught religious sciences in Kanpur for fourteen years. Over a short period of time, he acquired a reputable position as a religious scholar, of Sufism among other subjects. His teaching attracted numerous students and his research and publications became well known in Islamic institutions. During these years, he traveled to various cities and villages, delivering lectures in the hope of reforming people. Printed versions of his lectures and discourses would usually become available shortly after these tours. Until then, few Islamic scholars had had their lectures printed and widely circulated in their own lifetimes. The desire to reform the masses intensified in him during his stay at Kanpur.
Ashraf Ali Thanwi was a prolific author. His literary contributions are in the order of eight hundred to one thousand in number, including sermons, discussions, discourses, treatises, and books.
Thanwi died in Thāna Bhāwan on July 4, 1943. His funeral prayer was led by his nephew, Zafar Ahmad Uthmānī, and he was buried in the graveyard of 'Ishq-e-Bāzān.
Indian Muslim scholar (1863–1943)
| Born | August 19, 1863 |
| Died | July 4, 1943 |
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Indian Muslim scholar (1863–1943)
| Born | August 19, 1863 |
| Died | July 4, 1943 |
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Islam, Religious life, Doctrines, Sufism, Customs and practices, Conduct of life, Urdu Islamic sermons, Islamic law, Muslim women, Deoband School (Islam), Islamic ethics, Islamic sermons, Urdu, Muslims, Biography, Correspondence, Future punishment, Muslim saints, Prayer, Religious aspects, Sin, Apologetic works, Bareilly School (Islam), Commentaries, Interpretation and construction, Islam and musicPeople
Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī, Muḥammad Prophet (d. 632), Imdādullāh Thānvī (1817-1899), Muḥammad Imdād Allāh Thānvī (1814-1896), Abulḥasan ʻAlī Nadvī (1913-), Muḥammad Imdād Allāh Thanvī (1814-1896), Muḥammad Prophet (-632), ʻAbdulbārī (1889-1976), Ḥāfiẓ (14th cent)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL3189450A
- ISNI: 0000000118048588
- Library of Congress Names: n82107885
- VIAF: 162236339
- Wikidata: Q348127
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q348127
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Alternative names
- Ashraf Ali Thanvi
- Ashraf Ali Thanvi.
- A. A. Thanvi
- M. Thanvi
- Ashraf ʻAli Thanvi
- Maulana Ashraf Thanvi
- M. A. A. Thanvi
- M. Ashraf Ali Thanvi
- Ahsraf Ali Thanvi
- Asahraf Ali Thanvi
- Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī
- Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī
- Ashraf Ali Thanyi
- Thanwi, Ashraf Ali Maulana.
- Ashraf ʻAli Thānvī
- Ashraf Alī Thānvī
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