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Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (also written as Saʻīd Aḥmad Pālanpūrī) (1940 – 19 May 2020), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. A number of his books are required readings in Darul Uloom Deoband.

Biography

Palanpuri was born in 1940 in Kaleda village, Vadgam then in the Palanpur State. He studied at the Mazahir Uloom and then attended the Darul Uloom Deoband, where he graduated in traditional dars-e-nizami studies. His teachers included Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad, Ibrahim Balyawi, Mahdi Hasan Shahjahanpuri, and Naseer Ahmad Khan.

Palanpuri joined Jamia Ashrafiya in Rander as a teacher in 1965 and taught there for about ten years. He was appointed as a teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband in 1973 at the recommendation of Manzur Nu'mani. In 2008, he succeeded Naseer Ahmad Khan as Shaykh al-Hadith and also served as Principal. His teaching career in Darul Uloom Deoband lasted for over 50 years.

Pratibha Patil awarded Palanpuri the President's Certificate of Honour on the 64th Independence Day of India.

Reaction towards Madrasa Board scheme

Palanpuri maintained the view that the Indian Government's Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM) will end in fiasco.

Literary works

Palanpuri's works include:

• Tuhfatul Qari
• Tafseer Hidayat al-Quran
• Mabadiyat-e-Fiqh
• Aap Fatwa Kaise Dein?
• Hurmat-e-Musahirat
• Dadhi awr Anbiya ki Sunnat
• Tehshiya Imdad al-Fatawa (Marginalia to Ashraf Ali Thanwi's 6 volume Imdad al-Fatawa).
• Tasheel Adilla-e-Kamilah (Commentary to Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's Adilla-e-Kamilah).
• Mashaheer Muhaddiseen, Fuqaha Kiram awr Tadhkirah Rawiyan-e-Kutb-e-Hadith
• Rahmatullahil Wasiah (5 volume commentary to Shah Waliullah Dehlawi's Hujjatullahil Balighah)
• Mahfuzat

Death

Palanpuri had diabetes and was admitted to a Mumbai hospital, where he died on 19 May 2020 (25 Ramadan 1441 AH). He was buried in a graveyard located in Oshiwara, Mumbai and very few people were allowed to attend his last rites due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Islamic scholars Abul Qasim Nomani, Arshad Madani, Mehmood Madani and Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi expressed grief at his death.

References

1. ^ Qāsmi 2020, pp. 748–749.
2. List of awardees of Presidential Certificate of Honour (PDF), Ministry of Human Resource Development, retrieved 19 May 2020
3. Butt, John (16 March 2020). A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789353058029.
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5. ^ Aftab Ghazi Qasmi; Abdul Haseeb Qasmi. Fuzala-e-Deoband Ki Fiqhi Khidmat [Fiqhi Services of the Graduates of Deoband] (in Urdu) (February 2011 ed.). Deoband: Kutub Khana Naimia. pp. 374–377.
6. "سوانح حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری" [Biography of Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]. 19 May 2020.
7. ^ "Introduction of Mufti Saeed Ahmed Palanpuri". jamianoorululoom.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
8. ^ "حضرت مولانا مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالن پوری شیخ الحدیث دار العلوم دیوبند انتقال کر گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri passed away]. The Siasat Daily. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
9. Bijnori, Muhammad Salman, ed. (July 2020). "Maulana Mufti Saeed Ahmed Palan Puri by Noor Alam Khalil Amini". Monthly Darul Uloom (in Urdu). 104 (6–7): 45–46.
10. Pālanpuri, Mustafa Ameen (July 2020). Hayāt -e- Sa'eed Ek Nazar Mein ['Hayat-e-Saeed' at a glance] (in Urdu) (1 ed.). Deoband: Dār-ul- irfān. p. 12.
11. "Shaykh (Mufti) Saeed Ahmed Palunpuri (RA)". central-mosque.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
12. "علم و دین کے بےمثال خادم تھے مفتی محمد سعید پالنپوری : مفتی عثمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the great servant of Islam and Knowledge: Mufti Uthmani].
13. ^ "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے: مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی" [Mufti Saeed Palanpuri was one of the main pillars of Darul Uloom Deoband: Abul Qasim Nomani]. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
14. "مفتی سعید پالن پوری دارالعلوم کی تدریسی رونق اور علم دین کی خدمات کا ایک اہم ستون تھے : مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی".
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18. Khatoon, Aaisha (2017). Aazadi ke Baad Hindustan ki Khidmaat e Hadith (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University. p. 206. hdl:10603/364027. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
19. Shahabuddin (2006). Beeswin Sadi Main Ulama e Jamia Azhar Misr or Ulama e Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Tafseeri Khidmaat Ka Taqabuli Mutalah (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University. p. 133. hdl:10603/250326.
20. Kaleem, Mohd (2017). Contribution of Old boys of Darul uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 288–289. hdl:10603/364028. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
21. "مفتی سعید احمد پالنپوری ؒکا انتقال ایک عظیم سانحہ:مولانا ارشدمدنی". 19 May 2020.
22. "مفتی سعید احمد صاحب پالنپوری شیخ الحدیث و صدر المدرسین دارالعلوم دیوبند داعیٔ أجل کو لبیک کہہ گئے" [Mufti Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal Darul Uloom Deoband no more]. AsreHazir.com. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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Bibliography

• Yazici, Ahmet (28 December 2021). "Hintli Âlim Müftî Saʿid Ahmed Palanpûrî'nin Nesih Anlayışı". Trabzon İlahiyat Dergisi (in Turkish). 8 (2): –. ISSN 2651-4559.
• Kaleem, Mohd (2017). Contribution of Old boys of Darul uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 151–153. hdl:10603/364028. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
• Pālanpuri, Muhammad Ameen (2020). Hayāt -e- Sa'eed [Life of Sa'eed] (in Urdu) (1 ed.). Maktaba al Hijāz, Deoband.
• Pālanpuri, Mustafa Ameen (July 2020). Hayāt -e- Sa'eed Ek Nazar Mein ['Hayat-e-Saeed' at a glance] (in Urdu) (1 ed.). Deoband: Dār-ul- irfān.
• Bijnori, Muhammad Salmān, ed. (June–July 2020). "Zikr-e-Sa'eed". Dārul Uloom Monthly (in Urdu). 104 (6–7). Maktaba Darul Uloom Deoband.
• Bijnori, Muhammad Salmān, ed. (August–September 2020). "Zikr-e-Sa'eed". Dārul Uloom Monthly (in Urdu). 104 (8–9). Maktaba Darul Uloom Deoband.
• Qāsmi, Muḥammadullah (October 2020). Darul Uloom Deoband ki Jami' wa Mukhtasar Tārīkh [A Brief and Summarized History of Darul Uloom Deoband] (in Urdu) (2 ed.). Deoband: Shaykhul Hind Academy. pp. 659–660. OCLC 1345466013.

• 2020 deaths
• 1942 births
• Deobandis
• Hadith scholars
• Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
• Muftis
• Darul Uloom Deoband alumni
• Principals of Darul Uloom Deoband
• People from Banaskantha district
• Mazahir Uloom alumni
• Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband
• Members of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband