Ibrahim Balyawi

Indian Islamic scholar (1887–1967)

Allamah, Maulana Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi


6th Principal, Darul Uloom Deoband
In office 1957–1967
Preceded by	Hussain Ahmad Madani
Succeeded by	Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad

Personal
Born	1887 Qazipura, Ballia district, British India
Died	27 December 1967(1967-12-27) (aged 79–80) Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India
Resting place	Qasmi cemetery, Deoband
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Deobandi
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Muslim leader
Students Sharif Hasan Deobandi, Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri

Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1967), also spelt as Muhammad Ibrahim Balliavi, was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the 6th Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He spent almost 50 years instructing Hadith, Mantiq, Islamic philosophy, and other subjects at Darul Uloom Deoband.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi was born in 1304 AH (1887 AD) at Qazipura, Ballia. His family came to Jaunpur from the Jhang district of Punjab province, then settled in Ballia. His father, Abdur Rahim, was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Jaunpur.^[4]^[5]^[6]

He received his elementary education in Persian and Arabic from Jamiluddin Naginavi in Jaunpur, read books on logic from Farooq Ahmad Chirayakoti and Hidayatullah Khan Rampuri, and studied theology from Abdul Ghaffar Mauwi.^[4]^[5]

He entered Darul Uloom Deoband in 1325 AH (1907 AD) and graduated from there in 1327 AH (1909 AD). At the Deoband seminary, his teachers included Mahmood Hasan Deobandi and Azizur Rahman Usmani.^[4]

Career

After graduation, Balyawi was first appointed as a teacher at Madrasa Alia Fatehpuri, Delhi. Then he spent some time as a teacher at Umri Kalan, Moradabad.^[4]^[5] In 1331 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband and remained there until 1339 AH.^[4]

Between 1340 AH and 1343 AH, he held the position of principal in Darul Uloom Mau and Madrasa Imdadia Darbhanga. He returned to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1343 AH as a teacher and resigned from there in 1362 AH. After that, he served as principal at Jamia Islamia Talimuddin, Madrasa Alia Fathpuri, Delhi, and Hathazari Madrasa, respectively.^[7]^[8]

In 1366 AH, he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom for the third time at Qari Muhammad Tayyib's recommendation and with the approval of the Majlis-e-Shura (the advisory committee of Darul Uloom).^[8] In 1377 AH (1957 AD), after the demise of Hussain Ahmad Madani, he was promoted to principal and held this position until his death, i.e., in 1387 AH (1967 AD).^[9]

He took the oath of Bay'ah at the hand of his student, Wasiullah Fatehpuri in Sufism, and became his authorised disciple.^[5]

Literary works

Balyawi's books include:^[10]^[11]^[12]

Hadiyyat al-Ahwadhi (a commentary on Jami' al-Tirmidhi)
Risala-e-Musafaha (a booklet on shaking hands in Islam)
Risala-e-Tarāweeh (a booklet on Tarawih)
Anwar-ul-Hikmah (a booklet in Islamic philosophy)
Ziya-un-Nujoom (a footnote on Sullam-ul-Uloom)

Death

Balyawi died on Wednesday, Ramadan 24, 1387 AH (December 27, 1967 AD) in Deoband and was buried in Qasmi cemetery.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

References

Citations

^ Khalid Hossain, Abul Fayez Muhammad (2005). "Ibrahim Balyawi". Islami Bishwakosh (in Bengali). Vol. 4. Dhaka: Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. pp. 708–709. ISBN 984-06-0955-6.
^ Kaleem, Mohd (2017). Contribution of Old boys of Darul uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Faculty of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 139–142. hdl:10603/364028. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ Qasmi, Mazharul Islam Osman (2015). Student Life Of 100 Famous Scholars (in Bengali). Bangladesh: Baad Comprint and Publications. pp. 94–96.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rizwi 1981, p. 72.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Qasmi 2020, p. 587.
^ Adrawi, Asir (1994). Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (First ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 7.
^ Rizwi 1981, pp. 72–73.
^ ^a ^b Miftahi, Zafeeruddin (1980). Mashaheer-e-Ulama-e-Darul Uloom Deoband (in Urdu) (first ed.). Deoband: Daftar Ijalas-e-Sad Sala. pp. 70–71.
^ Qasmi 2020, pp. 588, 751.
^ Rizwi 1981, p. 74.
^ Qasmi 2020, p. 589.
^ Sajjad Husain Qasmi, Maulana (2018). "Services of Ulama-e Deoband in the realm of Hadith science" (PDF). Voice of Darul Uloom. 3. India: Darul Uloom Waqf: 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ Bukhari, Akbar Shah (1999). Akabir Ulama-e-Deoband (in Urdu). Lahore: Idara-e-Islamiat. pp. 187–189.
^ Banuri, Muhammad Yusuf (2020). Yad-e-Raftagāñ (in Urdu). Banuri town, Karachi: Maktaba Bayyinat, Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. pp. 50–51.
^ Azmi, Habibur Rahman Qasmi, ed. (February 2010). "Shaikh al-Mantiq wa al-Falsafah Hazrat Allamah Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi, by Fuzailurrahman Hilal Usmani". Monthly Darul Uloom (in Urdu). 94 (2). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband: 42–47.
^ Akbarabadi, Saeed Ahmad, ed. (January 1968). "Nazarāt". Monthly Burhan (in Urdu). Vol. 60, no. 1. Delhi: Nadwatul Musannifeen. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

Bibliography

Rizwi, Syed Mehboob (1981). "Allamah Muhammad Ibrahim Balliavi". History of Dar al Ulum Deoband. Vol. 2. Translated by Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi (1st ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam. pp. 72–74.
Qasmi, Muhammadullah (October 2020). Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh (in Urdu) (3rd ed.). India: Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy. OCLC 1345466013.