'Ali al-Muttaqi al-Hindi

علي المتقي الهندي

c. 1567 CE · 975 AH

'Ali al-Muttaqi al-Hindi — a scholar of works and one of the righteous, on a great side of scrupulosity, piety and striving in worship; many works to his name and frequent karamat; he died at Mecca after a long mujawara 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
South Asia · Arabia
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad, mufti of Zabid · Abu al-Su'ud Afandi · Abu Numayy II, sharif of Mecca · Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti · Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (Mujaddid-i Alf-i Thani)

Scripture and its sciences

Summary

'Ali al-Muttaqi b. Husam al-Din al-Hindi, then of Mecca; one of the working scholars and righteous servants of God, of great scrupulosity, piety and striving in worship and renunciation; he left many works and many graces, and died at Mecca after a long sojourn there. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 379
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