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Subject: [Fatwa-Online | eFatwa] Shaykh Abdul-Ghaffaar Hasan passes away...
"The decrease in true scholarship is one of the signs of the final Day...Muslims cry when our shuyukh die, but do nothing to learn from them when they are alive."
The Shaykh, the Muhaddith, Abdul-Ghaffaar Hasan passed away on Thursday 22 March 2007 at the age of 94.
innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhe raaji'oon...
We ask you all to remember the Shaykh in your prayers and we ask Allaah ('Azza wa Jall) to cleanse the Shaykh of his sins and reward him with al-Firdaws, aameen.
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Dear all
Assalamu alaikum
My grandfather, Sheikh Abdul Ghaffar Hasan, died on Thursday at the age of 94 (in Islamabad).
He was a scholar of Hadith and was lecturer of Hadith at Madina University before he retired.
In fact, he was called to Madina when Sheikh Nasiruddin Albani retired, and so replaced his post. His students numbered thousands, including my father Sheikh Suhaib Hasan...
It is known that even Sheikh Ibn Baz would sometimes sit in his classes for his incredible knowledge of hadith.
I went to see him 4 years ago and was amazed at the clarity of his mind and memory. He advised me to teach students in my own home (as my children were very young) which is how my Friday study circle came into being.
I had the honour of translating his book “The rights and duties of women in Islam”
His funeral took place in Islamabad after Jum’ah…my father led the prayer.
May Allah give him Jannah.
The decrease in true scholarship is one of the signs of the final Day...Muslims cry when our shuyukh die, but do nothing to learn from them when they are alive.
Wassalam
Khola
Inna lillahi wan ina ilayhi rajiun
How truly these words apply to usThe decrease in true scholarship is one of the signs of the final Day...Muslims cry when our shuyukh die, but do nothing to learn from them when they are alive.
Inna lillah wa inna ilaihi Raaji'oon......May Allah Grant him the higest ranks of Paradise Ameen.
Inna lillah wa inna ilaihi Raaji'oon
ameen to duaa
Inna lillah wa inna ilaihi Raji'oon. May his knowledge live on through his writings. May he find his place in Paradise.
Innaa lillaahi wa inna alayhi raji'oon.. ameen to the duas.
inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raaji'oon
Ameen to the dua's,
may Allah help us be amongst the scholarly, Ameen!
Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi raji3un...
...ameen to all the du3as..
Inna lillahi wa inna illayhi raji'oun. Ameen to the duas.
And if anybody wants more information about him, here it is:
one of our great scholars from ahl us sunnah passed away. may Allah (SWT) have mercy on him and forgive him his sins. Indeed the passing of our scholars is very sad. It is with great sadness that I announce the passing away of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Ghaffar Hasan this morning in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Shaykh has been ill for some time now. You will probably know of the Shaykh in that he was the father of our beloved teacher Shaykh Suhaib Hasan and thus the grandfather of Imam Usama Hasan of Leyton, East London.
This is incredibly sad news for many of us who benefitted from him and not just for the obvious news of the loss of more of our senior scholars as we slip further into times of ignorance.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.
Please take some time out to ask Allah ‘azza wa jall to shower His Mercy upon him.
The Janazah prayer will be held tomorrow in Islamabad after the Jumu’ah prayer insha’Allah, almost certainly at King Faisal Masjid for those fortunate enough to be there to pray over him.
Rahimahullah rahmatan wasi’ah.
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A Short Biography of Sheikh Abdal Ghaffar Hasan:
His Birth:
His name is Abdul Ghaffaar Hasan the son of Shaykh Haafidh Abdus Sattaar Hasan, born in 1331H corresponding to 1913CE in Amrpoor; a district of Muzaffarnagar.
His Family:
He was from a family who were firm upon on the Qur’aan and Sunnah and his father, grandfather and other family members were major scholars of their time. Some of them were students of the great hadeeth teacher Shaykh ul-Qul fil-Qul Mian Nazeer Muhaddith Dehlawee.
His Education:
The Shaykh completed Dars Nizaamee from Daar ul-Hadeeth Rehmaania in Delhi in 1933. He then went to the universities of Lucknow and Punjab and graduated from there in 1935 and 1940 respectively. He taught in various institutions during his life. He taught hadeeth, Arabic and its associated sciences in Madrassah Rehmaania for 7 years. He then taught in Madrassah Kawthar al-Uloom and other institutions around Pakistan; in Lahore, Sialkot, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sahiwal and Karachi up until 1964. In 1964 he was requested to teach in Jaami Islaamiyyah Madeenah Munawwarah; he taught there for 16 years. He delivered lectures on hadeeth, uloom al-hadeeth and on Islaamic beliefs. During this time he also delivered lectures in the faculties of Sharee’ah, Usool-ud-Deen and Kuliyatul-Hadeeth Then between 1981 and 1985 he taught the monumental work, Saheeh al-Bukhaaree in the faculty of Islaamic Education in addition to other sciences.
His Efforts in Da’wah:
Post 1985 he worked with Daar ul-Iftaa Saudia and in this regard he travelled to various countries to establish the da’wah. Some of the countries he travelled to include:During his stay in Kenya, he established an institution by the name of Saaniwiyyah where he started to teach the various sciences of Islaam. On his return to Saudi Arabia he was sent to London, England to help with the da’wah efforts there. He established another institution in London by the name of The Qur’aan and Sunnah Society.
- Uganda,
- Kenya,
- England,
- Bangladesh
- India.
His Teachers:
His teachers were:His Students:
- Shaykh ul-Hadeeth Shaykh Ahmadullaah
- Shaykh ul-Hadeeth Ubaidullaah Mubaarakpooree (wa Rehmaanee)
- ShaykhNazeer Ahmad A’zamee
- Shaykh ul-Hadeeth ShaykhMuhammad Soortee (Ustaadh Jaamia Rehmaania)
- And for a short while he studied with the great hadeeth scholar AbdurRahmaan Mubaarakpooree [1]
Some of his students are:And many more…
- Shaykh Abdul Ghafoor Multaanee
- Shaykh Rabee Ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee
- Shaykh Abu Usaamah Ibn Eed al-Hilaalee
- Allaamah Ihsaan Zaheer Ilahi
- Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan
- Shaykh Abdullaah
- ShaykhMas’ood Alam
- Shaykh Abdul Hakeem.
- ShaykhMuhammad Basheer Siyaalkotee
- ShaykhMuhammad Abdullaah
- Shaykh Haafidh Ahmadullaah
- His three sons, all graduates of Madeenah University, Suhaib, Suhail and Raaghib Hasan.
His Works:
The Shaykh is an excellent writer and his mastery over the language is evident from his works. During his life the Shaykh authored a number of books but more so he wrote a great number of articles for the various Ahlul-Hadeeth magazines in India and Pakistan. He has authored many treatises in refutation of the Qaadiyaanee’s. Some of his other well known works include:1 He is the author of Tuhfatul Ahwadhee.
- A Selection of Hadeeth [2]
- The Status of Women In Islaam
- The Reality of Du’aa
- Exaggeration in the Religion
- The Greatness of Hadeeth [3]
2 This is a compilation of about 400 ahaadeeth with brief explanations.
3 This book is a great treasure in the field of hadeeth; it provides answers to the doubts and allegations of people who reject ahaadeeth.
This has really made me think about moving around the earth to study, SubhanAllah.
SubhanAllah, Innaa Lillaah.
I did not know that. :eek:[You will probably know of the Shaykh in that he was the father of our beloved teacher Shaykh Suhaib Hasan and thus the grandfather of Imam Usama Hasan of Leyton, East London.
AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabaraktuh,
Innalilahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon,
Ameen to all previous dua's
May Allah accept all our dua's forgive his sins and grant him jannah Ameen
Walaykum Saalaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
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