The Lineage of Scholarly Excellence
The scholars of the Farangi Mahall and their later offshoot, the Khairabadis, hail from a distinguished lineage of Islamic scholarship. Interestingly, despite being Maturidis (followers of Imam Maturidi), their chain of transmission ultimately leads back to al-Qadi al-Imam ‘Aḍud-Dīn Al-Ījī, a prominent Ashari scholar (follower of Imam al-Ash'ari). Imam Al-Ījī's intellectual lineage connects with the Imam of the Ahl-Sunnah, Imam Abu l-Hassan al-Ash'ari, through Imam Razi and Imam Ghazali.
Lasting Legacy of the Farangi Mahall
The Farangi Mahall produced some of the most influential Islamic scholars of the past three centuries. These include luminaries like Mulla Muhammad Mubeen Farangi Mahalli, Abu l-Hasanat Allama Abd al-Hayy Lucknowi, Mulla Hamd Allah al-Sindīlī, Mawlana Syed Kifayat Ali Kafi, Allama Fazl-e-Rasool Badayuni, Syed Shah Aal-Rasool Marehrwi, Mawlana Shah Fazl-e-Rahman Ganj Muradabadi, and Allama Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi. Each of these scholars, in turn, embodies a rich tradition within themselves, that direly needs to be explored.
Carrying the Torch at the Khairabadi Institute
We at the Khairabadi Institute are fortunate to have instructors directly linked to this scholarly tradition through established chains of transmission. Masha’Allah. The connection between the Khairabadis and Imam ‘Aḍud-Dīn Al-Ījī, the author of al-‘Aqā’id al-‘Aḍudīyyah, is shown below:
1. Imām al-Mutakallimīn, Fazl-e-Haq al-Khairābādī, from
2. Mawlānā Fazl-e-Imām al-Khairābādī, from
3. Mawlānā Abdul Wājid al-Khairābādī, from
4. Mawlānā Muhammad A'lam al-Sindīlī, from
5. Mawlānā Nizāmuddīm, Ustādh al-Kull (after whom dars-e nizāmī is named), from
6. Mullā Qutbuddīn al-Shahīd, from
7. Mawlānā Dānyāl, from
8. Mawlānā Abd al-Salām al-Dīwī, from
9. Mawlānā Abd al-Salām al-Lāhorī, from
10. Al-Allāma Fathullāh al-Shīrāzī, from
11. Mawlānā Jamāluddīn Mahmūd al-Shīrāzī, from
12. Al-Muhaqqiq Jalāluddīn Muhammad al-Siddīqī al-Dawwānī, from
13. Khawāja Hassan Shah al-Baqqāl, from
14. Al-Sayyid al-Sharīf, Abū al-Hassan, Alī b. Muhammad al-Jurjānī' from
15. al-Qadi, al-Imam ‘Aḍud-Dīn Al-Ījī' (May Allah have mercy upon them all).
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