Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (Urdu: رشید احمد بن ہدایت احمد ایوبی انصاری گنگوہی ; 11 May 1829 – 11 August 1905) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, a leading figure of the Deobandi movement, a Hanafi jurist, a scholar of hadith, and a Sufi of the Indian Chisti order. Along with Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi he was a pupil of Maulana Mamluk Ali. Both studied the books of hadith under Shah Abdul Ghani and later became Sufi disciples of Haji Imdadullah.His lectures on Sahih al-Bukhari and Jami` at-Tirmidhi were recorded by his student Muhammad Yahya Kandhlawi, later edited, arranged, and commented on by Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi, and published as Lami` ad-Darari `ala Jami` al-Bukhari and al-Kawkab ad-Durri `ala Jami` at-Tirmidhi.
Personal facts
| Birth date | May 10, 1829 |
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| Date of death | August 11, 1905 |