Deobandi movement
A living tradition within Hanafi school.
Deobandi movement is a living tradition within Hanafi school. Also written Deoband school, Darul Uloom Deoband tradition.
Origin
Founders named in the sources: Muhammad Qasim Nanautvi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. Founding date given as 1866-1867. Sources reached differ by one year: Oxford Bibliographies dates the Deoband madrasa to 1866-7, a Cambridge volume chapter gives 1867. Both are recorded rather than reconciled. Founded at Deoband, Uttar Pradesh; the curriculum reform emphasised mastery of Qur'an and hadith over the older madrasa syllabus.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Deobandi movement.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-deobandi-movement.
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