Stepping off the busy London street and through the welcoming threshold of the UK’s oldest Islamic bookshop, and immediately I can breathe. The hurry and hustle of life, of the city, slip off as easily as my coat when I enter the hushed, comforting atmosphere of this literary sanctuary. For the past forty years, Ta-Ha […]
M. Rahmatullahi Kairanvi
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Rahmatullahi Kairanvi (1818 – 1891) was an Indian Muslim scholar and author who is best known for his work, Izhar ul Haq. He is a descendant of the third Caliph, Uthman ibn Affan. Kairanvi began receiving traditional Islamic education at the age of 6 and had memorised the Qur’an at the age of 12. He also learned Arabic and Persian as well as mathematics and medicine. Working as a Mufti and Sharia teacher, he founded a religious school in Kairana, India.
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