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Muhammad Saad Kandhlavi
Ameer of Tablighi Jamaat (Nizamuddin Markaz) in India
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 November 2015
Preceded byPosition established
Personal life
Born10 May 1965 (1965-05-10) (age 61)
Kandhla, Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, India
EducationMadarsa Kashiful Uloom, Hazrat Nizamuddin
OccupationPreacher Islamic scholar, Da'i of Tablighi Jamaat
RelativesMohammed Harun Kandhlavi (father)
Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlavi (grandfather) Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlavi (great-grandfather) Salman Mazahiri (father-in-law)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi (Tablighi)
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Muhammad Saad Kandhlavi (born 10 May 1965) is an Indian Muslim scholar and preacher. He is the great-grandson of the Tablighi Jamat founder Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlavi.[1][2] He heads the Nizamuddin faction of the Tablighi Jamat.[3][4]

Early life

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Saad Kandhlavi was born on 10 May 1965 (1385 AH) in Western Uttar Pradesh's Kandhla town in Shamli District. He is the great-grandson of the founder of Tablighi Jamaat, Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlavi, through former ameer of the Tablighi Jamaat Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlavi.[2]

He completed his Dars-e-Nizami studies from Madrasa Kashiful Uloom at Nizamuddin Markaz, Nizamuddin West, South Delhi in 1987.[2][5]

Career

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The former head of the Tablighi Jamaat Inamul Hasan Kandhlavi had formed a 10-member legislation before his death in 1995 to look after the jamaat affairs. Most of the scholars in this group died in between 1995 and 2015, including Zubairul Hasan Kandhlavi. On 16 November 2015, .[6] He started to lead the Nizamuddin Markaz faction of the Tablighi Jamaat.[1][4]

Reception

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Some of Kandhlavi's statements lead the Deobandi scholars to issue fatawa against him. South African Mufti Ebrahim Desai published such a fatwa on his website Askimam.[7] The Islamic seminary of India Darul Uloom Deoband also issued a fatwa against Kandhlavi, questioning his leadership.[8][9][10]

Zaid Mazahiri of the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama also wrote many treatises over this issue including Tablighi Jamat Ka Bahami Ikhtelaf awr Ittehad-o-Ittefaq awr Sulah-o-Safaii Ki ek Koshish (Internal Dispute of Tablighi Jamat: An attempt to mutually unite, and reconcile).[11] Following these reactions, British scholar Yusuf Motala wrote and spoke in the defence of Kandhlavi.[12]

Nizamuddin Markaz COVID-19 hotspot

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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a sudden lockdown was imposed in India. Everyone was stuck wherever they were with no chance to move anywhere because transport was affected by the lockdown. This also affected Nizamuddin Markaz and thousands of people were forced to stay there. A large number of worshippers from Nizamuddin Markaz tested positive for COVID-19,[13] which resulted in the Delhi Government registering an FIR against Kandhlavi for organizing a Tablighi Jamaat religious event at the Markaz. There was a restriction of such gatherings after 16 March.[14][15][16][17][18]

After that,they had also sought help from Kandhlavi and mosque authorities to allow for worshippers to vacate the premises on 25 March.[19] The super-spreader event at the mosque resulted in 4,000 confirmed cases[20] and at least 27 COVID-19-related deaths.[21] One media outlet claimed that Kandhlavi was charged on 16 April with manslaughter over the gathering;[22][23] while another media outlet stated that no charges were ever laid against him.[24] Despite the mosque being locked since March 2020, on 23 August 2021, the Delhi High court ordered the Delhi police to open the residential portion of the mosque, containing Kandhlavi's house, within two days.[25][26]

Family life

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Saad is a son-in-law of Salman Mazahiri.[27]

During a police raid in April 2020,[28] it was exposed in the media that Saad owns a large farmhouse in the Shamli District of Delhi. The farmhouse's mansion is equipped with plush interiors, CCTVs, electric fence, ferocious dogs.,[29] swimming pool,[30] some cars,[31] exotic animals and exotic birds.[32] It is a common inherited land and property from some of his ancestors. The media also revealed that the electricity bills were being paid under his son's name, Yusuf bin Saad,[33] further proving his ownership of the house. However, Saad and his offsprings used to live in an apartment linked to Markaz Nizamuddin Building from the time of his Great Grandfather Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlavi. Saad's relative, Badrul Hassan has defended Saad claiming that although he owns the mansion, he only goes there once every month.[34]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Saad Kandhalvi". themuslim500. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Saad Kandhalvi: The Indian preacher at the centre of Ijtema dispute". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tableeghi Jamaat in Britain splits into two factions". TheNews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 Ghazali, Abdus Satar (12 October 2018). "Global leadership split in Tablighi Jamaat echoes in San Francisco Bay Area". countercurrents.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Saad Kandhalvi: The Indian preacher at the centre of Ijtema dispute". 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tablighi Jamaat at the crossroads". MilliGazette. 30 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Mufti Ebrahim Desai. "The Noble work of Tabligh and Ml Saad". AskImam.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Clarification Of Darul Uloom Deoband About Ruju Of Maulana Saad Kandhlavi". Deoband.net. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Darul Uloom Deoband's Stand About Maulana Saad Kandhlavi Of Tabligh". Deoband.net. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  10. ↑ Iqbal, Sajid (25 February 2018). "A HOUSE DIVIDED". dawn.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Zaid Mazahiri Nadwi. "Tablighi Jamat Ka Bahami Ikhtelaf awr Ittehad-o-Ittefaq awr Sulah-o-Safaii Ki ek Koshish" (PDF). archive.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Letter to Maulana Yusuf Motala". Scribd. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "India: 6 Tablighi Jamaat members test COVID-19 positive". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "Delhi government orders FIR against Nizamuddin Maulana". Archived from the original on 16 October 2020.
  15. ↑ Hashmi, Rasia (30 March 2020). "Nizamuddin:Delhi govt. orders FIR against Maulana Saad Kandhalvi". siasat.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "Nizamuddin congregation: Arvind Kejriwal orders FIR against maulana". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "Nizamuddin congregation: Arvind Kejriwal orders FIR against maulana". India Today. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "Corona positive cases from Nizamuddin religious gathering spread across states, 6 dead in Telangana". Outlook (India). Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
  19. ↑ Staff Reporter (31 March 2020). "Nizamuddin markaz had sought help from authorities for vacating premises". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
  20. ↑ "30 Per Cent Of Coronavirus Cases Linked To Delhi Mosque Event: Government". NDTV. 4 April 2020.
  21. ↑ "Three more Covid-19 deaths in Telangana, all linked to Markaz event". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  22. ↑ "India coronavirus: Tablighi Jamaat leader on manslaughter charge over Covid-19". BBC News. 16 April 2020.
  23. ↑ Ahmed, Zubair (28 April 2020). "India coronavirus: Tablighi Jamaat gives blood for plasma therapy". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  24. ↑ Lama, Prawesh (18 March 2022). "Two years after Markaz sealing, little headway in case against Maulana Saad". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  25. ↑ "दिल्ली पुलिस को हाई कोर्ट की फटकार, 'दो दिन के अंदर मौलाना साद के घर को खोलने का आदेश'" [Delhi police reprimanded by High Court order to open Maulana Saad's house within two days]. The Reports (in Bengali). 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  26. ↑ "Nizamuddin Markaz: Delhi HC directs police to hand over keys of residential portion". The Hindu. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  27. ↑ "بڑی خبر : مولانا سعد کاندھلوی کی کورونا رپورٹ نیگیٹیو!". millattimes.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  28. ↑ "Delhi Police raids farmhouse of Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad".
  29. ↑ "Maulana Saad Farm House".
  30. ↑ "Maulana Saad Farmhouse Swimming Pool".
  31. ↑ "Tablighi Chief Maulana Saad who preaches a simple lifestyle caught with a plush farmhouse, swimming pool, and high-end vehicles". 4 April 2020.
  32. ↑ "Exotic Birds and Animal in Maulana Saad's Farmhouse".
  33. ↑ "Luxurious life of Maulana Saad, owns plush farmhouse in Shamli".
  34. ↑ "Kin call Jamaat chief 'cult figure' with 'low profile'". 2 April 2020.
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