Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi

Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi
Born1910
Meerut, United Provinces of British India
Died1991(1991-00-00) (aged 80–81)
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Academic background
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
Academic work
Notable worksTarikh-e-Millat
Religious life
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceHanafi
Muslim leader
Disciple ofAbdul Mumin Deobandi

Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi (also written as Qazi Zainul Abideen Sajjad Meerthi) (1910–1991) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and historian and head of the Islamic studies department of Jamia Millia Islamia. His book Tarikh-e-Millat is required reading in the syllabus of Darul Uloom Deoband and in madrasas affiliated with it.[1]

Biography

Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi was born in 1910 in Meerut, United Provinces of British India. He was schooled at Darul Uloom Meerut and Madrasa Imdad al-Islam in Meerut. He graduated in Arabic literature from Allahabad University and specialized in ahadith at Darul Uloom Deoband under Anwar Shah Kashmiri and Hussain Ahmad Madani in 1346 AH.[2][3] He was a disciple of Abdul Mumin Deobandi, who was Mahmud Hasan Deobandi's brother-in-law.[3]

At Tajwar Najibabadi's request, Meerthi became joint editor of Najibabadi's journal Adabi Dunya. He later joined Nadwatul Musannifeen, a publishing house established by Atiqur Rahman Usmani along with Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi and Hifzur Rehman Seoharwi in Delhi in 1938.[1] Meerthi joined Jamia Millia Islamia as a professor of History and exegesis at the request of its former Vice Chancellor, Mohammad Mujeeb.[2] He was a member of the executive council of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, the administrative council of Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow and Aligarh Muslim University's Theology faculty.[3] He published Al-Haram, a monthly journal from Meerut, from 1957 to 1964.[4] He was a member of the governing body of Darul Uloom Deoband from 1962 until his death.[2][1] Meerthi died in 1991 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.[1][2]

Literary works

Meerthi's books include:[3]

  • Tarikh-e-Millat, 3 volumes namely Nabi al-Arabi, Khilafat-e-Rashida and Khilafat Banu Umayyah[5]
  • Bayan al-Lisan
  • Qamoos al-Quran [6]
  • Intikhab-e-Sihah Sitta
  • Sirat-e-Tayyibah
  • Shaheed-e-Karbala
  • Arabi Bol Chaal
  • Nabi arabi[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Nayab Hasan Qasmi. "Mawlana Qazi Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi". Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama. Deoband: Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami. pp. 195–197.
  2. ^ a b c d Asir Adrawi. "Qazi Zayn al-Abidin Meerthi". Karwan-e-Rafta (in Urdu) (1st, 1994 ed.). Deoband: Darul Muallifeen. p. 105.
  3. ^ a b c d Syed Mehboob Rizwi (1981). History of the Dar al-Ulum, Deoband. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). Darul Uloom Deoband. pp. 36, 114–116.
  4. ^ Javed Ashraf Qasmi. "Islami Sahafat Mai Hissa". Faizan Darul Uloom Deoband (in Urdu). Mewat: Madrasa Ubay ibn Kab. p. 189. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ^ Khan, Abdul Waris (1999). Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla [The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study]. New Delhi: Islamic Book Foundation. pp. 106–123.
  6. ^ Adrawi, Asir (1995). Dabistan-i Deoband ki Ilmi Khidmaat (PDF) (in Urdu). Deoband, UP, India: Darulmuaallifeen. pp. 51–53. OCLC 47964786.
  7. ^ Ahmad, Ishtiaque (2020). Ulama E Deoband Ki Swaneh Umriyon Ka Tanqeedi Tajziya Azadi Se Qabl (PhD thesis) (in Urdu). India: Department of Urdu, Maulana Azad National Urdu University. pp. 85–86. hdl:10603/338413.