By Ḥaḍrat Shaykh Muḥammad Zakariyyā Kāndhlawi Translated by Shoaib A. Rasheed[1] Click here to download a PDF version of this article: The Academic Education and Spiritual Training of Hadrat Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi Maulana Rashīd Aḥmad Gangōhi (1826-1905) was an important figure in the history of Deoband. He was one of the college’s founding members, as well as its second patron (sarparast). In the realm of Sufism, he was responsible for setting the boundaries of acceptable practices within Deobandi Sufism. He was one of the two major transmitters of the Chishti-Ṣābiri line through Ḥājī Imdādullāh, the other being Maulana Ashraf ʿAlī Thānwi…
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