Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi was born on 10 May 1965 and is an Indian Muslim scholar and preacher.
11 Facts About Saad Kandhlawi
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Saad Kandhlawi is the great-grandson of the Tablighi Jamat founder Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi.
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Saad Kandhlawi was born on 10 May 1965 in Western Uttar Pradesh's Kandhla town in Shamli District.
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Saad Kandhlawi is the great-grandson of the founder of Tablighi Jamat, Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi through former ameer of the Tablighi Jamat Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi.
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Saad Kandhlawi completed his Dars-e-Nizami studies from Madrasa Kashiful Uloom at Nizamuddin Markaz, Nizamuddin West, South Delhi in 1987.
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Former head of the Tablighi Jamat Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi had formed a 10-member legislation before his death in 1995 to look after the Jamat affairs.
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Saad Kandhlawi did not agree with this shura and declared himself as the head of Jamat, leading to conflicts within the movement.
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Saad Kandhlawi subsequently started to lead the Nizamuddin Markaz faction of the Tablighi Jamat.
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The Islamic seminary of India Darul Uloom Deoband issued a fatwa against Saad Kandhlawi, questioning his leadership.
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The media revealed that the electricity bills were being paid under his son's name, Yusuf bin Saad Kandhlawi, further proving his ownership of the house.
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The property has been a tightly kept secret and is widely unknown to his followers as Saad Kandhlawi preaches a simple lifestyle.