Abdur Rab Jaunpuri | |
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| Born | 1875 Mullatola, Jaunpur, North-Western Provinces |
| Died | June 1935 (aged 59–60) Mollatala, Jaunpur, United Provinces |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Taiyuni |
| Occupation | Theologian, author |
| Relatives | Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (grandfather) Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri (uncle) Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri (uncle) Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (cousin) Rashid Ahmad Jaunpuri (cousin) |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri |
| Predecessor | Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri |
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ʿAbd ar-Rabb Jaunpūrī (Urdu: عبد الرب جونپوری, Bengali: আব্দুর রব জৌনপুরী; 1875 – June 1935) was an Indian Muslim scholar, author and teacher.[1] He was associated with Taiyuni reformist movement, founded by his grandfather Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, and succeeded his uncle Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri as the leader of the movement in 1899.[2]
Abdul Rab Jaunpuri was born in 1875 to a scholarly Indian Muslim family in Mullatola, Jaunpur, located in the North-Western Provinces of the British Raj. His father, Hafiz Mahmud Jaunpuri, traced his ancestry to the Arab tribe of Quraysh, with Jaunpuri being a 37th-generation direct descendant of Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun caliph. Jaunpuri's grandfather Karamat Ali Jaunpuri was the founder of the Taiyuni reformist movement and propagated Islam in north India and Bengal.[3] His great grandfather, Abu Ibrahim Shaykh Muhammad Imam Bakhsh ibn Shaykh Jarullah was a student of Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi. Many of his family members were also Islamic scholars, for example, his uncles Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri and Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri, and his cousin Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri.[2]
Jaunpuri's father died when he was five years old, so he was brought up and educated by his uncle Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri. He memorised the Qur'an in his childhood, and studied the Arabic and Persian languages. He was said to have mastered the knowledge of ma'rifa.[4]
Jaunpuri worked alongside his uncle in establishing numerous religious institutions in Daulatkhan in the Bengali island of Bhola. He established a langar khana which provided meals to needy people in the area. Jaunpuri toured many different parts of Bengal, giving public lectures, where he gained a large following.[5] Notable locations include Sandwip and Barisal.[6][7] He also wrote books in Urdu such as Nafeul Khalaiq.[8] Many of the next generation of Islamic scholars were his murids such as Muhammad Ishaq and Abul Hasanat Muhammad Abdul Hayy.[9][10]
Jaunpuri died in June 1935 in his home neighbourhood of Mullatola in Jaunpur, then located under the United Provinces of British India.[11]
His spiritual genealogy is as follows:[9]