Ahmad Sirhindi

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Ahmad Sirhindi was a prominent 16th–17th century Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi reformer of the Naqshbandi order, known for his influential critiques of certain mystical doctrines and efforts to revive orthodox Sunni practice in Mughal India.

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Ahmad Sirhindi canonical 1
Ahmad ibn Abd al-Ahad al-Sirhindi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic reformer ⓘ
Islamic scholar ⓘ
Mujaddid ⓘ
Naqshbandi shaykh ⓘ
Sufi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imam Rabbani ⓘ
Mujaddid Alf-i Thani ⓘ
birthPlace Mughal India ⓘ
linked to: Mughal period

Punjab ⓘ
Sirhind ⓘ
birthYear 1564 ⓘ
burialPlace Sirhind ⓘ
century 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
creed Maturidi ⓘ
deathPlace Sirhind ⓘ
deathYear 1624 ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
doctrineCritiqued wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
doctrinePromoted wahdat al-shuhud ⓘ
emphasized primacy of prophetic sunnah ⓘ
strict adherence to sharia ⓘ
era Mughal era ⓘ
linked to: Mughal period
father Abd al-Ahad ⓘ
fullName Ahmad ibn Abd al-Ahad al-Sirhindi ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad Sirhindi
hasMausoleum Sirhind Sharif ⓘ
linked to: Sirhind
honorific Mujaddid of the second Islamic millennium ⓘ
influenced Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi tradition ⓘ
linked to: Naqshbandi

later Sunni reform movements in South Asia ⓘ
knownFor critiques of certain Sufi mystical doctrines ⓘ
defense of sharia-based governance ⓘ
influence on later Indian Sunni thought ⓘ
letters to disciples and officials ⓘ
revival of orthodox Sunni practice in Mughal India ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
madhhab Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
notableWork Maktubat ⓘ
Radd al-Rawafid ⓘ
opposed Akbar’s religious policies ⓘ
religious syncretism at the Mughal court ⓘ
region Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

Mughal India ⓘ
linked to: Mughal period
religion Islam ⓘ
sufiOrder Naqshbandi ⓘ
teacherOf Khwaja Muhammad Ma‘sūm ⓘ
title Imam Rabbani ⓘ
Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

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Wahdat al-wujud → criticizedBy → Ahmad Sirhindi ⓘ
Ahmad Sirhindi → fullName → Ahmad ibn Abd al-Ahad al-Sirhindi ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad Sirhindi